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USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) is a former United States Navy Gearing-class destroyer. The ship was named after Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator, son of the former U.S. Ambassador to Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy Sr., and older brother of future President John F. Kennedy.
Historic Destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr is a Gearing class Destroyer that served in action off Korea, stopped a Soviet ship during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and hunted Soviet submarines for decades. She now is a memorial and museum dedicated to those who served on destroyers.
USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR. was one of the GEARING - class destroyers and the first ship in the Navy to bear the name. Decommissioned in July 1973, the ship was donated to the Battleship Cove Museum at Fall River, Mass., the same month and is now open to the public. Click here for a photo tour of the preserved JOSEPH P. KENNEDY JR.
Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) was launched by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Mass., 26 July 1945; sponsored by Miss Jean Kennedy, sister of Lt. Kennedy; and commissioned at Boston 15...
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Oct 25, 2012 · The destroyer, or “tin can,” was commissioned in 1945 and narrowly missed seeing action in World War II. It was named after the oldest Kennedy brother, who died on Aug. 12, 1944, during a program called Aphrodite that used bombers as explosives-laden cruise missiles. This was an Army Air Forces program in which the Navy participated.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. is home to the Admiral Arleigh Burke National Destroyer Museum and Memorial, which maintains a vast collection of cruise books, photos, and artifacts from the over 100 years of US Navy destroyer history.
