Uploaded February 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Polishing props, testing welds, painting the anchor, and fabricating louvers. Ship Superintendent Tim NesSmith walks around the hull to tell what's new in drydock. This is Update #9 in the drydocking of the USS KIDD (DD-661.)

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