USS John S. McCain (DL-3)

History
United States
Namesake	John S. McCain, Sr.
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	24 October 1949
Launched	12 July 1952
Acquired	23 September 1953
Commissioned	12 October 1953
Decommissioned	29 April 1978
Reclassified	DDG-36, 15 March 1967
Stricken	29 April 1978
Motto	DL-3, Crusader for Peace; DDG-36, Praestate – "Excel"
Fate	Sold for scrap, Jan 1980
General characteristics
Class and type	Mitscher-class destroyer
Displacement	3,675 tons
Length	493 ft (150.3 m)
Beam	50 ft (15.2 m)
Draft	13 ft 10 in (4.2 m)
Speed	over 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement	403
Armament	2 × 1 5"/54 cal, 2 × 2 3"/70 caliber guns, 4 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 1 ASROC, 1 depth charge track, as built, and before conversion to a DDG

USS John S. McCain (DL-3/DDG-36) was the second Mitscher-class destroyer leader in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1953, she was later converted into a guided missile destroyer and served until 1978. She was sold for scrap in 1979.