USS King (DDG-41) underway in 1983
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | King |
Namesake | Ernest Joseph King |
Ordered | 18 November 1955, as DL-10 (Destroyer Leader) |
Builder | Puget Sound Naval Shipyard |
Laid down | 1 March 1957 |
Launched | 6 December 1958 |
Commissioned | 17 November 1960 |
Decommissioned | 28 March 1991 |
Reclassified |
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Stricken | 20 November 1992 |
Motto | Manu Tenere Mare Supremus |
Fate | Sold, 15 April 1994, and broken up, 1995 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Farragut-class destroyer |
Displacement | 5,648 long tons (5,739 t) full |
Length | 512 ft 6 in (156.21 m) o/a |
Beam | 52 ft 4 in (15.95 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
Propulsion | Geared turbines, 2 screws, 85,000 shp (63,384 kW) |
Speed | 33 knots (61 km/h; 38 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
Complement | 360 |
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USS King (DL-10/DLG-10/DDG-41) was a Farragut-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. She was named for Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King (1878–1956),
King was laid down by the 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.