Isaac C. Kidd

Isaac Campbell Kidd was an American Rear Admiral in the United States Navy. Kidd was killed on the bridge of the USS160Arizona160 during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the highest ranking American killed by the Japanese since 73 years earlier, with the death of Rear Admiral Henry H. Bell at Kobe, while trying to force Japan open to trade. He was the father of Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, Jr. He was a posthumous recipient of his nations highest military honor the Medal of Honor. The highest ranking casualty at Pearl Harbor, he became the first U.S. Navy flag officer killed in action in World War II as well as the first killed in action against any foreign enemy. A Fletcherclass destroyer, the USS160Kidd160, was commissioned in his honor on April 23, 1943. The second ship named after him, the USS160Kidd160, lead ship of four Kiddclass destroyers, was commissioned on March 27, 1981. An Arleigh Burkeclass guided missile destroyer, the USS160Kidd160, was the third ship named after him and

Kidd was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1884. He entered the U.S. Naval Academy in 1902, graduating with the Class of 1906 in February of that year. He was commissioned an ensign in 1908. Kidd participated in the 1907 09 Great White Fleet cruise around the world while serving on the USS160New Jersey160. Following service on the USS160North Dakota160 and the USS160Pennsylvania160, Kidd became the Aide and Flag Secretary to the Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet, the first of his many flagstaff assignments. He was an instructor at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1916 17.

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