George Quarré, one of the KIDD's wartime Lieutenants recounts how Commander Allan Roby, the KIDD's first commander, performed routine ship maneuvers with a flair for showmanship.

Andy Jancovic, one of the KIDD's World War II Torpedoman's Mates, relates how, through a series of small errors and lack of communication, the KIDD fired a depth charge...

Robert Hatfield, relates in an interview with KIDD historian Fred Benton how the KIDD provided shore bombardment to the Marines fighting to retake the island of Guam during World...

Gunfire support was not the sole duty assigned to the KIDD while in the vicinity of Guam, nor the only close encounters with the enemy that she experienced. Records...

Kara-Ann Martin of Hamilton Square, New Jersey, emailed us with a story about her grandfather, David Bruce Myles, who was a crew member aboard the KIDD during World War...

Leo Goulet was aboard the KIDD from the time of her commissioning in April of 1943 to the end of the war in September of 1945. As can be...