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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.
USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850): Namesake: The eldest child of Joseph P. and Rose Kennedy, Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Jr. was born on July 28, 1915. After graduating with honors from Harvard University in 1938, Kennedy enrolled in Harvard Law School, leaving early to enlist as a Navy pilot.
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.
May 23, 2020 · Brief online tour of the Gearing class destroyer, USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD-850. JPK is a museum ship at Battleship Cove in Fall River, MA and is restored to her Vietnam War era...
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A series of 22 images of the USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD 850) as she appeared in Fall River, MA during September 2008. Larry Backus and Kathryn Lee Huculak 61k
Jul 23, 2015 · 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 December...
USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr. (DD-850) sailed 4 February 1946 for shakedown training in the Caribbean. She returned to her homeport, Newport, in April, and was occupied for the next few months in...
