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Caption:
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 ship's first commanding officer and
leads her crew of 276 officers and Sailors. U.S. Navy photo by Cmdr.
Jane Campbell (RELEASED)
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