0706099909C-006 GALVESTON, Texas (June 9, 2007) - Just hours before her commissioning, the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, USS Kidd, sits peirside at the Port of Galveston. Designated hull number DDG 100, the new destroyer honors Medal of Honor recipient Rear Adm. Isaac Campbell Kidd Sr. who was killed on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941. Two granddaughters of Rear Adm. Kidd, Regina Kidd Wolbarsht and Mary Corrinne Kidd Plumer, brought the ship named for their grandfather to life. The newest USS Kidd is the 50th ship in the Arleigh Burke class of guid
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0706099909C-006 GALVESTON, Texas (June 9, 2007) - Just hours before her commissioning, the newest Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer, USS Kidd, sits peirside at the Port of Galveston. Designated hull number DDG 100, the new destroyer honors Medal of Honor recipient Rear Adm. Isaac Campbell Kidd Sr. who was killed on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona on Dec. 7, 1941. Two granddaughters of Rear Adm. Kidd, Regina Kidd Wolbarsht and Mary Corrinne Kidd Plumer, brought the ship named for their grandfather to life. The newest USS Kidd is the 50th ship in the Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers. Cmdr. Richard E. Thomas of Westwood, N.J., is the shipХs first commanding officer and leads her crew of 276 officers and Sailors. U.S. Navy