USS John S. McCain (DL-3)
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 United States
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| 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 |
| Struck: | 29 April 1978 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrap, Jan 1980 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Mitscher class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 3,675 tons |
| Length: | 493 ft (150 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15.2 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 10 in (4.2 m) |
| Speed: | 30+ knots (55+ m) |
| Complement: | 403 officers and crew |
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The USS John S. McCain (DL-3/DDG-36), originally designated the DD-928 but reclassified in 1951, was a destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was launched by Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, on 12 July 1952. She was sponsored by Roberta McCain, the daughter-in-law of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. (born 1884), and commissioned on 12 October 1953 at the Boston Naval Shipyard, with Commander E. R. King, USN, in command.
The USS John S. McCain spent her first year of commissioned service undergoing sea trials and shakedown training in the Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. One of the Mitscher-class of large and fast destroyer leaders, she carried the new guided-missile armament, and she embodied new ideas in hull design and construction. This warship arrived at Norfolk on 19 May 1955 to begin service with the Operational Development Force in testing new equipment and tactics. She operated out of Norfolk until 5 November 1956, when she steamed from Hampton Roads bound for the Panama Canal and San Diego, California. After her arrival on 4 December 1956, she spent five months on maneuvers in the Pacific Ocean off California.
The destroyer sailed for her first Far East cruise on 11 April 1957, and after a visit to Australia, she joined the Formosa Patrol, helping to deter a military clash between Nationalist and Communist Chinese forces. She returned from this important duty to San Diego on 29 September 1957.
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