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	USS Kidd Completes Sea Trials
		Kidd is not the first ship to be named after Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, who died during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.
		The next phase for Kidd and her crew is for the crew to move aboard and to load out her inventory.
		Kidd is scheduled to sail away the summer of 2007 to her homeport of San Diego.
	www.military.com /features/0,15240,120166,00.html (401 words)

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		The two destroyers, coded Tsoying and Makung, will leave Saturday on a journey from the US to Taiwan to join the Taiwan Navy, the Liberty Times quoted an unnamed military source as saying.
		The paper said that though the Kidd-class destroyers are the largest warships in the Taiwan Navy, they also pose big problems because they must return to the US for repairs, as Taiwan does not have large wharves.
		The destroyers are part of a 610-billion-Taiwan-dollar (18.2- billion-US-dollar) arms sale approved in 2001 by US President George W Bush.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /News/2006/DPA-250806.htm (570 words)

	Spruance class destroyer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The Spruance-class destroyer was developed as a replacement for a large number of World War II-built Allen M. Sumner- and Gearing-class destroyers, and was the primary destroyer built for the U.S. Navy during the 1970s.
		The class was originally designed for anti-submarine warfare with only point defense missiles for the AAW role although subsequent upgrades have provided anti-ship and land attack capabilities.
		This configuration was so successful that the entire hull and physical plant of the Spruance class was used unchanged for the later Kidd-class destroyers, and a slightly lengthened version of the hull was used for the Ticonderoga-class cruisers.
	spruance-class-destroyer.borgfind.com (292 words)

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		For her size and complexity, the Kidds were intended for low-intensity operations under close air cover; ie the Persian Gulf flying the Iranian flag.
		Kidd can stay at sea longer, but her crew would have to somehow survive the first exchange.
		The Sovremenny is decidedly inferior to the Kidd in terms of AAW and ASW.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/30-168.aspx (1119 words)

	Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, USN
		Isaac Campbell Kidd was born in Cleveland, Ohio, on 26 March 1884.
		He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1902, graduating with the Class of 1906 in February of that year, and was commissioned an Ensign in 1908.
		Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Pearl Harbor attack.
	navysite.de /people/ickidd.htm (326 words)

	News \| Gainesville.com \| The Gainesville Sun \| Gainesville, Fla. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Despite their "DD" designation indicating gun destroyers, their primary armament was the missiles they carried, and they should properly have been designated DDG under the US Navy's hull classification symbol system.
		Ironically enough, the DDG-1000 Zumwalt class destroyers are to be built around the 6.1" advanced gun system and thus properly deserving of the unmodified DD hull classification symbol.
		The entire class of 30 ships was contracted on June 23, 1970 to the Litton-Ingalls shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, under the Total Package Procurement concept forced on the Navy by the Whiz Kids of Robert McNamara's Pentagon.
	www.gainesville.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=Spruance_class_destroyer (519 words)

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		Further staff and battleship assignments followed, and Kidd was named captain of the port for the Panama Canal Zone in 1927.
		By 1941, Kidd had been promoted to rear admiral and was serving aboard his flagship, Arizona, as commander of Battleship Division ONE and chief of staff to the commander of Battleships, Battle Force.
		Kidd, called "Cap" by family and friends, may have been engaging in his daily exercise at 7:55 a.m.
	www.military.com /Content/MoreContent1/?file=nrr_kidd (491 words)

	Global Defence Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		Kidd was born in Cleveland, Ohio in 1884 and graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1906.
		Kidd was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on that day.
		The Fletcher-class destroyer, DD 661, was in service from 1943-1974, and is now a floating museum memorial in Baton Rouge, La. The Kidd-class destroyer, DDG 993, which was also built at Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in Pascagoula, was in service from 1981-1998 and then sold to Taiwan.
	www.global-defence.com /2006/Utilities/news.php?cmd=View&id=224 (757 words)

	Kidd
		This 36 page Squadron-format book has many Kidd photos, drawings and camo schemes as well as a summary of the her operating history.
		Constructed at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock in Kearny, New Jersey and commissioned in 1943, the Kidd went on to an active and eventful career in the Pacific Theatre.
		Unique among museum ships, the USS Kidd rests on blocks that fully support - and expose - her hull when the Mississipi is at low ebb.
	www.steelnavy.com /kidd.htm (319 words)

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	www.drunkdrivingiworld.com /wiki-Kidd-class (451 words)

	Taiwan commissions two Kidd-class former U.S. destroyers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		The 9,6000-ton ships are the first two of the four Kidd-class destroyers Taiwan has ordered from the U.S., and are the largest warships Taiwan has acquired.
		The four Kidd-class destroyers were built for the deposed shah of Iran but joined the U.S. navy between 1981 and 1982, after they could not be delivered to Iran due to the 1979 Iranian Islamic revolution.
		The Kidd-class destroyers are part of a 610-billion-Taiwan-dollar (18.2-billion-U.S.-dollar) arms-sales package approved by U.S. President George W. Bush in 2001.
	news.monstersandcritics.com /intelandterror/printer_1069727.php (289 words)

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		The origin of the class can be traced back to 1966, when a great many converted ships of World War Two were nearing the end of their service life.
		The DX was for the standard destroyer and the DXG was for the missile destroyer.
		As a consequence, the ships of the class were the optimum destroyers for duty in the Indian Ocean and connecting sea areas.
	www.steelnavy.com /Dragon350Kidd.htm (2409 words)

	American Welding Society Section News
		The USS Kidd (DD-661) is a Fletcher-class destroyer built at Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company in Kearny, N.J. She was named after Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd, Sr., who was killed aboard the USS Arizona during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
		Kidd was commissioned back into service on March 28, 1951, during the Korean War, where she won an additional four battle stars for service.
		Kidd is moored in the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, La., and is the centerpiece of the Louisiana Naval War Memorial.
	www.aws.org /sections/usskidd.html (975 words)

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		One Kidd-class destroyer was sunk by a rain of Chinese anti-ship missiles, officials said.
		But the destroyer was able to shoot down 19 missiles and 16 Chinese jets before being hit.
		The first two of four Kidd-class destroyers, built about 20 years ago and decommissioned by the US navy, are to join the Taiwanese navy by the end of the year.
	www.taiwansecurity.org /AP/2005/AP-270405.htm (255 words)

	Taiwan takes delivery of US destroyers
		The two destroyers, coded Tsoying and Makung, sailed into the Su'ao Naval Base and were greeted by thousands of navy officers and soldiers.
		The destroyers are part of a 610-billion-Taiwan-dollar ($18.2 billion) arms sale approved in 2001 by US President George W. Bush.
		Although the Kidd-class destroyers have boosted Taiwan's defences, Taiwan faces a growing military threat from China - one of the largest military powers in the world.
	news.webindia123.com /news/articles/Asia/20061025/488626.html (214 words)

	National Park Service: World War II Warships in the Pacific
		This class was the first to break with design practices that had developed as a result of the London Treaty of 1930.
		USS Kidd is a Fletcher class destroyer and is representative of the 175 of her class built during the war.
		Fletcher class destroyers were equipped to attack surface vessels of all sizes, as well as submarines and aircraft.
	www.cr.nps.gov /history/online_books/butowsky1/kidd.htm (799 words)

	Factsheets Database - DDG-993 KIDD-class - Powered by ReviewPost
		The four Kidd class guided missile destroyers are similar to the Spruance class destroyers, but have greater displacement and improved combat systems.
		The four destroyers of the Kidd class were originally built for the Shah of Iran, and were acquired by the US Navy following the Shah's overthrow in 1979.
		KIDD's combat system is her complement of weapons and electronics subsystems and equipment, which collectively enables her to carry out combat missions.
	www.trackpads.com /factsheets/showproduct.php/product/82 (1147 words)

	Navy to Christen New Guided-Missile Destroyer Kidd (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
		7, 1941, Kidd was commander of Battleship Division 1 and the senior officer present afloat during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
		Kidd is the 50th ship in the Arleigh Burke-class of guided-missile destroyers.
		The 9,200-ton Kidd has an overall length of 511 feet, a waterline beam of 59 feet and a navigational draft of 33 feet.
	www.news.navy.mil /search/display.asp?story_id=16705 (445 words)

	The DD 963 SPRUANCE - class
		The thirty-one SPRUANCE class destroyers were developed for the primary mission of anti-submarine warfare, including operations as an integral part of attack carrier forces.
		But in 1998 the seven SPRUANCE class destroyers which did not receive the Tomahawk VLS upgrade were decommissioned after only two decades of service, to accommodate the introduction of the improved AEGIS-capable ARLEIGH BURKE destroyers.
		In the beginning all SPRUANCE class destroyers were equipped with a Mk-112 launcher for ASROC behind the #1 Mk-45 leightweight gun mount.
	navysite.de /dd/dd963class.htm (853 words)

	Asia Times
		The four destroyers joined the US Navy in 1981 and 1982 and were decommissioned in 1998 and 1999 after only half their service life.
		The Kidds would be armed with Standard II-3A surface-to-air missiles, which have a range of 166 kilometers (90 nautical miles) and vastly outperform the Standard I missiles now being installed on Taiwan's Perry-class frigates.
		Several navy generals also assured lawmakers that the maintenance of a Kidd-class destroyer would not be a problem since the parts for the destroyer are the same as parts for other vessels that the navy already owns.
	www.atimes.com /atimes/China/DJ23Ad04.html (1039 words)

	Kidd class destroyer
		The Kidd class destroyers are a series of vessels based upon the hull of the Spruance class destroyers.
		These ships were originally ordered by the Shah of Iran for service in the Persian Gulf in an air defense role.
		They were eventually decommissioned from the U.S. Navy and are in the process of being transferred to the Republic of China for use by December, 2006.
	www.xasa.com /wiki/en/wikipedia/k/ki/kidd_class_destroyer.html (178 words)

	W5KID - USS KIDD ARC
		The USS KIDD (DD-661) is the six-hundred sixty-first Fletcher-class destroyer built by the United States Navy.
		After a long process, the KIDD was donated by the Navy and she arrived in Baton Rouge on May 23, 1982.
		Today, USS KIDD has been restored to her August 1945 configuration and she is one of the most authentic and accurate restorations in the Historic Fleet.
	www.lsu.edu /brarc/uss_kidd.htm (460 words)

	EBSIS Udaloy II class Destroyer
		The Udaloy class destroyer was original designed for anti-submarine warfare but the Udaloy II class is designed with better defensive weaponry and better anti-ship weaponry.
		Four of the Udaloy II class were sunk during the war along with five of the original Udaloy class Destroyer.
		Like the Slava class, it was thought that the EBSIS would construct more Udaloy II destroyers but it now appears that they will construct a new destroyer class that takes advantage of new technology.
	www.kitsune.addr.com /Robotech/Robotech-Vehicles/EBSIS_Udaloy_II.htm (2008 words)

	Taiwan Communique no. 96
		The proposed sale of four Arleigh Burke class destroyers equipped with the Aegis radar system, at a cost of some US$ 1.2 billion each, is a major decision for both the United States and Taiwan.
		Taiwan is seeking to purchase four Arleigh Burke class destroyers equipped with the Aegis battle management system at about $1 billion each this year.
		The destroyers are equipped with missiles, guns and torpedoes.
	www.taiwandc.org /twcom/96-no1.htm (2600 words)

	USS KIDD Veterans Memorial -- Frequently Asked Questions
		Kidd spoke to the Navy brass and received permission for the crew to fly the Jolly Roger from the mast, making them the only ship authorized to do so in the U.S. Navy.
		The KIDD was placed on a memorial status through the efforts of her former crew and shipmates of DESRON 48 (her WWII destroyer squadron).
		The KIDD hit the silver screen in 1958 when she was used to film portions of the movie "Run Silent Run Deep" starring Clark Gable and Burt Lancaster (United Artists, 1958).
	www.usskidd.com /faq.html (1604 words)

	Secret U.S. Study Concludes Taiwan Needs New Arms
		As the political debate over the Aegis has heated up, some analysts have speculated that the Kidd destroyers could be the basis of a compromise that would enable the White House to appear resolute while avoiding a rupture with Beijing.
		Trumpeting the value of the Kidds, Adm. Dennis Blair, the head of the U.S. Pacific Command, told Congress this week that the Kidd had an effective air defense ability and could be delivered in only two years, a time frame some experts say is somewhat optimistic.
		Some experts say, however, that while the Kidd might do for now, it is no substitute for the Aegis, especially if the Chinese continue to increase their air, missile and naval forces nears Taiwan throughout the decade.
	www.taiwandc.org /nyt-2001-01.htm (1685 words)

	U.S. Navy - A Brief History of Destroyers
		June 20, 1982 - Destroyers USS Lynde McCormick (DDG 8), USS Turner Joy (DD 951) and the cruiser USS Sterett were fired upon by machine guns from an unidentified vessel after returning from the U.S.-Thai exercise Cobra Gold, '82.
		She was named for the Navy's most famous destroyer squadron combat commander and three-time Chief of Naval Operations, Arleigh Burke was the most powerful surface combatant ever put to sea.
		The first of the DD 21 class of destroyers is expected to be in commission by the end of the decade.
	www.chinfo.navy.mil /navpalib/ships/destroyers/ddhist5.html (607 words)

	US People--Kidd, Isaac C.
		Two U.S. Navy destroyers have been named in honor of Rear Admiral Kidd: USS Kidd (DD-661), 1943-1974 (still afloat as a memorial at Baton Rouge, Louisiana); and USS Kidd (DDG-993), 1981--.
		It was received from USS Kidd (DD-661) after she was decommissioned in 1964.
		Lieutenant Commander Laurence A. Abercrombie was assigned to Arizona during the latter part of Kidd's tour as her Commanding Officer.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/pers-us/uspers-k/ic-kidd.htm (763 words)

	Fletcher-class destroyers in World War II
		Fletcher-class destroyers in World War II “I always felt it was the Fletcher class that won the war...
		Introduced in 1942, the 2100-ton Fletcher-class destroyers were the core of the destroyer force from 1943.
		These 175 flush-deck “2100-tonners” became, “in retrospect … the most successful of all American destroyers: fast, roomy, capable of absorbing enormous punishment, and yet fighting on.” Thanks to postwar service in the US plus fourteen foreign navies, they remained a familiar sight around the world into the 1990s.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /fletcherclass (927 words)

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		The nation's Kidd-class destroyers can be sunk by the Chinese air force, the Ministry of National Defense said while officials made public the result of a computerized simulation of the annual Han Kuang military exercise during a press conference yesterday morning.
		The four Kidd-class destroyers, which were originally built for the Shah of Iran, employed the most technologically advanced radars and anti-aircraft missile launchers in the world, and are among the most powerful anti-air and all purpose destroyers.
		The most formidable warship of her size ever to patrol the world's oceans, blending the best features of the SPRUANCE Class destroyers with the combat system of the VIRGINIA Class nuclear cruisers to produce a ship with unique characteristics: A ship so quiet, and an ASW system so capable, that she operates offensively against submarines.
	www.strategypage.com /militaryforums/69-19978.aspx (3427 words)

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