For someone who has never before been to sea, their first days aboard ship can be quite an eye-opening experience, particularly during wartime. The following recollection comes from Sonarman...

Food. There are very few things more subjective. To paraphrase from a popular saying, 'One man's fine meal is another man's slop.' Nothing is more true when talking with...

There are points in history that are so defining that everyone remembers where they were or what they were doing when they learned the news. For the World War...

The Cold War is one of the most difficult eras of the KIDD's history on which to obtain information. There are several reasons for this. Unlike the battles of...

George D. Van Arsdale, the KIDD's chief engineer from 1963-64, recounts a humorous story of how teamwork within the Engineering Division helped the KIDD maintain an even keel.

Anyone familiar with machinery knows that the best way to maintain equipment is to use that equipment. The same goes for a destroyer. The Fletcher-class tin cans were rated...