exercises. On 24 April, she was assigned to the Naval Destroyer School at Newport, Rhode Island. After a cruise to the Caribbean, on 1 July 1962, she resumed Naval Reserve training. Kidd was decommissioned on 19 June 1964, entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, and was berthed at the Philadelphia Shipyard. Preservation The Navy set aside three Fletcher-class ships for use as memorials; , , and Kidd. Louisiana congressman William Henson Moore selected Kidd to serve as a memorial for Louisiana World War II veterans. The other Fletcher-class museum ships; The Sullivans in Buffalo, New York; Cassin Young in Boston, Massachusetts; and in Palaio Faliro, Greece, HNS Velos, formerly . Kidd was towed from Philadelphia and arrived in Baton Rouge on 23 May 1982, where she was transferred to the Louisiana Naval War Memorial Commission. She is now on public view as a museum vessel and hosts youth group overnight encampments. Kidd was never modernized and is the only Fletcher-class museum ship to retain its World War II appearance; she was restored to her August 1945 configuration and armament, culminating on 3 July 1997 when her torpedo tubes were reloaded. Kidds special mooring in the Mississippi River is designed to cope with the annual change in river depth, which can be up to forty feet. Half the year, she floats as the river rises; the other half, she sits on keel blocks, and her entire hull can be visible as the water is so low. Awards In 1986 Kidd was designated a National Historic Landmark, as the best-preserved World War II destroyer of her class. U.S. Navy service awards Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with eight battle stars World War II Victory Medal China Service Medal National Defense Service Medal with service star Korean Service Medal with four battle stars Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal Philippine Presidential Unit Citation Korean Presidential Unit Citation Philippine Liberation Medal United Nations Korea Medal Korean War Service Medal (South Korea) Post-military history In 2018, Kidd was used as a stand-in for the fictional USS Keeling (codenamed Greyhound), from C.S. Forester's novel The Good Shepherd, in its appearance in the book's cinematic adaptation, Greyhound. In 2022, Kidd appeared on the Disney+ series National Treasure: Edge of History. See also List of National Historic Landmarks in Louisiana National Register of Historic Places listings in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana References External links hazegray.org: USS Kidd USS Kidd Veterans Museum W5KID