MuseumShip Blog

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

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.