Veterans group awards USS Kidd with grant to continue refurbishments while ship is in Houma

BATON ROUGE — While the USS Kidd is in Houma for refurbishments, a national group of veterans who have served on destroyers was in Baton Rouge on Thursday to award the ship’s museum with a $3,000 grant.

The “Tin Can Sailors” have a goal to support the ten destroyer museum ships in America by providing grants for specific shipboard projects.

This specific grant is to help with restorations for the Kidd here in Baton Rouge…

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