USS John King (DDG-3)

USS John King (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 on 4 February 1961; Comdr. A. M. Sackett in command. The John King was ordered as DD-953, reclassified as DDG-953 on August 16, 1956 and reclassified as DDG-3 on June 26, 1957. John King participated in blockade duties during the Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962.