USS John King (DD-953/DDG-3) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer in the United States Navy named for Medal of Honor recipient John King.

The USS JOHN KING (DDG-3), the second of the Charles F. Adams-class guided missile destroyers, was commissioned on 4 FEB 1961. Built at the Bath Iron works in Bath, Maine, USS JOHN KING was an Atlantic Fleet DDG homeported in Norfolk, Virgina for the majority of her service career with a single West Pac deployment to Vietnam in 1972-73.

Following shakedown training out of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, USS John King (DDG-3) carried out weapons tests on the East Coast before arriving Norfolk 7 September 1961 for regular duty. Departing 27...

October 6 1983, Portsmouth, VA, a port bow view of the guided missile destroyer USS John King (DDG-3) undergoing an overhaul at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard. A 350-ton hammerhead crane is visible in the background. Photo taken by Don S. Montgomery, USN (Ret.)

One of a new class of guided missile destroyers, she featured latest hull design with all-aluminum superstructure and mounted the very latest in modern armament and electronic equipment. Departing 27 November 1961, the ship cruised to England and Northern Europe until 1 January 1962, when she sailed from Dublin for the Mediterranean.

The USS John King (DDG-3) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided-missile destroyer laid down on August 25, 1958, and launched on January 4, 1961. It was commissioned on February 4, 1961, under Comdr. Albert M. Sackett’s command with the hull number DDG-3 and served in the US Navy for 29 years until it was decommissioned on March 30, 1990.

2015年7月23日 · John King (DDG-3) was laid down by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, 25 August 1958; launched 30 January 1960; sponsored by Mrs. Paul J. Kilday, wife of Representative Kilday of...

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USS JOHN KING was the second ship in the CHARLES F. ADAMS class and was last homeported in Norfolk, Va. Initially, JOHN KING was designated DD 953 but in June 1957, this was changed to DDG 3.

USS John King (DDG-3) was a Charles F. Adams-class guided missile armed destroyer in the United States Navy named for Medal of Honor recipient John King. John King was 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 ...