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U.S.S. KIDD
(DDG-993)NIL SINE MAGNO LABORE
NOTHING WITHOUT GREAT LABOR
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USS KIDD (DDG-993) - a Kidd class destroyer
In Commission 1981 to 1998DDG-993 Deployments - Major Events
Add a DDG-993 Shellback Initiation | Add a DDG-993 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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JUL | 1964 | - | JUL | 1964 | Cuban Missle Blockade |
JUN | 1978 | - | Keel Date: 26 JUN 1978 at Litton Ingalls Pascagoula Mississippi | ||
AUG | 1979 | - | Launch Date: 11 AUG 1979 | ||
MAR | 1981 | - | Commissioned: 27 MAR 1981 | ||
FEB | 1983 | - | Shellback Initiation - 26 FEB 1983 - Indian Ocean | ||
OCT | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Grenada |
MAR | 1984 | - | MAR | 1984 | Blue Nose - Arctic Circle |
MAR | 1985 | - | OCT | 1985 | Mediterranean |
MAR | 1987 | - | DEC | 1987 | Desert Shield |
JUN | 1987 | - | DEC | 1987 | Persian Gulf Tanker Escort |
JAN | 1991 | - | JUN | 1991 | Desert Storm |
NOV | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 15 NOV 1992 - Pacific Ocean | ||
OCT | 1995 | - | APR | 1996 | Mediterranean/Adriatic Sea Deployment |
MAY | 1996 | - | OCT | 1996 | Counter Narcotics Deployment - Eastern Pacific |
MAR | 1997 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 MAR 1997 - Atlantic Ocean | ||
MAR | 1998 | - | Decommissioned: 12 MAR 1998 | ||
MAR | 1998 | - | Shellback Initiation - 13 MAR 1998 - Atlantic Ocean |
DDG-993 General Specifications
Class: Kidd class destroyer
Named for: Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd
Complement: 31 Officers and 332 Enlisted
Displacement: 9783 tons
Length: 563 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Final Disposition: Sold to Taiwan 30 May 2003; commissioned as ROCS Tso Ying (DDG-1803)