USS JOSEPH P. KENNEDY, JR. (DD-850)

The 'USS ''Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'' (DD-850)' is a ''Gearing''-class destroyer of the United States Navy.
The ship was named after Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., a naval aviator, son of the former Ambassador to Britain, Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr., and older brother of future President John F. Kennedy. ''Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr.'' is presently on display as a museum ship in Fall River, Massachusetts.
''Kennedy'' was built by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, launched on 26 July 1945, and commissioned on 15 December 1945. This vessel would serve, with interruptions for modernization, until 1973. Among the highlights of its service are the blockade of Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the afloat recovery teams for ''Gemini 6'' and ''Gemini 7''. It is now a floating museum in Battleship Cove, Fall River, Massachusetts.[1]
After decommissioning, ''Kennedy'' was stricken from the Naval Register and removed to Fall River, Massachusetts as a unit of the Battleship Cove Museum. She is there today and open to the public as the official memorial to Massachusetts citizens who gave their lives during the Korean and Vietnam Wars. She is also home to the Admiral Arleigh Burke National Destroyermen's Museum.
In the spring of 2000, ''Kennedy'' was brought to Rhode Island Sound for the movie ''Thirteen Days'', portraying both herself and the USS John R. Pierce (DD-753).

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★ USS Joseph P. Kennedy Photos on board the Destroyer Joseph P. Kennedy DD-780 in Fall River, MA

★ Battleship Cove Naval Museum Homepage

★ Unofficial "Joey P" Home Page