Isaac C Kidd

  • The first of a new class of U.S.

    Navy guided-missile destroyers, the most formidable surface ships of their size now joining the Navy, was commissioned recently at Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, Pascagoula, Miss. The USS Kidd (DDG-993) (shown above) officially joined the Navy fleet at the ceremony.

    Three additional ships of the class, the Callaghan (DDG-994), Scott (DDG-995), and Chandler (DDG-996), are also scheduled for delivery to the Navy by Ingalls Shipbuilding this year.

    Based on the proven design of the Ingalls-built Spruance-class destroyers, which began joining the fleet in 1975, the Kidd-class destroyers are multimission, able to operate offensively or to defend against simultaneous air, surface and subsurface attacks. The ship is 563 feet long, with a 55-foot beam and displaces 9,200 tons.

    Four gas turbine jet engines propel the ship at speeds in excess of 30 knots. The crew consists of 28 officers and 320 enlisted men.

    Weapons include two Mark 26, dual-rail guided-missile launchers, two 5-inch/54-caliber lightweight guns, two Harpoon missile 4-cannister launchers, two triplebarrel torpedo tubes, as well as close-in weapons system, decoy system, and two antisubmarine helicopters. Designed and built to be exceptionally quiet, and with the most powerful sonar available, the Kidd can operate offensively against submarines. The ship also carries the most sophisticated medium-range air defense system now active in the fleet.

    Ingalls, long a builder of destroyers, cruisers, and amphibious ships, is also building the U.S. Navy's new class of Ticonderoga guided-missile cruisers.

    When deployed in early 1983, the first of these ships will carry the Aegis weapons system, the most sophisticated air defense system in the world. The first ship, the Ticonderoga (CG-47), was christened by Mrs. Ronald Reagan in May.

    The Kidd is the second U.S.

    Navy ship named for Rear Adm.

    Isaac C. Kidd Sr., who was the senior Naval officer present afloat during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kidd died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the attack, and was posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery in action.

  • The members of the Hampton Roads Section of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers were honored to have Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN (ret.), former Commander in Chief, Atlantic, and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, as guest speaker at a recent meet- ing. More than 120 members

  • basic to enunciation, enhancement and effectiveness of a shipbuilding industrial strategy in support of the national interest. Only last month, Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, USN, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander, A t l a n t i c , warned that the United States has about one

  • MR Nov-78#35 . Only last month, Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, USN, Commander-in-Ch)
    November 1978 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 35

    to enunciation, enhancement and effectiveness of a shipbuilding in- dustrial strategy in support of the national interest. Only last month, Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, USN, Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet and Supreme Allied Commander, Atlantic, warned that the United States has about

  • MR Jun-80#4th Cover Hampton Roads Section. Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN (ret)
    June 1980 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 4th Cover

    SNAME president Lester Rosenblatt (left) attended recent meeting of the Hampton Roads Section. Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., USN (ret.), was guest speaker at meeting. Signing the contract that will link the extensive J.J. Henry Co. design and engi- neering force with Cali & Associates' innovative computer

  • MR Jul-15-81#8 ship named for Rear Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Sr., who was the)
    July 15, 1981 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 8

    first ship, the Ticonderoga (CG-47), was chris- tened by Mrs. Ronald Reagan in May. The Kidd is the second U.S. Navy ship named for Rear Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Sr., who was the senior Naval officer present afloat during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kidd died on the bridge of

  • MR Sep-15-73#5 , General Dynamics; Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, Chief of Naval)
    September 15, 1973 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 5

    include, from left: Vice Adm. H.G. Rickover, Director, Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program; David S. Lewis, chairman of the board, General Dynamics; Adm. Isaac C. Kidd, Chief of Naval Material- Secretary of the Navy John W. Warner, and Meivin R. Lriird, Counselor to the President for Domestic Affairs. "We

  • MR Aug-73#22 the future fast fleet. Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., Chief of)
    August 1973 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 22

    . The technology resulting from the Navy's SES-lOO-ton test program will be applied to developing larger ships for the future fast fleet. Adm. Isaac C. Kidd Jr., Chief of Naval Material, who was at the con- trols of the SES-100A on an earlier test run, commented: "This is an op- portunity