USS Kidder (DD-319)

USS Kidder (DD-319)

USS "Kidder" (DD-319) was a "Clemson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy following World War I. She was named for Hugh Kidder.

History

"Kidder" was launched 10 July 1919 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Miss Ethel Murry Jonstone; and commissioned 7 February 1921, Cmdr. H. J. Abbett in command.

After shakedown along the coast, "Kidder" was assigned to Destroyer Division 34, Battle Fleet, at San Diego, California. From 1921 to 1924 she operated along the West Coast between Washington and the Panama Canal Zone engaging in training maneuvers, fleet problems, and gunnery exercises. The destroyer played a significant role in the development of naval warfare through using experimental torpedoes in exercises.

"Kidder" transited the Panama Canal during January 1924 for fleet concentrations in the Caribbean, returning San Diego 22 April. She continued her training operations before clearing San Francisco 15 April 1925 for a fleet problem and joint exercises off Hawaii. "Kidder" then accompanied the Battle Fleet to Samoa, Australia, and New Zealand before returning to Mare Island 26 September.

For the rest of her naval service she was almost constantly at sea, including winter fleet concentrations in the Caribbean during 1927 and a joint submarine exercise off Hawaii in the spring and summer of 1928.

Fate

During her final year of service, "Kidder" operated out of San Diego and decommissioned there 18 March 1930. After scrapping, her materials were sold 31 October 1930 in accordance with the terms of the London Treaty limiting naval armament.

As of 2005, no other ship of the US Navy has been named "Kidder".

References

*DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/k3/kidder.htm

External links

*http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/319.htm


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