USS Kidd
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USS Kidd is an attraction in Louisiana, at a modelled elevation of 5 m. The nearest named place is Riverfront Plaza/Levee Green, a park 0.1 miles away. Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway runs past it.
The story
USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Admiral Kidd was the first US flag officer to die during World War II and the first American admiral ever to be killed in action. A National Historic Landmark, she is now a museum ship, berthed on the Mississippi River in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Kidd is one of four Fletcher-class destroyers to be preserved, and along with USS Slater (DE 766), one of only two surviving US destroyers preserved in her World War II configuration.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7870783, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Built
- 1943
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Louisiana Scenic Bayou Byway
- On the Great River Road, National
- 1.1 mi off the River Road Scenic Byway, National
- 29.1 mi off the Tunica Trace Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Riverfront Plaza/Levee Green: 0.1 mi
- Repentance Park: 0.1 mi
- City Hall Plaza: 0.2 mi
- Galvez Plaza: 0.2 mi
- BREC Convention Street Park: 0.6 mi
- Mississippi River Bridge: 0.4 mi
- Louisiana State Welcome Center: 0.7 mi
- Mike the Tiger Habitat: 2.2 mi
- Southern University Agricultural Research and Extension: 6.0 mi
- Hot Shot: 11.9 mi
- USS Kidd Veterans Museum: 0.1 mi
- Louisiana Art and Science Museum: 0.1 mi
- Old State Capitol: 0.2 mi
- LSU Museum of Art: 0.3 mi
- Baton Rouge African American Museum: 0.5 mi
- USCGC WHITE ALDER: 0.1 mi
- A-7 Corsair: 0.1 mi
- Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial: 0.2 mi
- Huey P. Long Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Dedicated to you, a free citizen in a free land: 1.0 mi
- Huey P Long Garden: 0.8 mi
- Never Forget Garden: 1.0 mi
- Barton Arboretum: 4.8 mi
- Florence and Charles Crowder Camellia Collection: 4.9 mi
- Monroe Garden: 5.0 mi
- Burbank Nature Reserve: 6.8 mi
- Wray Nature Reserve: 7.8 mi
- Blackwater Conservation Area: 8.6 mi
- Jones Creek Nature Reserve: 8.9 mi
- South Harrell's Ferry Nature Reserve: 10.8 mi
- Istrouma Bluff: 0.3 mi
- Scott Bluffs: 5.0 mi
- Mallets Bluff: 16.3 mi
- Painted Bluffs: 16.4 mi
- Balls Bluff: 19.6 mi
- Morrisonville: 8.7 mi
- Alma: 15.8 mi
- Anchor: 19.2 mi
- Galveztown: 19.4 mi
- Waterloo: 19.9 mi
- The Crest: 0.2 mi
- The Red Stick Sculpture: 5.4 mi
- 2000: 8.5 mi
- Louisiana Mud Painting Gallery: 11.5 mi
- Live Oak Picnic Area: 13.8 mi
- Denham Spring: 14.0 mi
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:17 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 19:35 | 20:11 |
| September equinox | 06:54 | 18:31 | 19:03 |
| December solstice | 06:58 | 16:33 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/Chicago).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Sep–May.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 50 | 54 | 61 | 67 | 75 | 80 | 82 | 82 | 78 | 69 | 59 | 53 |
| Precip in | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 4.7 | 6.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — LSU Ben-hur Farm, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 83000502OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial site- National Register of Historic Places — U.S.S. KIDD, reference 83000502, listed 08/09/83.
OpenStreetMap element way/794507052
Day trips start here
- Port Allen · 1 mi
- Baton Rouge · 3 mi
- River Parishes · 3 mi
- Plaquemine · 11 mi
- Florida Parishes · 23 mi
- New Roads · 23 mi
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