USS KIDD Veterans Museum

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We. Are. EXCITED!!! An old neighbor from South Boulevard is moving in and becoming a new neighbor at a new location just three blocks away! The Baton Rouge African American History Museum () will have a grand reopening this Friday, June 19, 2026, at 5:30 p.m.

Come out to support and celebrate this wonderful member of Baton Rouge's museum community. Founded in 2001 by the late Sadie Roberts-Jospeh, the museum seeks to expand knowledge of African American history through engaging exhibits and community engagement. Miss Sadie's superb efforts at community and educational outreach caused the Louisiana Association of Museums to create the Sadie Roberts-Joseph Excellence in Community Outreach Award, recognizing individuals and institutions in Louisiana that do outstanding educational work to positively impact their communities.

The USS KIDD is proud to be a partner with BRAAM in developing a joint exhibit upon the KIDD's return home where visitors can see the African American experience in via the newly restored Steward's Berthing aboard KIDD and via a forthcoming exhibit at BRAAM centered on the civilian experience on the homefront in Baton Rouge.

We look forward to seeing you there on Friday!!!

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Longest Night of Museums 2026 continues today with a special livestream on naval history! Join World of Warships and Naval Museum Atlas as we explore the Evolution of Torpedoes — from early concepts to the technology that shaped naval history.

Watch the livestream and visit the event page: https://wo.ws/3RZxdiK

Tune in at 7pm for the premiere of our latest video!
https://youtu.be/uhslRmUz_A8?si=CYn7yj-SVAb0Ooo1

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(6/05/2026) - More life raft work at the KIDD Cave! The missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints were back with us on Friday. Tim NesSmith had washed down the rafts after their last round of sanding so that they could see what areas were still peeling. They followed up this time with a finer grit to get a smoother finish and not damage the canvas wrapping of the outer rings. Two rings are ready to paint with six more in various stages of sanding prep. A big thanks to all the missionaries for their service!

Meantime, volunteer Fred Enters (DD-868) continues to sand and prep the wooden center platforms for painting (picking on the theme here, right?). Tim has finished off fabrication of the snaking for the main deck railings. He shifted to fabrication of the netting that connects the center platforms to the outer rings of the life rafts and has completed it for all eight rafts. He's now shifting gears again to wrapping and coiling the 144 lifeline bundles that hang on the outer perimeters of the outer rings. And while Fred, Tim, and the missionaries are busy with life raft restoration, Nathan Bergeron continues reassembling many of the smaller, more fragile items removed from the searchlights, gun directors, torpedo directors, 20mm guns, etc. during the restoration of those macro artifacts prior to their remounting aboard ship last September and October.

If you'd like to volunteer with the USS KIDD Veterans Museum you can send an inquiry to [email protected] for more information.

There's still a need for funding to finish restoration of equipment not being restored by the shipyard, and to keep the lights on back home at the museum. Let's make KIDD better than the bare minimum!

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The USS KIDD Veterans Museum is a non-funded state agency that receives no regular state or federal funding. We appreciate your support!

New video dropping tomorrow at 7pm! Tune in to find out what's going on with the ship's return.

https://youtu.be/uhslRmUz_A8

Setting Expectations 2 | Fighting the River Why doesn't rain in Baton Rouge help the KIDD get home? Ship superi...