USS Joseph P. Kennedy – Fotografie & Videa

USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) je bývalý torpédoborec amerického námořnictva třídy Gearing. Loď byla pojmenována po poručíku Josephu P. Kennedym Jr., námořním letci, synovi bývalého velvyslance v Británii Josephu P. Kennedym Sr. a starším bratrovi budoucího prezidenta Johna F. Kennedyho. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. sloužil, s přestávkami kvůli modernizaci, až do roku 1973. Mezi vrcholy její služby patří blokáda Kuby během kubánské raketové krize a záchranné týmy pro Gemini 6 a Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. je vystaven jako muzejní loď v Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. V roce 1976 byl přidán do Národního registru historických míst a v roce 1989 byl označen za národní historickou památku jako jeden z malého počtu dochovaných torpédoborců třídy Gearing.

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Tá USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) is a former United States Navy destroyer that served in various missions from 1945 to 1973. The ship was named after Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator who died in World War II, and the older brother of President John F. Kennedy. The USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation’s Fore River Shipyard in Quincy, Massachusetts, and launched on July 26, 1945. The ship was commissioned on December 15, 1945, and joined the Atlantic Fleet.
The USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. participated in several operations during the Cold War, such as the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962, and the recovery of Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 astronauts in 1965. The ship also underwent several modernizations and upgrades throughout its service life, including new weapons, radar, sonar, and helicopter systems. The USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. was decommissioned on July 2, 1973, and donated to the Battleship Cove museum in Fall River, Massachusetts, where it is preserved as a National Historic Landmark and a memorial to the Kennedy family.