On 10 March 2014 the ship joined the search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 two days after it went missing over the South China Sea . '' Kidd '' was the second Navy ship to be deployed in the search . It joined , and more than 40 other ships and 32 aircraft from Malaysia , Australia , China , India , Thailand , Indonesia , Singapore , Taiwan , Vietnam , New Zealand , and the Philippines taking part in the search and rescue . On 14 March it was announced that Kidd would be relocated to the Indian Ocean in search of the plane , since new evidence points to the possibility of the plane being there
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
USS Kidd (DDG-100)