Kinkaid (DD 965) - Naval Cruise Book

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SHIP ' S CREST The otTicial crest of USSKINKAIDis highly symboheof the ship ' s namesake. Admiral Thomas C Kinkaid. one of America ' s great Na al Officers. The globe ith a seven pointed star w ilhin represents the seven oceans o ' the world in which the ship is prepared to ser e, and also alludes to Admiral Kinkaid ' s Seventh Fleet Command. The fixe rays of the sunburst denote the five major battles in which Kinkaid participated in the Pacific: Coral .Sea. Midway, Guadacanal. the Aleutians, and Leyte Gulf. The four stars and the three points refer to the numerical designation of the Seventh Meet, vv hich Admiral Kinkaid commanded in support i)f (icneral MacArlhur ' s major operations in toiu aieas: Hollandia. the Philippines, the Admiralties, atid Borneo. The stars also reler to Admiral Kinkaid ' s promotion to lull Atlmiral. The base of the shield alludes to Admual Kinkaid ' s role as Commander of the North Pacific Fleet in the Aleutians where he directed the operations that ended the only enemy occupation of American soil, and is also sv mbolic of courage and the heat and action of battle. The Ship ' s Motto Steadfast and True. comes from two letters from and about Admiral Kinkaitl. Steadfast was the word used by Fleet Admiral Ernest King to describe Admiral Kinkaid in a letter v ritlen to Mrs. Kinkaid in l ' -M2. True is from a letter the Admiral wrote to his wife in I ' M.S. in which he said that above all else, he wanted to be remembered for having been true to his mission.