USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. DD-850 — Local services in Fall River

I visited her in 2019. That these huge ⚓ ships made of metal floats with everything they have to carry and still have to handled what the sea has thrown at them is amazing! A fellow Google Maps reviewer does an excellent 👌 job on giving a brief synopsis about the Gearing- Class Destroyer. 📛 Named after lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator who died in action. He was the son of Joseph P. Kennedy Sr. and older brother to President John F. Kennedy. This destroyer has circumnavigated the globe 🌎🌍, sailed through the Panama Canal, seen action and performed in many training exercises. She has served in the blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis. She has also served as the afloat recovery team of Gemini 6 & 7. She was built in the Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts. She was launched July 26th, 1945 and commissioned on at Boston December 15th of the same year. Her first 🥇 shakedown cruise was in the Caribbean on January 4th, 1946. She was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy Register in July 1973. She made her home in Fall River. She later found her acting career in the movie"13 Days" in Rhode Island where she actually made an appearance reprising her role during the Cuban Missile Crisis. She is also home to the Admiral Arleigh Burke National Destroyermen's Museum. Exploring all of the vessels was an adventure, especially if you enjoy learning about history. Give yourself about 2 days to explore everything! It is well...

The USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (DD-850) is a Gearing-class destroyer named after Lieutenant Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a naval aviator and older brother of President John F. Kennedy. Commissioned on December 15, 1945. Built in just eight months and decommissioned on July 2, 1973, and is now a museum ship at Battleship Cove in Fall River. The ship is actively maintained by volunteers and staff, with ongoing restoration efforts to preserve...

Excellent, walked around this and is amazing to view into all the areas of the ship as they would have been at the time, captains quarters and cabin etc Would have been very cramped along the corridors with crew trying to get past each other Walking the length and in and out the small spaces can give you a real feel for how it...