It takes a while for 330 individuals to learn to function as one solid team, particularly on a new ship fresh out of builder's yards. Fire Controlman 1st class...

The kamikaze attack on the USS KIDD (DD-661) on April 11, 1945, is understandably the most recalled event among her crew of that time. But in the confusion and...

Life in the Navy is fraught with danger, whether in peacetime or war. Ships that weigh thousands of tons do not stop on a dime. Sometimes, someone does not...

If there is one strong suit about a destroyer that stands out above anything else in terms of combat readiness, it is her redundancy. Almost every major piece of...

Rear Admiral Allan B. Roby, the KIDD's first commander, recounts a humorous story of one of the KIDD's easier mid-ocean rescues during World War II.

Damage control: without it, you're sunk, ... quite literally. These are the menóand today, the womenówho repair the ship while underway and far from the dry docks and shipyards....