USS Kidd (DD-661) alongside USS Cambria (APA-36) on January 30, 1944 

USS Cambria (APA-36) transferring Lt. Comdr. R.A. McPherson via breeches buoy to USS Kidd (DD-661) on January 30, 1944, while steaming with Task Force 51 during the invasion of Majuro, Marshall Islands. Lt. Comdr. McPherson was an air liaison officer, and Kidd later transferred him to USS Portland (CA-33) on January 31, 1944.
Note Kidd's mascot, pirate William Kidd, painted on her forward smokestack at 0:58.
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