BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Historic Navy destroyer ship USS KIDD travels from its Baton Rouge home base to a Houma shipyard for needed repairs and restoration. The journey started on Thursday ...

A commemoration ceremony will be held Friday at the USS Kidd Veterans Museum to honor the 38 crew members who died in a kamikaze attack on the ship on April 11, 1945.

Along with the preserved ship, there is also an attached museum ... Past visitors highly recommend making time for a tour of the USS Kidd and the adjoining museum. Many said the experience helped ...