John King (DDG 3) - Naval Cruise Book

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JOHN KING CHIEF WA TER TENDER U.S, NA VY RETIRED, DECEA SED JOHN KING WAS BORN IN IRELAND FEBRUARY 7, I865. HE ENLIS TED IN THE NA VY JUL Y 242 I893 AS A COAL PASSER ON BOARD THE USS VERMON71 ON SEPTEMBER 30 HIS RA TING CHANGED TO FIREMAM SECOND CLASS. THAN TO FIREMAN FIRST CLASS ON MARCH 3I, I895. JOHN KING WAS PROMO TED TO CHIEF WA TER TENDER ON I OCTOBER I909. HE WAS HONORABLE DISCHARGED AND RE-ENLIS TED IN THE NA VY SIX TIMES DURING HIS PERIOD OF UNBROKEN SERVICE. DURING THE PERIOD OF I893 TO IQCD HE SERVED ON BOARD THE USS VERMONI USS YORK, USS MASSACHUSETTS. FROM IEXD TO I903 JOHN KING WAS ASSIGNED TO THE USS DE TROI71 USS VERMON71 USS INDIA NS, AND USS VICKSBURG, JANUARY I903 HE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE USS PISCA TA OUIA. LA TER THAT YEAR HE SERVED ON THE USS RAINBOW, USS SOLA CE AND USS HANCOCK, DURING HIS NEXT ENLISTMENT H904-I908j JOHN KING WAS ASSIGNED CONSECUTIVEL Y TO THE USS DES MOINES USS FRANKLIN, USS VIRGINIA. HE ALSO SERVED WITH THE RESERVE TORPEDO FLOTILLA. UPON RE-ENLISTING A T THE NA VAL RECRUITING STA TION N Y. IN JUL Y I908. HE WAS AGAIN ASSIGNED TO THE USS HANCOCK AND DURING THE FOUR YEARS TO FOLLOW HAD SERVICE ON BOARD THE USS WABASH AND USS SALEM, DECEMBER I9l2. JOHN KING RELIS TED AND TRANSFERRED TO THE USS FLORIDA WHERE HE SERVED UNTIL SEPTEMBER 24, I9I6. ON DECEMBER 26, I9I6 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE FLEET NA VAL RESERVE FROM ACTIVE DUTK TWO DA YS AFTER THE UNITED STA TES ENTERED WORLD WAR I ON APRIL 6, I9lZ KING WAS RECALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE RECEIVING SHIP AT NEW YORK. ON OCTOBER Il, I9I7 HE TRANSFERRED TO THE NA VAL HOSPITAL NEW YORK FOR TREATMENT. HE WAS RELEASED FOR FURTHER DUTY ON AUGUST 2Q I9l9 AND REPORTED TO RECEIVING STATION NEW YORK. ON NOVEMBER 3, I923 JOHN KING WAS RELEASED FROM ACTIVE DUTY AND TRANSFERRED TO THE RETIRED LIST OF THE U.S. NA VY. JOHN KING DIES ON MA Y 23, I938. KING WAS TWICE A WARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. THE FIRST TIME, '7-'OR EXTRA ORDINAR Y HEROISM IN THE LINE OF HIS PROFESSION A T THE TIME OF ACCIDENT TO THE BOILERS OF THE USS VICKSBURG ON 29 MA Y I90l, THE CI TA TION TO THE SECOND MEDAL HONOR A WARDED B Y G. O. 4QI9 OCTOBER I909, FOLLOWS 'QIOHN KING, WA TER TENDER, SERVING ON BOARD THE USS SALEM, FOR EXTRA ORDINARY HEROISM IN THE LINE OF HIS PROFESSION ON THE OCCASION OF THE ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THE BOILERS OF THAT VESSEL, I3 SEPTEMBER I909.

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,. , Il L EXECUTIVE OFFICER LCDR. RUSSELL P. TJEPKENA LCDR. RUESSEL P. TJEPKENA IS A NATIVE OF BROOKL YN, NEW YORK. HE ATTENDED MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY AND WAS COMMISSIONED MA Y l976. FROM JANUARY l977 TO JANUARY l98l LCDR. TJEPKEMA SERVED AS MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT AND CHIEF ENGINEER OF USS MOUNT WHITNEY CL CC-202. AFTER DEPARTMENT HEAD SCHOOL, HE SERVED AS CHIEF ENGINEER OF USS MILLER IFF-l09lj. LCDR. TJKEPEMA WAS ASSIGNED TO COMNA VSURGRUFOUR FROM MARCH l983 TO SEP- TEMBER I985. HIS LAST ASSIGNMENT BEFORE REPORTING TO THE JOHN KING WAS ON THE CINCLAN TFL T PEB WHERE HE SERVED FROM SEPTEMBER I985 TO APRIL l988. LCDR. TJEPKEMA 'S PERSONAL A WARDS INCLUDE THE MERITORIOUS SERVICE MEDAL, AND NAVY COMMENDA TION MEDAL. HE AND HIS WIFE NANCY AND THEIR THREE CHILDREN JENNIFER ISL MEGHAN C6j, AND RUS TY C42, RESIDE IN VA. BEACH. ,-.........,.. ..1,.f ... -nf ' -..f , , V ,. -J ,,, , ,,,, , - ' , 1 V V . , - - - A -' H -- -

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USS JOHN KING CDDG-3 UNITED STATES SHIP HISTORY THE FIRST SHIP TO BEAR THE NAME JOHN KING AND THE SECOND OF THE GUIDED MISSLE DES TRO YERS TO BE CONS TRUC TED BY THE BA TH IRON WORKS IN BA TH, MAINE. JOHN KING WAS CHRIS TENED ON 30 JANUARY l96O BY MRS PAUL J. KILDA Y- WIFE OF A U.S. REPRESENTATIVE FROM TEXAS. SHE WAS OUTFITTED AT THE BOSTON NA VAL SHIPYARD. U.S.S. JOHN KING WAS COMMISSIONED ON 4 FEBRUARY I96I AT THE BOSTON NA VAL SHIPYARD, UNDER THE COMMAND OF COMMANDER ALBERT M. SACKE TT, OUTFITTING WAS COMPLETED ON 4 APRIL I96I. EFFECTIVE 30 JUNE I96I, THE HOMEPORT OF JOHN KING BECAME NORFOLK. JOHN KING DEPARTED NORFOLK VIRGINIA ON 27 NOVEMBER I96I FOR A SHAKEDO WN CRUISE AND VISITED PORTSMOUTH, ENGLAND, AMSTERDAM, THE NE THERLANDS, BERGEN, NOR WA Y, FLENSBURG, GERMAN Y, AND DUBLIN, IRELAND DURING THE PERIOD OF 27 NOVEMBER I96I TO I JANUARY I962. ON I JANUARY I962 JOHN KING LEFT DUBLIN, IRELAND AND S TEAMED TO THE MEDITERRANEAN WHERE SHE JOINED THE SIXTH FLEET. PORTS OF CALL IN THE MEDITERRANEAN INCLUDED ROTA, SPAIM THEOULE, GOLFE JUAN, AND CANNES FRANCE, LA SPEZIE ITAL Y. PALERMO, SICIL Y. THE SHIP RETURNED TO NORFOLK IN APRIL. FROM I0 JUL Y TO I4 JUL Y, JOHN KING WAS IN WASHINGTON D.C. HOSTING VARIOUS CONGRESSMAN AND SENA TORS AND MEMBERS OF THE ARMED FORCES AND APPROPRIA TION COMMITTEES, AMONG THEM THE HONORABLE MR. ROBERT MCNAMARA, SECRETARY OF DEFENSE AND THE HONORABLE MR. FRED KORTH, SECRETARY OF THE NA VY AUGUST 8, I962 COMMANDER C.H. CRANDALL JR. RELIEVED COMMANDER SACKETT AS COMMANDING OFFICER. UNDER COMMANDER CRANDALL 'S COMMAND JOHN KING PARTICIPA TED IN THE CUBAN BLOCKADE OPERATIONS BEING AMONG THE FIRST UNITS TO RESPOND TO THE CUBAN MISSLE CRISIS. JOHN KING DEPARTED FOR HER SECOND MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE ON 6 FEBRUARY I963. JOHN KING WAS RELIEVED OF HER SIXTH FLEET DUTIES ON I4 JUNE AND S TEAMED NORTHWARD ARRIVING IN KIEL, GERMANY ON 23 JUNE FOR THE KIEL WEEK FESTIVITIES. CONTINUING NORTHWARD, JOHN KING VISITED NAR VIK, NORWA Y. AFTER LEA VING NAR VIK SHE SAILED HOME ARRIVING ON JUL Y I7, I963. JOHN KING'S THIRD COMMANDING OFFICER WAS COMMANDER THOMAS J. HUGHES RELIEVING COMMANDER CRANDALL ON I4 FEBRUARY I964. THE FIRST PART OF I964 JOHN KING CONDUC TED INDEPENDENT SHIP EXERCISE AND TRAINING DRILLS. ON 4 APRIL SHE BECAME THE FIRST UNITED STA TES SHIP TO VISIT THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS BY VISITING SANTA DOMINGO. 3 AUGUST JOHN KING DEPAR TED NORFOLK FOR HER THIRD MEDITERRANEAN DEPLOYMEN71 SHE JOINED THE SIXTH FLEET ON I6 AUGUST WHERE SHE REMAINED AL TERNA TING BETWEEN AT-SEA AND INPORT PERIODS. JOHN KING SPENT THE CHRISTMAS OF 64 IN LA SPEZIE, ITAL Y AND NEW YEARS IN CANNES FRANCE. 4 JANUARY I965 FOUND JOHN KING UNDERWAY AGAIN FROM CANNES, ENROUTE TO VALENCIA, SPAIN FOR TURNOVER ON I8 JANUARY JOHN KING RETURNED TO NORFOLK 29 JANUARY ARRIVING A DA Y LA TE DUE TO HEA VY SEAS. ON IO SEPTEMBER I965 COMMANDER DEMING W. SMITH RELIEVED COMMANDER HUGHES AS COMMANDING OFFICER. JOHN KING'S FOURTH MEDITERRANEAN DEPLOYMENT STARTED ON 4 OCTOBER. DURING THIS DEPLOYMENT PORTS OF CALL WERE LIVERNO. NAPLES, AND TARANTO, ITAL Yi BARCEL ONA, AND PALMA SPAIN, VALE TTA, MAL TA, ATHENS, GREECE, AND BIZERTE, TUNISIA. ON 25 FEBRUARY I966 JOHN KING LEFT THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA, CROSSED THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND ARRIVED IN NORFOLK ON 7 MARCH. DURING THE SUMMER OF I966 JOHN KING COMPLETED CRUISES TO THE CARIBBEAN AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC WHICH INCLUDED A SECOND VISIT TO KIEL, GERMANY. AFTER A THREE WEEK CRUISE IN EARL Y DECEMBER I966, JOHN KING ENJO YED HER FIRST CHRISTMAS IN NORFOLK IN THREE YEARS. JOHN KINGS FIFTH MEDITERRANEAN DEPLOYMENT BEGAN ON I0 JANUARY I96 7. SHE OPERA TED IN THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN FOR FOUR MONTHS WHERE SHE CONDUC TED OPERATIONS WITH BRITISH, ITALIAN, AND FRENCH NA VAL FORCES. JOHN KING RETURNED TO NORFOLK ON I9 MA Y. DURING THE MEDITERRANEAN DEPLOYMENT JOHN KING S TEAMED I9,6I7 MILES, BURNED l. 7 MILLION GALLONS OF FUEL OIL. DRANK l93,430 CUPS OF COFFEE AND 7592 GALLONS OF MILK, BOUGHT 46,5I4 SOFTDRINKS, AND SPENT S55,CXX7 ON FOOD. COMMANDER SMITH WAS RELIEVED BY COMMANDER WAL TER T. K OSMELA ON 26 MA Y l96 7 WITH COMMANDER K OSMELA AT THE HELM, JOHN KING ENTERED THE NORFOLK NA VAL SHIPYARD FOR HER SECOND REGULAR OVERHAUL SINCE COMMISSIONING. DURING THE OVERHAUL JOHN KING RECEIVED EX TENSIVE WORK INCLUDING NEW CAPABILITIES FOR ASROC MISSILE REL OAD, ELEC TRONICCOUNTERMEASURES, COMMUNICATIONS AND THE STANDARD MISSILE SYSTEMS. IN ALL OVER THREE MILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF WORK.