Kinkaid (DD 965) - Naval Cruise Book

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SHIP ' S CREST TheofTicial crest of KI! KAII) is highl symbolic of the ship ' s name- sake. Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid. one of America ' s great naval officers. The BLLT; (il OBI-: with a SIAHN fOINTI ' D STAR within repre- sents the seven oceans of the world in which the ship is prepared to serve, .indalsoalludes to Admiral Kinkaid ' s .Seventh Meet Command. The IIVL R. S of the SUNBURST denote the five major Pacific Ocean battles in which .Admiral Kinkaid participated: Coral Sea. Midway, (juadalca- nal, the .Aleutians, and l.eyle (iulf. The lOlR. STARS in the BLUE-. FIFLD and the THRtit POINTS in GOLD refer to the numerical designation of the Seventh F ' leet, which Admiral Kinkaid commanded in support of (ieneral MacArthur ' s major operations in four areas: Hollandia. the I hilippines: the Admiralties and Borneo. The stars also refer to .Admiral Kinkaid ' s promotion to full .Admi- ral. The SCARLET in the baseof the shield alludes to Admiral Kinkaid ' s role as Commander of the North Pacific Fleet in the Aleutians, where he directed the operations that ended theonly enemy occupation of Ameri- can soil during World War II. The color RLD is also symbolic of courage and the heat and action of battle. o MOTTO The ship ' s motto Steadfast and True comes from two letters from and about Admiral Kinkaid. Steadfast was the word used by Fleet Admiral Ernest King to describe Admiral Kinkaid in a letter written to Mrs. Kinkaid in 1942. True is from a letter Admiral Kinkaid wrote to his wife in 1 45, in which he said that abose all else, he wanted to be remembered for having been true to his mission. n

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ADMIRAL THOMAS C. KINKAID Thomas Cassin Kinkaid was born in Hanover, Ncu Hampshire, on April 3, ISXS. He attended the L nited Slates Naval .• cademy and graduated with the Class of 1908. After graduation from the ,- cademy he served in the battleships .NF.BRASkA and MINNK.SO r. until .September 1913, when he reported to the Postgraduate School, Annapolis, for instruction in Ordnance Engineering. From 1916 to 1918 he served aboard the LSS PKN. SVI. ' . NI. with service al the end of the tour with the British .-Xdmiraltv. He was Gunnery Officer aboard LSS . RIZON.A from 1918 to 1919 when she was an escort ship for President Woodrow Wilson, then enroute to the Peace Conference at Versailles. Following a cruise to .Asia .Minor he was ordered to Washington, D.C., for duties with the Bureau of Ordnance, Navv Department, where he remained until July 1922. From 1922 to 1930, Admiral Kinkaid served successively as Assistant Chief of Staff to the Commander. U.S. Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters: as Commanding Officer of LSS ISHERWOOD; at the Navy Yard. Naval Gun Factory. V ' ashington. D.C.; and as Fleet Gunnery Officer and .Aide on the Staff of Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet. From 1933 to 1938, Admiral Kinkaid served as E.xecuiive Officer of the L ' SS COLORADO, with the Nav Depart- ment as Officer-in-Charge of the Officer ' s Detailing Section and as Commanding Officer of the LSS INDL N. POLIS. In November of 1938 he became U.S. Naval Attache for Air at the .American Embassy. Rome, with additional duty from March 1939 to March 1941 as Naval Attache to the Embassy in Belgrade. Yugoslavia. He commanded Destroyer Squadron Eight from June 1941 until his promotion to Rear .Admiral in November of the same year. This assignment was followed with command of Cruiser Division Si.x. Pacific Fleet, and a Task Force which engaged in the Battle of the Solomon and Santa Cruz Islands. .■ dmiral Kinkaid became the first surface warfare officer ever to command a Carrier Task Force when he commanded the USS ENTERPRISE .Mr Support Group and accompanying battleships in the Battle o ' Guadalcanal, November 12-15. 1942 In January of 1943 he assumed command of the North Pacific Fleet and played an integral role in ending the Japanese occupation of the Aleutian Islands. From 1943 to 1945. the now Vice .Admiral Kinkaid served as Commander. .Allied Naval Forces. Southwest Pacific .Area. There he supported General Mac.Arthur s landings and helped engineer the defeat of the Japanese Fleet at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. Promoted to full .Admiral in April 1945. Kinkaid continued to serve as Commander, Seventh Fleet until the war ' s end. After the war he returned to the United States and served as Commander, Sixteenth Fleet until his retirement in May 1950. Admiral Kinkaid is the holder of four Distinguished Ser ice Medals and numerous Campaign and Service Medals. In addition he is an Honorary Companion of the Order of the Bath, awarded by King George VI of Great Britian. He is a Grand Officer, Order of the Orange Nassau with the Swords, bestowed by Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands. .Admiral Kinkaid also holds other decorations from Chile, Belgium and China. TH