Commissioned in 2004, the Kidd honors Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd Sr., who was killed aboard his flagship USS Arizona at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941—the highest-ranking American naval officer killed that day. Kidd had been on the bridge when the Japanese struck; he was never seen again. His name has been carried on American destroyers since 1943, and the Kidd continues that tradition across deployments in both fleets.