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U.S.S. KINKAID
(DD-965)STEADFAST AND TRUE
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USS KINKAID (DD-965) - a Spruance class destroyer
In Commission 1976 to 2003DD-965 Deployments - Major Events
| Add a DD-965 Shellback Initiation | Add a DD-965 Deployment - Major Event | ||||
| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| APR | 1973 | - | Keel Date: 19 APR 1973 at Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula MS | ||
| MAY | 1974 | - | Launch Date: 25 MAY 1974 | ||
| JUL | 1976 | - | Commissioned: 10 JUL 1976 | ||
| JUN | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 1 JUN 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1978 | - | FEB | 1979 | Golden Shellback initiation 11 October 1978 |
| SEP | 1978 | - | APR | 1979 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| OCT | 1978 | - | Shellback Initiation - 11 OCT 1978 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| MAY | 1980 | - | DEC | 1980 | West Pac |
| JUN | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 JUN 1980 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| JUN | 1980 | - | Shellback Initiation - 5 JUN 1980 - Indian Ocean | ||
| JAN | 1982 | - | JUN | 1982 | West Pac |
| OCT | 1983 | - | Shellback Initiation - 12 OCT 1983 - Indian Ocean | ||
| OCT | 1983 | - | NOV | 1983 | Grenada |
| MAY | 1984 | - | DEC | 1984 | West Pac |
| NOV | 1989 | - | APR | 1990 | Collision with M/V Kota Petani in Malacca Straits |
| AUG | 1992 | - | JAN | 1993 | West Pac |
| DEC | 1992 | - | Shellback Initiation - 19 DEC 1992 - Indian Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1994 | - | MAY | 1995 | West Pac-Indian Ocean-Persian Gulf |
| APR | 1995 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 APR 1995 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| APR | 1995 | - | Shellback Initiation - 6 APR 1995 - Pacific Ocean | ||
| NOV | 1995 | - | JUN | 1996 | West Pac |
| SEP | 1997 | - | FEB | 1998 | West Pac |
| JUN | 1999 | - | DEC | 1999 | West Pac |
| APR | 2001 | - | SEP | 2001 | West Pac |
| JAN | 2003 | - | Decommissioned: 7 JAN 2003 | ||
DD-965 General Specifications
Class: Spruance class destroyer
Named for: Thomas C. Kinkaid
Complement: 19 Officers and 315 Enlisted
Displacement: 8040 tons
Length: 529 feet
Beam: 55 feet
Flank Speed: 32 Knots
Range: 6 000 nautical miles
Final Disposition:Sunk as a target 14 July 2004