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QTY? WWW 'A' IQ' fr 1? I' 1 -IA .X 29 MAY 1901 13 SEPTEMBER 1915 WTC JOHN KING USS JOHN KING, DDG-3, IS NAMED FOR WATER TENDER CHIEF JOHN KING. HE SERVED IN THE UNITED, STATES QNAVY ,FOR TWENTY-SIX YEARS, FROM 1893 TO 1919. DURING THIS LONG CAREER HSE WAISWWICEAWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. A NATIVE IRISHMAN, JOHN KING WASPBORN IN 1865, MIGRATED TO THE UNITED STATES AS A YOUNG MAN, ANDJENLISTED IN THEMNAYQY IN 1893. HE SERVED FIRST IN USS VICKSBURG AND WAS ABOARD THAT VESSEL WI-IEINFSHLE PARTICIPATED IN ADM. DEWEY'S VICTORY AT MANILA BAY IN 1898. 31611909'JOHNfKING'HADTBEEN PROMOTED TO WATER TENDER CHIEF AFTER SERVING IN THE BTQILERROOMSOF THIRTEEIQE NAVAL VESSELS. HE SERVED IN TWO MORE SHIPS BEFORE HE WAS DISCHARGED IN 1916. IN APRIL OF 1917, WITH THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR ONE,,JOHN KING WAS RECALLED BY THE WEAR DEPARTMENT. HE ADDED TWO MORE YEARS TO HIS ALREADY?LONG CAREER AT THE NAVY RECEIVING STATION IN NEW YORK CITY. HE RECEIVED HIS FINAL DISCHARGE IN 1919, AND WAS ADDED TO THE NAVY RETIREMENT LIST IN 1926. WTC JOHN KING DISTINGUISHED HIHISELF INTHE ANNALS OF NAVY AND AMERICAN HISTORY BY BEING ONE OF THE FEW SERVICEMEN EVER TO RECEIVE TWO CONGRESSIONAL MEDALS OF HONOR. THE FIRST AWARD CAME IN 1901 WHILE JOHN KING WAS SERVING IN USS VICKSBURG. THE CITATION, SIGNED BY THEN PRESIDENT THEODORE ROOSEVELT READS AS FOLLOWS: ONBOARD THE USS VICKSBURG, FOR HEROISM IN THE LINE OF HIS PROFESSION, AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT TO THE BOILERS, 29 MAY 1901. THE SECOND MEDAL OF HONOR WAS AWARDED IN 1901, BY PRESIDENT WILLIAM H. TAFT AND THE CITATION READS SIMILARLY TO THE FIRST, ONBOARD THE uSS SALEM POR EXTRAORDINARY HEROISM IN THE LINE OF HIS PROPESSION ON THE OCCASION OF THE ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THE BOILERS OF THAT VESSEL, 13 SEPTEMBER 19o9. WE ABOARD JOHN KING ARE VERY PROUD OF OUR NAMESAKE, AND CONTINUALLY STRIVE TSHSLIEEYNEGIN THE FINE TRADITION AND OUTSTANDING EXAMPLE SET BY WATER TENDER CHIEF '
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