Named for Rear Admiral Issac C. Kidd, who was killed on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona on December 7, 1941, and became the first U.S. Navy admiral killed in action, the Fletcher-class ...

What You Need to Know: The Fletcher-class destroyers were the most numerous and arguably among the most versatile warships of World War II, with 175 commissioned by the U.S. Navy.... What You Need to ...

Aug. 2—When the keels for the USS Nicholas and USS O'Bannon were first laid down in 1941 as construction on the ships began at Bath Iron Works in Maine, they became sister ships and were some of the ...