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USS Joseph P.Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) on entinen Yhdysvaltain laivaston Gearing-luokan hävittäjä. Alus nimettiin luutnantti Joseph P.Kennedy Jr.: n, merivoimien lentäjän, entisen Britannian suurlähettilään Joseph P. Kennedy Sr:n pojan ja tulevan presidentin John F. Kennedyn vanhemman veljen mukaan. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. palveli modernisaation keskeytyksin vuoteen 1973 asti. Hänen palvelunsa kohokohtia ovat Kuuban saarto Kuuban ohjuskriisin aikana ja Gemini 6: n ja Gemini 7: n pinnalla olevat elvytysryhmät. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. on esillä museolaivana Battleship Covessa, Fall Riverissä, Massachusettsissa. Hänet lisättiin kansalliseen historiallisten paikkojen rekisteriin vuonna 1976 ja nimettiin kansalliseksi historialliseksi maamerkiksi vuonna 1989 yhdeksi harvoista elossa olevista Gearing-luokan hävittäjistä.

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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.