Climb aboard the USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., a warship named for JFK's brother that played a pivotal role in the Cuban Missile Crisis

The USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. (left) was named for John F. Kennedy's brother.

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• The USS Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. served in the Korean War, Vietnam War, and the Cold War.
• The Gearing-class destroyer was named for John F. Kennedy's older brother, Joseph P. Kennedy Jr.
• The ship is now a museum and war memorial docked at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.

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