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Kidd DD-661 launched

82 years ago today, on 28 February 1943, Fletcher-class destroyer USS Kidd DD-661 was launched at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, NJ, sponsored by Mrs. Isaac C. Kidd, widow of Rear Admiral Kidd.
USS Kidd Veterans Museum, Baton Rouge, LA

 

 

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Eversole (DD-789) laid down

80 years ago today, on 28 February 1945, Gearing-class destroyer USS Eversole (DD-789) was laid down at Todd Pacific Shipyards, Seattle, WA.
She was transferred to Turkey on 11 July 1973 as TCG Gayret D-352, and is now a museum ship in Izmit, Turkey.

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