USS King (DDG-41)
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 USS King (DLG-10) departing Pearl Harbor 19 August 1963 | |
| Career | Image:US Naval Jack.svg |
|---|---|
| Ordered: | |
| Laid down: | 1 March 1957 |
| Launched: | 6 December 1958 as Destroyer Leader (DL-10). |
| Commissioned: | 17 November 1960 |
| Reclassified: | 14 November 1956 Guided Missile Frigate DLG -10 |
| Reclassified: | 30 June 1975 Guided Missile Destroyer DDG -41 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 March 1991 |
| Fate: | Sold 15 April 1994 and broken up for scrap By J&L Metals, Wilmington N.C. during 1995. |
| Struck: | 20 November 1992 |
| General Characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 5648 Tons (Full) |
| Length: | 512' 6" (156.2 m) (oa) |
| Beam: | 52' 4" (16 m) |
| Draught: | 17' 9" (5.4 m) (Max) |
| Propulsion: | 85,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 2 screws |
| Speed: | 33 Knots |
| Range: | Range 5,000 NM@ 20 Knots |
| Complement: | Crew 360 |
| Armament: | one Terrier Missile SAM System,
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| Aircraft: | |
| Motto: | Manu Tenere Mare Supremus |
USS King (DL-10/DLG-10/DDG-41) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer leader. She was named for Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King USN (1878-1956),
King was laid down by the Bethlehem Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton in Washington on 1 March 1957, launched on 6 December 1958 and commissioned on 17 November 1960.
King was reclassified as a Guided Missile Destroyer Leader on 14 November 1956 and designated DLG-10. King was again reclassified as a Guided Missile Destroyer on 30 June 1975 and designated DDG -41.
In 1982, she won the Marjorie Sterrett Battleship Fund Award for the Atlantic Fleet.
See USS King for other ships of this name.
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