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re: USS Kidd is Finishing Up Her Journey to Houma
Posted on 5/2/24 at 12:31 pm to Tarps99
Posted on 5/2/24 at 12:31 pm to Tarps99
She really is a badass ship. I didn't know until the other day that per the US Navy, they are not allowed to run her engines.
If you don't know the ice cream machine story, it's a great one. In dock, the seamen pooled their money together and bought an ice cream machine. They had a dock worker cut a hole in the ship so they could get the machine into the galley, then sealed the hole back up. Only problem was, the bigger ships had ice cream machine mixes, not smaller destroyers. So when a pilot was shot down or crashed in the water, the Kidd would pick up the pilot and "hold him ransom" until the aircraft carrier sent over ice cream mixes. Now, they are the only Navy ship allowed to fly the Jolly Roger as they are the Pirates of the Pacific.
If you don't know the ice cream machine story, it's a great one. In dock, the seamen pooled their money together and bought an ice cream machine. They had a dock worker cut a hole in the ship so they could get the machine into the galley, then sealed the hole back up. Only problem was, the bigger ships had ice cream machine mixes, not smaller destroyers. So when a pilot was shot down or crashed in the water, the Kidd would pick up the pilot and "hold him ransom" until the aircraft carrier sent over ice cream mixes. Now, they are the only Navy ship allowed to fly the Jolly Roger as they are the Pirates of the Pacific.
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Posted on 5/2/24 at 12:33 pm to SixthAndBarone
Legit CSB.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 1:28 pm to SixthAndBarone
That is the coolest story I have read in a while. Thank you for sharing.
Posted on 5/2/24 at 1:36 pm to SixthAndBarone
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She really is a badass ship. I didn't know until the other day that per the US Navy, they are not allowed to run her engines.
If you don't know the ice cream machine story, it's a great one. In dock, the seamen pooled their money together and bought an ice cream machine. They had a dock worker cut a hole in the ship so they could get the machine into the galley, then sealed the hole back up. Only problem was, the bigger ships had ice cream machine mixes, not smaller destroyers. So when a pilot was shot down or crashed in the water, the Kidd would pick up the pilot and "hold him ransom" until the aircraft carrier sent over ice cream mixes. Now, they are the only Navy ship allowed to fly the Jolly Roger as they are the Pirates of the Pacific.
That is awesome. Pretty neat photo on wikipedia, from 1944.
More on topic, its cool to see the tradition continue on the newer USS Kidd
Posted on 5/2/24 at 2:08 pm to SixthAndBarone
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She really is a badass ship.
I can only imagine how many Kriegsmarine that little b*itch entombed. That Fletcher Class Destroyer is one of THE coolest thing about BR.
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