USS John King (DDG-3)
Chief Watertender John King (1865-1938) twice awarded the
Medal of Honor for his actions on board USS Vicksburg and on
29 May 1901 and on board USS Salem on
3 September 1909.
USS John King (DDG-3) was a Charles F. Adams class guided missile armed
destroyer laid down by the Bath Iron Works at
Bath in
Maine on
25 August 1958, launched on
30 January 1960 by Mrs. Paul J. Kilday, wife of Representative Kilday of Texas and commissioned on
4 February 1961. John King participated in blockade duties during the
Cuban Missile Crisis in October
1962.
USS John King was decommissioned on
30 March 1990, stricken from the
Naval Vessel Register on
12 January 1993 and sold for scrap on
10 February 1999.