Editing Isaac C. Kidd (section)

{{Short description|US Navy RADM, Medal of Honor recipient (1884–1941)}} 
{{For-text|his son, also an admiral|[[Isaac C. Kidd Jr.]] (1919–1999)}}
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{{Infobox military person
|name= Isaac C. Kidd
|image= Isaac C. Kidd.NH50176.jpg
|image_size= 200px
|alt= 
|caption= Captain Isaac C. Kidd while he was chief of staff to the commander, Base Force, U.S. Fleet
|nickname= 
|birth_date= {{Birth date|1884|3|26}}
|birth_place= [[Cleveland, Ohio]]
|death_date= {{Death date and age|1941|12|7|1884|3|26}}
|death_place= [[Pearl Harbor]], [[Territory of Hawaii]]
|placeofburial= Hull of USS ''Arizona''
|placeofburial_label= Resting place
|allegiance= United States
|branch= [[United States Navy]]
|serviceyears= 1906–1941
|rank= [[Rear admiral (United States)|Rear admiral]]
|servicenumber= 
|unit= 
|commands= {{USS|Vega|AK-17}}<br />[[Cristóbal, Colón|Port of Cristóbal]], [[Panama Canal Zone]]<br />Officer Detail Section, [[Bureau of Navigation (United States Navy)|Bureau of Navigation]]<br />[[Destroyer Squadron 1]]<br />{{USS|Arizona|BB-39}}<br />Battleship Division 1
|battles= [[World War I]]<br/>[[World War II]]
*[[Attack on Pearl Harbor]]{{KIA}}
|awards= [[Medal of Honor]]<br />[[Purple Heart]]
|relations= Admiral [[Isaac C. Kidd Jr.]] (son)
|laterwork= 
}}
'''Isaac Campbell Kidd''' (March 26, 1884 &ndash; December 7, 1941) was a [[Rear admiral (United States)|rear admiral]] in the [[United States Navy]]. He was the father of Admiral [[Isaac C. Kidd Jr.]] Kidd Sr. was killed on the bridge of {{USS|Arizona|BB-39|6}} during the Japanese [[attack on Pearl Harbor]].  The highest-ranking casualty at Pearl Harbor, he became the first U.S. Navy [[flag officer]] [[List of U.S. general officers and flag officers killed in World War II|killed in action in World War II]] as well as the first killed in action against any foreign enemy.

He was a [[Posthumous recognition|posthumous]] recipient of his nation's highest military honor—the [[Medal of Honor]]. A {{sclass|Fletcher|destroyer}}, {{USS|Kidd|DD-661|3}}, was commissioned in his honor on April 23, 1943. The second ship named after him, {{USS|Kidd|DDG-993|3}}, lead ship of four {{sclass|Kidd|destroyer|1}}s, was commissioned on March 27, 1981.  An {{sclass|Arleigh Burke|destroyer|0}} [[guided missile destroyer]], {{USS|Kidd|DDG-100|3}}, was the third ship named after him and was commissioned on June 9, 2007.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.navy.mil/ |title=U.S. Navy: Welcome Aboard |website=www.navy.mil |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970104104533/http://www.navy.mil/ |archive-date=4 January 1997 |url-status=live}}</ref>