 Makore ake makumi maviri nematatu ari mugungwa mukati memakore ake makumi matatu nemanomwe ebasa rehondo anosanganisira makore gumi nemashanu achitungamira magwa, zvikamu zvevadzivisi uye zvikwata zvitatu zveUS muAtlantic, Pacific neMediterranean; akashandawo semubatsiri mukuru uye mubatsiri mukuru kuChief of Naval Operations mukutanga kwema1960, achiwana makomendi ekuedza kwake muCuban Missile Crisis nedzimwe nhamo dzinoverengeka. Muna 1967, akatungamirira dare rokubvunzurudza muchinoitika cheU.S.S. RusunungukomuHondo Yemazuva matanhatu muna June wegore iroro. Kuzvipira Rusununguko Docuseries yakaburitswa muna 2020 inoratidza basa raKidd mukufukidza kurwiswa uku muchikamu III. Kubva muna 1975 kusvika muna 1978, Kidd akashanda semutungamiriri mukuru weU.S. Atlantic Fleet. 