USS John King (DDG-3)
|
|
| |
| Career | 
|
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 25 August 1958 |
| Launched: | 30 January 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 4 February 1961 |
| Decommissioned: | 30 March 1990 |
| Fate: | sold for scrap, 10 February 1999 |
| Struck: | 12 January 1993 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | |
| Length: | |
| Beam: | |
| Draught: | |
| Propulsion: | |
| Speed: | |
| Range: | |
| Complement: | |
| Armament: | |
| Aircraft: | |
| Motto: | |
USS John King (DDG-3) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer in the United States Navy named for John King.
John King was laid down by the Bath Iron Works at Bath in Maine on 25 August 1958, launched on 30 January 1960 by Mrs. Paul J. Kilday, wife of Representative Kilday of Texas and commissioned on 4 February 1961. John King participated in blockade duties during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.
- 18 years of history go here.
John King was decommissioned on 30 March 1990, stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 12 January 1993 and sold for scrap on 10 February 1999.