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{{Short description|Arleigh Burke-class destroyer}}
{{other ships|USS Kidd}}
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| Ship image = File:US Navy 110518-N-OI955-090 The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Kidd (DDG 100) is underway in the Pacific Ocean.jpg
| Ship caption = USS ''Kidd'' on 18 May 2011
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| Ship country = United States
| Ship flag = {{USN flag}}
| Ship name = ''Kidd''
| Ship namesake = Rear Admiral [[Isaac C. Kidd]]
| Ship ordered = 6 March 1998
| Ship builder = [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]]
| Ship laid down = 29 April 2004
| Ship launched = 22 January 2005
| Ship commissioned = 9 June 2007
| Ship homeport = [[Naval Station Everett|Everett]]
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| Ship identification = *{{MMSI Number|368011000}}
*[[Maritime call sign|Callsign]]: NKID
*{{ICS|November}}{{ICS|Kilo}}{{ICS|India}}{{ICS|Delta}}
*[[Hull number]]: DDG-100
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| Ship status = {{Ship in active service}}
| Ship motto = ''On To Victory''
| Ship notes = 
| Ship badge = [[File:USS Kidd DDG-100 Crest.png|150px]]
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| Ship class = {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}}
| Ship displacement = 9,200 tons
| Ship length = {{convert|509|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}
| Ship beam = &nbsp; {{convert|66|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship draft = &nbsp; {{convert|31|ft|abbr=on}}
| Ship propulsion = 4 × [[General Electric LM2500|General Electric LM2500-30]] [[gas turbine]]s, 2 shafts, 100,000 shp (75 MW)
| Ship speed = 30+ knots (55+ km/h)
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| Ship complement = 380 officers and enlisted
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| Ship armament = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III armament (ODIN)}}
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| Ship aircraft = {{Arleigh Burke-class destroyer Flight IIA/III aircraft}}
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'''USS ''Kidd'' (DDG-100)''' is an {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer}} in the [[United States Navy]]. She is the third Navy ship named after [[Rear Admiral]] [[Isaac C. Kidd]], who was on board {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|2}} during the [[attack on Pearl Harbor]], and was the first American [[flag officer]] to die in World War II. The ship is part of [[Destroyer Squadron 1]] of [[Carrier Strike Group 1]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 5, 2022 |title=Naval Surface Force U.S. Pacific Fleet Administrative Organization Chart |url=https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/Portals/54/Documents/CNSP/CNSP-ADCON-Org-Chart-220705.pdf |access-date=September 15, 2022 |website=Naval Surface Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet}}</ref> which is currently headed by the {{sclass|Nimitz|aircraft carrier|0}} nuclear-powered aircraft carrier [[USS Carl Vinson|USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70)]].

==Construction and career==

''Kidd'' was [[Ship naming and launching|christened]] by Admiral Kidd's granddaughters, Regina Kidd Wolbarsht and Mary Kidd Plumer on 22 January 2005, at [[Ingalls Shipbuilding]] in [[Pascagoula, Mississippi]]. Commander Richard E. Thomas of [[Westwood, New Jersey]], served as her first commanding officer until February 2008. Commander Charles P. Good of [[Huntington Beach, California]], 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 [[Hurricane Katrina]] on the Mississippi [[Gulf Coast]], 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 [[Galveston, Texas]] 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 [[Piracy in Somalia#Pirates|Somali pirates]] who had been holding them hostage for over 40 days, capturing fifteen pirates in the process with no casualties.<ref>{{cite news|last=Stanglin|first=Douglas|title=U.S. Navy rescues Iranian sailors from pirates|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2012/01/us-navy-rescues-iranian-sailors-from-pirates/1|work=USA Today|access-date=6 January 2012|date=6 January 2012}}</ref>

===Search for Malaysia Airlines MH 370===
[[File:USSKiddMay2008SD.jpg|thumb|left|USS ''Kidd'' in San Diego in May 2008]]
On 10 March 2014 the ship joined the search for [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]] two days after it went missing over the [[South China Sea]]. ''Kidd'' was the second Navy ship to be deployed in the search. It joined {{USS|Pinckney}}, and more than 40 other ships and 32 aircraft from [[Malaysia]], [[Australia]], [[China]], [[India]], [[Thailand]], [[Indonesia]], [[Singapore]], [[Taiwan]],<ref>{{cite news |title = Taiwan joins search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 |url = http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xitem=215264&CtNode=414 |publisher = [[Taiwan Today]] |date = 11 March 2014 |access-date = 10 May 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140604195617/http://www.taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=215264&CtNode=414 |archive-date = 4 June 2014 |url-status = dead}}</ref> [[Vietnam]], [[New Zealand]], and the [[Philippines]] taking part in the search and rescue.<ref name="USSKidMH370">{{cite news |title = U.S. bolsters support for search of lost plane |url = http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/220400636/scat/48cba686fe041718/ht/US-bolsters-support-for-search-of-lost-plane |publisher = [[Malaysia Sun]] |date = 10 March 2014 |access-date = 10 May 2014 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140311020853/http://www.malaysiasun.com/index.php/sid/220400636/scat/48cba686fe041718/ht/US-bolsters-support-for-search-of-lost-plane |archive-date = 11 March 2014 |url-status = dead |df = dmy-all}}</ref> On 14 March it was announced that ''Kidd'' would be relocated to the Indian Ocean in search of the plane, since new evidence pointed to the possibility of the plane being there.<ref name="USSKidMH370CNN">{{cite news | last1 = Starr | first1 = Barbara | last2 = Carter | first2 = Chelsea J. | title = USS Kidd relocated to Indian Ocean | url = http://edition.cnn.com/2014/03/14/world/asia/malaysia-airlines-plane/index.html?hpt=hp_t1 | publisher = CNN | date = 15 March 2014 | access-date = 10 May 2014}}</ref>

===2020 COVID-19 pandemic===
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On 24 April 2020, the [[United States Navy]] reported that a sailor assigned to ''Kidd'' had tested positive for the virus after being medically evacuated the previous day from operations at sea.<ref name="kidd.navy">{{cite web |author=Office of the Navy Chief of Information |url=https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=112742 |title=USS Kidd Evacuates Sailor, Embarks COVID-19 Medical Response Team |publisher=Navy.mil |date=2020-04-24 |access-date=2020-04-28 |archive-date=1 May 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200501132528/https://www.navy.mil/submit/display.asp?story_id=112742 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  After the sailor's test returned positive, the Navy sent a medical team to the ship to conduct [[contact tracing]] and test sailors for the virus on board.<ref name="kidd.navy"></ref>  By the morning of 24 April, 17 additional sailors tested positive, with additional cases expected as testing continued.<ref name="kidd.navy"></ref>

The initial patient was stable and recovering at a medical facility in [[San Antonio]], [[Texas]].<ref name="kidd.navy"></ref>  It was planned for ''Kidd'' to return to port so that it could be disinfected.<ref name="kidd.navy"></ref> This was the second instance of [[Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2|the coronavirus]] being found aboard an American naval ship that had been deployed.<ref name="usa.usni">{{cite web|last=Werner |first=Ben |url=https://news.usni.org/2020/04/23/26-navy-battle-force-ships-have-had-covid-19-cases |title=26 Navy Battle Force Ships Have Had COVID-19 Cases - USNI News |publisher=News.usni.org |date=2020-04-23 |access-date=2020-04-28}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Naval Vessel Register}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|USS Kidd (DDG-100)}}
* [https://www.surfpac.navy.mil/ddg100/ Official ship's site]
* {{Naval Vessel Register URL|id=DDG100|title=Naval Vessel Register entry for USS ''Kidd''}}
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/us_navy_pages/destroyers/pages/uss_kidd_ddg_100_page_1.htm MaritimeQuest USS ''Kidd'' (DDG-100) pages]

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