USS Joseph Kennedy DD-850

USS Joseph P. Kennedy

DržaviZda
RazredGearing-class destroyer
Začela26 July 1945
NicknameJoey P

USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) je nekdanji rušilec razreda mornarice ZDA. Ladja je dobila ime po poročniku Josephu P. Kennedyju mlajšemu, mornariški pilot, sinu nekdanjega veleposlanika v Veliki Britaniji Josepha P. Kennedyja starejšega in starejšem bratu bodočega predsednika Johna F. Kennedyja. Joseph P. Kennedy mlajši je služil, s prekinitvami za modernizacijo, do leta 1973. Med vrhunci njenega servisa sta blokada Kube med kubansko raketno krizo in ekipe za obnovitev napihnjenih za Gemini 6 in Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy mlajši je na ogled kot muzejska ladja v Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. Leta 1976 je bila dodana v Nacionalni register zgodovinskih krajev in leta 1989 kot enega od majhnih preživelih uničevalcev razreda 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.

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