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USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) es un antiguo destructor de la clase Gearing de la Armada de los Estados Unidos. El barco lleva el nombre del teniente Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., un aviador naval, hijo del ex embajador en Gran Bretaña, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., y hermano mayor del futuro presidente John F. Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. sirvió, con interrupciones por modernización, hasta 1973. Entre los aspectos más destacados de su servicio se encuentran el bloqueo a Cuba durante la Crisis de los Misiles cubanos y los equipos de recuperación a flote para Gemini 6 y Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. está en exhibición como un barco museo en Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. Fue agregado al Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos en 1976, y designado Monumento Histórico Nacional en 1989 como uno de un pequeño número de destructores sobrevivientes de la clase Gearing.

Fuente: USS Joseph P. Kennedy en Wikipedia

The 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.