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In 2018, Kidd was used as the filming location for the fictional USS Keeling DD-548 (codenamed Greyhound), from C. S. Forester's novel The Good Shepherd, in her appearance in the book's 2020 cinematic adaptation, Greyhound.
USS Kidd (DD-661), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named after Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who died on the bridge of his flagship USS Arizona during the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor.
USS Keeling – Mahan-class destroyer, codename "Greyhound", in The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, 1955; Korund – Tango-class submarine, Eagle Trap by Geoffrey Archer, 1993; USS Langley – a Forrestal-class aircraft carrier, The Sixth Battle by Barrett Tillman, 1992; The Last Ship by William Brinkley, 1988 [8]
USS Keeling (codenamed Greyhound), a fictional Mahan-class destroyer created by C.S. Forester for the 1955 World War II novel The Good Shepherd (novel), and also found in the 2020 film adaptation Greyhound (film).
Fletcher-class destroyers at Destroyer History Foundation; Friedman, Norman (2004). US Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History (Revised ed.). Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. pp. 111–112.
The last time Tom Hanks played the captain of a big ship, he was fighting Somali pirates in “Captain Phillips,” a kinetic, immersive big-screen experience that was nominated for six Academy ...
Greyhound is a 2020 American war film directed by Aaron Schneider and starring Tom Hanks, who also wrote the screenplay. [5] The film is based on the 1955 novel The Good Shepherd by C. S. Forester, and follows a US Navy commander on his first assignment commanding a multi-national escort destroyer group of four, defending an Allied convoy from U-boats during the Battle of the Atlantic.
The Mahan-class destroyers emerged as improved versions of the Farragut class, [3] which incorporated the most up-to-date machinery available. [3] The Navy's General Board had wrestled with the proposed design changes, first they considered 12 torpedo tubes with one fewer 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber gun, [4] and then proposed to retain all five guns with the twelve torpedo tubes, but configure ...