Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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It has been one year since the USS KIDD was extracted from her cradle in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 21 April 2024 was the first day of major alterations to be towed to the shipyard for drydock restorations.

This video contains UNSEEN FOOTAGE of these preparations.

00:00 Intro
00:28 Divers from Budwine & Associates
00:45 Moving the paint barge
01:51 Divers cutting the rudder
03:45 River levels
04:46 Testing the anchor windlass
05:03 Lowering anchor
06:07 Anchor enters water
06:33 Recalling anchor

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