USS King (DDG-41)
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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),
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USS King (DDG-41) underway in 1983 | |
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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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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.