Welcome Bill.
First off this inquiry will be moved to the FLETCHER class CASF forum eventually.
I'm not familiar with Robert Steinbrunn's model of USS KIDD, but in the scale of the Bluejacket FLETCHER kit, 1/192 scale, the hull plating seams would be barely visible. There were some overlapped welded seams on the hull, but 3/4-in plates are extremely thin in this scale. Some modelers and even some model companies have over-emphazied the plating on the hull of ships so that they show. Ironically, other modelers work at "reducing" the thickness of these plating steps.
But, if you which to add some depth to your models hull, adding weld lines and what has been done by some is to perhaps apply some thicker layers of paint where desired would be more in scale. As for hull plating diagrams, I think the only plans available are from the BIW (Bath Iron Works) FLETCHER CLASS Engineering Drawings DVD that Dave McComb had generated from the NARA microfilm file for those drawings. They are now available at Tincan Sailors Organization as described in in this posting ...
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Calling them is the best way to order the DVD and to arrange payment.
If you have not done so, going through the FLETCHER Class CASF forum in this Destroyer CASF forum, has a lot of useful info.
Here is an image of USS VAN VALKENBURGH (DD-656) as completed that barely shows the plating.
Here is a view of the museum destroyer USS CASSIN YOUNG (DD-793) that shows the plating fairly close-up.