USS Joseph P. Kennedy – Fotos e Vídeos

USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) é um ex-destróier da classe Gearing da Marinha dos Estados Unidos. O navio recebeu o nome do tenente Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., um aviador naval, filho do ex-embaixador na Grã-Bretanha, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., e irmão mais velho do futuro presidente John F. Kennedy. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. serviu, com interrupções para modernização, até 1973. Entre os destaques de seu serviço estão o bloqueio de Cuba durante a Crise dos Mísseis de Cuba e as equipes de recuperação à tona para Gemini 6 e Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. está em exibição como um navio-museu em Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. Ele foi adicionado ao Registro Nacional de Lugares Históricos em 1976, e designado um Marco Histórico Nacional em 1989 como um de um pequeno número de destroieres sobreviventes da classe Gearing.

Fonte: USS Joseph P. Kennedy na Wikipédia

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.