USS ''Kidd'' (DDG-100) is an in the

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. She is the third Navy ship named after

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Isaac C. Kidd, who was on board during the

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, and was the first American

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to die in World War II. The ship is part of

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which is currently headed by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier

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Construction and career

''Kidd'' was christened by Admiral Kidd's granddaughters, Regina Kidd Wolbarsht and Mary Kidd Plumer on 22 January 2005, at

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. Commander Richard E. Thomas of

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, took ''Kidd'' on her maiden deployment. While in the midst of final outfitting, the ship was holed and partially flooded at the shipyard docks during

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on the Mississippi

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, requiring a return to dry dock for repairs, which included cutting out a turbine, delaying her commissioning and deployment with the Navy. She was commissioned at

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on 9 June 2007. Kidd is currently homeported in Everett, Washington. On 5 January 2012, ''Kidd'' rescued the 13-member crew of the Iranian-flagged fishing vessel ''Al Molai'' from

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who had been holding them hostage for over 40 days, capturing fifteen pirates in the process with no casualties.

Search for Malaysia Airlines MH 370

On 10 March 2014 the ship joined the search for

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two days after it went missing over the

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. ''Kidd'' was the second Navy ship to be deployed in the search. It joined , and more than 40 other ships and 32 aircraft from

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, and the

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taking part in the search and rescue. On 14 March it was announced that ''Kidd'' would be relocated to the Indian Ocean in search of the plane, since new evidence points to the possibility of the plane being there.

2020 COVID-19 pandemic

On 24 April 2020, the

reported that a sailor assigned to ''Kidd'' had tested positive for the virus after being medically evacuated the previous day from operations at sea. After the sailor's test returned positive, the Navy sent a medical team to the ship to conduct

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and test sailors for the virus on board. By the morning of 24 April, 17 additional sailors tested positive, with additional cases expected as testing continued. The initial patient was stable and recovering at a medical facility in

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. It was planned for ''Kidd'' to return to port so that it could be disinfected. This was the second instance of the coronavirus being found aboard an American naval ship that had been deployed.

References

External links

Official ship's site
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IMDB

''The Kidd Incident''
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