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USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) est un ancien destroyer de classe Gearing de l ' United States Navy. Le navire a été nommé d’après le lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., un aviateur naval, fils de l’ancien ambassadeur en Grande-Bretagne, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., et frère aîné du futur président John F. Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. a servi, avec des interruptions pour la modernisation, jusqu’en 1973. Parmi les faits saillants de son service figurent le blocus de Cuba pendant la crise des missiles de Cuba et les équipes de récupération à flot pour Gemini 6 et Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. est exposé comme un navire-musée à Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. Il a été ajouté au registre national des lieux historiques en 1976 et désigné monument historique national en 1989 comme l’un des rares destroyers survivants de la classe Gearing.

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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.