WWII Warship's Historic Move│USS KIDD Departs for Drydock

The prep is now over and the USS KIDD sails for the first time in 42 years. This unseen footage was taken exactly one year ago today. After four days of uncertainty, the USS KIDD finally started her journey to the Thoma-Sea shipyard in Houma, Louisiana. Click here to donate to the USS KIDD: https://www.usskidd.com/support-our-m... The USS KIDD Veterans Museum is a non-funded state agency that receives no regular state or federal funding. We appreciate your support! For USS KIDD merch: https://www.usskidd.com/museum-store/ 00:00 Intro 01:01 Cutting docking collars 02:16 Waiting for the final collar to be cut 02:52 View of the whole operation 03:54 Cutting the final collar to free the ship 06:09 Pushing KIDD away from dolphins 08:04 Backing up to clear the mooring dolphins 11:54 Moving into the channel 13:24 Floating down river (backwards) 16:42 Under I-10 bridge 20:12 Blowing horn 22:50 Docking at McKinney's shipyard