_underway.jpg) Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. underway in 1962
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | Joseph P. Kennedy Jr |
| Namesake | Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. |
| Builder | Fore River Shipyard |
| Laid down | 2 April 1945 |
| Launched | 26 July 1945 |
| Sponsored by | Miss Jean Kennedy Smith |
| Commissioned | 15 December 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 2 July 1973 |
| Stricken | 1 July 1973 |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | Joey P |
| Status | Museum ship at Battleship Cove |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Gearing-class destroyer |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Installed power | 4 × Babcock & Wilcox 615 psi (4.24 MPa) 850 °F (454 °C) superheated D-Type express boilers |
| Propulsion | 2 sets of high pressure, low pressure and cruising turbines (General Electric or Westinghouse) 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 shafts and 12.5-foot (3.8 m) four-bladed propellers |
| Speed | 35.25 knots (65.28 km/h; 40.56 mph) |
| Range | 5,800 mi (5,000 nmi; 9,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
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| Armament |
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| Aircraft carried | Drone Anti-Sub Helicopter (DASH) |
| Notes | Fuel capacity of 96,000 US gal (360,000 L; 80,000 imp gal) |
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| Coordinates | 41°42′21″N 71°09′47″W / 41.7057°N 71.1631°W |
| Built | 1945 |
| NRHP reference No. | 76000231 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | 11 December 1989[1] |
| Designated NHL | 29 June 1989[2] |
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. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. served, with interruptions for modernization, until 1973. Among the highlights of her service are the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the afloat recovery teams for Gemini 6 and Gemini 7. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. is on display as a museum ship in Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts. She was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1976, and designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989 as one of a small number of surviving Gearing-class destroyers.
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 23 January 2007.
- ^ "Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., USS (Destroyer)". National Historic Landmarks Program. National Park Service. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 3 October 2012.