KIDD DDG 100

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Arleigh Burke Class (Flight IIa) Guided Missle Destroyer Keel Laid 1 May 2004 Launched and Christened 22 January 2005 USS KIDD DDG-100 Commissioned 9 June 2007

Naval Covers

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1. USS Kidd DDG-100 Covers Page 1    (2005-2007)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type FDC 2-2n (USS, FPO AP 96670-1212)

2007-06-09

Commissioning, ship's cachet, serviced by Wolfgang Hechler

 

Locy Type 2-2n (USS, FPO AP 96670-1212)

2012-02-09

Official Ship's cachet. Cover serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type 9-2n (USS, FPO AP 96670-1212)

2011-10-06

Courtesy of the USCS Postmark survey 2011-2012

 

Locy Type 11-2n+ (USS, FPO AP 96670)

2015-05-16

Cover (on piece) by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Locy Type F USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-10

2008-06-09

1st Anniversary of Commissioning, 100th Anniversary of the Great White Fleet. Cover serviced by Thad Kaczkowski

 

Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Isaac Campbell Kidd Sr., USN (March 26 1884 - December 7 1941).
On Dec. 7, 1941, RAdm. Kidd was killed in action on board USS ARIZONA BB-39 during Japanese Navy’s Pearl Harbor attack. RAdm. Kidd was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Pearl Harbor attack. He was the first flag officer to lose his life in World War II, and the first in the U.S. Navy to meet death in action against any foreign enemy.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS KIDD DD-661, USS KIDD DD/DDG-993 and USS KIDD DDG-100.

The ships sponsors are Regina Kidd Wolbarsht and Mary Kidd Plumer, Admiral Kidd's grand daughters.

 

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