National Historic Landmark · destroyer · Baton Rouge, Louisiana

U.s.s. Kidd

US Navy Fletcher-class destroyer in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Added to the National Register in 1983, and a National Historic Landmark.

Open to visitNational Historic LandmarkListed 1983
Family Day 1963 (50061731181)Kamikaze about to crash into USS Kidd (DD-661) off Okinawa, Japan, on 11 April 1945 (NH 75767)Low Water USS Kidd & AQPort side of USS Kidd
Photos via Wikimedia Commons · 6 in the Commons category

What it is

Wikipedia · USS Kidd (DD-661)

USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kidd was the first US flag officer to die during World War II and the first American admiral ever to be killed in action. A National Historic Landmark, she is now a museum ship, berthed on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Kidd is one of four Fletcher-class destroyers to be preserved, and along with USS Slater, one of only two surviving US destroyers preserved in her World War II configuration.

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The record

National Register of Historic Places
Property typeStructure
AddressMississippi River near Government St. and River Rd., Baton Rouge, LA
CountyEast Baton Rouge County
ListedAug 9, 1983
Reference number83000502
Type of placedestroyer, museum ship, preserved watercraft
DesignationsNational Historic Landmark
Contributing resources1 structures

The nomination form, the document that argues why this place matters, is in the National Archives: Read the nomination ↗

Visiting

Open to the public
AddressMississippi River near Government St. and River Rd., Baton Rouge, LA
Websiteusskidd.com ↗
Coordinates30.44426, -91.19183 · Directions ↗
Nearest national park unitNew Orleans Jazz National Historical Park · 75 mi · on Park Atlas
This one you can go inside. Hours and admission change with the season; the website above has the current schedule.

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Location, dates, type and contributing counts come from the National Park Service's National Register spatial data. Construction date, architect, style, photograph and encyclopedia link come from Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons, matched on reference number 83000502. Nothing here is transcribed by hand. The description under "What it is" is the opening of the Wikipedia article, CC BY-SA.