36TH GENERATION

8668. Isaac Campbell Kidd was born on 24 Mar 1884 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. ⁽⁷⁴⁴⁾ He died on 7 Dec 1941 in Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, Hawaii. Rear Admiral in the US. Navy; Graduate of Annapolis; Flagship was the Arizona; he died when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

He was appointed to the Naval Academy from Ohio in 1902 and after graduation in 1906 served on the USS Columbia and served in the 1906 Panama expedition. He then served on the USS New Jersey, which cruised around the world and on the USS North Dakota until 1911. On February 3, 1940 he reported as chief of staff as aid, Commander of battleships, battle force, and was in command of the battleship division of the Pacific fleet at the time of his death. (Source: James A. Kidd, file in Prokasy Library).

The USS Arizona was initially struck by torpedoes during the first wave of Japanese attackers, followed by bomb hits scored by high altitude bombers. A direct hit on the Arizona's boat deck between the No. 4 and No. 6 guns tore open the Arizona like a can, another went into the No. 4 turret. The resulting fires could not be fought because there was no water pressure. (As the Arizona settled on the bottom, she ruptured an underground water pipe.) She was hit by another high altitude bomb at approximately 8:10 A.M., near the No. 2 turret. It ignited the forward magazines, a gigantic explosion occurred, sealing the
doom of over 1,000 crewmen. The force of the explosion blew Commander Cassin Young, Captain of the repair ship Vestal (AR-4) off the ship and into the harbor. He swam back to his ship. The Arizona took nine minutes to sink.

The Arizona's Captain, Franklin Van Valkenburg, as well as Rear Admiral Isaac Kidd, Commander of Battleship Divison One were among the 1,177 killed.

He was married to Inez Nellie Gilmore on 29 Apr 1911. Inez Nellie Gilmore was born on 8 Nov 1887.⁽⁷⁴⁵⁾ She died in May 1978 in Norfolk, Norfolk County, Virginia. ⁽⁷⁴⁵⁾ Isaac Campbell Kidd and Inez Nellie Gilmore had the following children:

+9685 i. Isaac Campbell Kidd.

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