USS King (DDG-41)

USS King (DDG-41) underway in 1983
History
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:	DLG-10 (Guided Missile Frigate), 14 November 1956 DDG-41 (Guided Missile Destroyer), 30 June 1975
Struck:	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
Armament:	1 × Terrier missile SAM system 1 × ASROC ASW system 6 × 12.75 in (324 mm) Mark 32 Torpedo Tubes 1 × 5"/54 caliber Mark 42 gun (Mk.68 Gun Fire Control System) 2 × twin 3"/50 caliber guns (removed during AAW modernization, 1975) 2 × quadruple Harpoon missile launchers (added in 1985)

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 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.

After shakedown along the coast, and in Hawaiian waters, King continued training out of San Diego for the remainder of 1961. Following extensive preparations the guided-missile frigate sailed on her first WestPac cruise, 7 June 1962, strengthening the 7th Fleet with her Terrier missile arsenal. Operating with this peacekeeping force, King helped to check Communist aggression in Southeast Asia.

Upon returning San Diego on 31 December, she resumed tactical exercises off the West Coast until 1 August 1963 when she departed on her second WestPac cruise. Once again her operations with the 7th Fleet helped maintain stability in the Far East. King returned San Diego 10 March 1964 and conducted operations along the coast, for the rest of the year constantly perfecting her fighting skills and increasing the peacekeeping ability of the Navy.