Rare MuseumShip Rendezvous: USS KIDD (DD-661) & LST-325
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- čas přidán 22. 03. 2024
- Museum ships rarely encounter one another as most are no longer capable of sailing under their own power. But two World War II vessels now serving as museums made a brief meeting in Baton Rouge on March 22, 2024.
To learn more about USS KIDD, visit:
www.usskidd.com
To learn more about LST-325, visit:
www.lstmemorial.org
I'm really hoping the museum will start a video series on the repairs while it's in dry dock. Also, does anyone know what repairs are being done while in dry dock? We she be able to return under her own power? That would be cool expensive probably but cool.
Can’t wait to tour Kidd. One day..
Wow I'm definitely downloading this video, gave me shivers to hear that horn, and i must ask assuming staff responds to questions, is it possible to see the inside of normally reserved parts of the ship, i.e. the battle bridge, boiler room, rangefinder, etc.
That would be a specialty tour with a special cost and,advance booking. At the present time, they are not available as staff is busy with drydock preparations. They won't resume until after we're back in Baton Rouge and the ship is all put back together. 🙂
@@usskiddveteransmuseum7568 I understand, and I must say I'm quite excited for her to go to drydock to get some love, and also, how much do those specialty tours cost?
@@blitzwolfe7875: That is something I don't know off the top of my head. They're just not asked for that much. 🤷♂️🙂
@@usskiddveteransmuseum7568 Pity! Of course, they may be just going for the experience, I love the Kidd as I've known it my whole life, proud Louisianan 💪
@@usskiddveteransmuseum7568 This is off topic, but am I to understand that the drydocking is a go and it has been funded? That would be fantastic news. I visited Kidd about a decade ago and it is certainly one of the best ship museums in the world, maybe the best. I hope to come again some day.
thats really cool, i knew there were some LSTs around still but i didnt know there was a seagoing one. On that note, i know she will probably never sail again but what is the state of Kidd's powerplant? what did the navy take or disable when she was turned over? with a healthy amount of funds, out of curiosity rather than practicability, could she in theory be made to sail or would it be so unreliable and dangerous operating her old boilers that even if the time and money was available it wouldn't be worth it?
"What Ifs" are fun, and a great thought analysis exercise, but that's all. Anything is possible "in theory," as proven by 2012's movie "Battleship" wherein MISSOURI fired up and fired off on invading aliens (KIDD starred in that, btw, as MISSOURI's CIC). With an unlimited checkbook and manpower, sure, KIDD could fire her engines up, ... but ... (here's that pesky practicality) ... not her current ones. These (and their support machinery) haven't fired up since 1974: half a century. Would you want to put them under 600 psi of pressure? We wouldn't. You'd have to gut the ship's engineering plant and its support systems in its entirety and start from scratch.
@@usskiddveteransmuseum7568 ah i see, i didnt know that a part of was in that movie. regarding the powerplant, thats pretty much what i expected. once youve done all that though, you gotta ask yourself once youve ripped it out and put a whole new one in, is the heart of the ship really still the same? Thanks for the response though, those steam turbines and boilers they used back in the day are fascinating. Though her boilers are a what if scenario, would something like what the Iowa has done with turret 3 be possible with one of Kidd's 5"/38 mounts if connected to a separate power source? im not sure but can't those mounts be manually operated from the turret? is that in the cards for the future?
@@hurricano471: 4/5 of the 5" mounts rotate fully. 3/5 elevate. 2/5 are still capable of firing, with a third possible with minor restoration work done. All are manual. They were notorious when in service for leaking hydraulics, so there are no plans to reactivate those controls.
@@usskiddveteransmuseum7568 Were the leaky hydraulics a Kidd specific thing or a fletcher class issue? cool to see how many of the guns are still in varying degrees of operability, i honestly didnt expect so many. i know from your video on the 20mm guns that at least one of those work, what about the 40mm, Torpedo tubes, and main battery director? Sorry for all the questions
@@hurricano471: From what we've learned from veterans, the hydraulics leaks were fairly standard on all of the ship's. Of course, they had crews of 330 and no worries about slipping hazards for tourists passing through the handling rooms.
All 6 of our 20mms rotate and at minimum 3 elevate with no problems. They'll all be refurb'd during drydock. The 40mms will be dismounted and refurb'd as well. They've seen the most wear and tear, though the TEXAS crew assures us that ours "aren't that bad."
The torpedo tubes rotate, as does the Mk-37 director atop the pilothouse. Three K-guns are capable of firing with compressed air/nitrogen, and one fantail depth charge track can eject charges. All were used in the filming of "Greyhound."
Check your date. I believe this happened 3/22/24…. Not 3/23.👍
Thanks! Good catch. 🙂👍