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 Destroyer Leader), 14 November 1956 DDG-41 (Guided Missile Destroyer), 30 June 1975
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
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 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.