From 30 May 1985 '' Kidd '' took part in U.S. Sixth Fleet operations in the Black Sea through 3 June . USS '' Kidd '' cut short a port visit to Haifa , Israel , on 16 June in response to the TWA Flight 847 aircraft hijacking . She returned to Haifa on 15 July before visiting Alexandria , Egypt , and Constanța , Romania . Black Sea operations continued with the Sixth Fleet in August . '' Kidd '' called on Istanbul , Turkey , before returning to Naples , Italy . She conducted operations in the Western Mediterranean with through September . Calling on Benidorm , Spain , she then passed through the Straits of Gibraltar again on 20 September . After visiting Rota , Spain , '' Kidd '' crossed the Atlantic under the power of her gas-turbine engines , arriving in Norfolk . and ending her deployment on 2 October 1985
TWA Flight 847
TWA Flight 847
USS Kidd (DDG-993)