USS Kinkaid (DD-965), named for Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid USN (1888–1972), was a Spruance-class destroyer built by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries at Pascagoula, Mississippi. Launched in 1974, she was decommissioned in 2003 and sunk in 2004. She was the third "Spru-can" to be built.
USS Kincaid (DD-965) and USS Hewitt (DD-966) underway c1978
USS Resourceful (AFDM-5)
Aerial starboard bow view of the Spruance class destroyer USS KINKAID (DD 965) underway - DPLA - d2f9f92b754e6b521b39d134b4670d5b
Port side view of the US Navy (USN) SPRUANCE CLASS- Destroyer, USS KINKAID (DD 965) sailing between two foreign cargo vessels in the Arabian Sea, while on a regularly scheduled depl - DPLA - 3c3fba867ff0b0b31376ccb739b84fee
Three Spruance-class destroyers at Pearl Harbor c1980
USS Hewitt (DD-966), USS Kinkaid (DD-965) and USS John Young (DD-973) at Pearl Harbor in March 1980
USS Kinkaid (DD-965) port bow view 1982
USS Kinkaid (DD-965) stbd bow view 1982
Bow of MV Kota Petani following her collision with USS Kinkaid (DD-965) in the Strait of Malacca on 12 November 1989