Allied Warships

USS King (DD 242)

Destroyer of the Clemson class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassClemson 
PennantDD 242 
Built byNew York Shipbuilding Corp. (Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down28 Apr 1919 
Launched14 Nov 1920 
Commissioned16 Dec 1920 
End service23 Oct 1945 
History

Decommissioned 10 March 1931
Recommissioned 13 June 1932
Decommissioned 21 September 1938
Recommissioned 26 September 1939
Decommissioned 23 October 1945
Stricken 16 November 1945
Sold 29 September 1946 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS King (DD 242)

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CommanderFromTo
1Lt.Cdr. Elmer Edward Berthold, USN26 Sep 1939Feb 1941
2Lt. Thomas Rhodes Langley, USNFeb 1941mid 1942
3T/Lt.Cdr. Kenneth Mcloud Gentry, USNmid 194211 May 1943
4Robert Henry Hopkins, USNR11 May 194314 Sep 1943
5Truman Boyce Hinkle, USNR14 Sep 194326 Feb 1944
6Charles Ellsworth Pond, USN26 Feb 194423 Oct 1945

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Notable events involving King include:


27 Aug 1944
During 27/28 August 1944, USS Seadragon (Cdr. J.H. Ashley, Jr., USN), conducted trials off San Francisco. These included deep diving trials. She was escorted by USS King (Lt.Cdr. C.E. Pond, USN).

29 Aug 1944
USS Seadragon (Cdr. J.H. Ashley, Jr., USN), conducted trials off San Francisco. These included diving and full power trials. She was escorted by USS King (Lt.Cdr. C.E. Pond, USN).

Media links


Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.


U.S. Destroyers

Friedman, Norman


United States Destroyer Operations In World War II.

Roscoe, Theodore


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