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class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:center;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:USS_King_(DD-242)_underway_before_World_War_II.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="USS King (DD-242) underway before World War II"><img alt="USS King (DD-242) underway before World War II" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/USS_King_%28DD-242%29_underway_before_World_War_II.jpg/300px-USS_King_%28DD-242%29_underway_before_World_War_II.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="168" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/USS_King_%28DD-242%29_underway_before_World_War_II.jpg/450px-USS_King_%28DD-242%29_underway_before_World_War_II.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/USS_King_%28DD-242%29_underway_before_World_War_II.jpg/600px-USS_King_%28DD-242%29_underway_before_World_War_II.jpg 2x" 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data-file-height="650" /></span></span></span><span style="padding-left:1em">United States</span></th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Namesake</td><td><a href="/wiki/Frank_Ragan_King" title="Frank Ragan King">Frank Ragan King</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Builder</td><td><a href="/wiki/New_York_Shipbuilding" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Shipbuilding">New York Shipbuilding</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Laid down</td><td>28 April 1919</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Launched</td><td>14 October 1920</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Commissioned</td><td>16 December 1920</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Decommissioned</td><td>23 October 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Stricken</td><td>16 November 1945</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Fate</td><td>Sold for scrapping, 29 September 1946</td></tr> <tr><th colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">General characteristics</th></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Class and type</td><td><a href="/wiki/Clemson_class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Clemson class destroyer"><i>Clemson</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Displacement</td><td>1,190 tons</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Length</td><td>314 feet 5 inches (95.83 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Beam</td><td>31 feet 8 inches (9.65 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Draft</td><td>9 feet 3 inches (2.82 m)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Propulsion</td><td><ul style="list-style:none; margin:0;"> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">26,500 shp (20 MW);</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">geared turbines,</li> <li style="padding-left: .4em; text-indent: -.4em;">2 screws</li> </ul></td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Speed</td><td>35 <a href="/wiki/Knot_(unit)" title="Knot (unit)">knots</a> (65 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Range</td><td>4,900 <a href="/wiki/Nautical_mile" title="Nautical mile">nm</a> @ 15 kn (9,100 km @ 28 km/h)</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Complement</td><td>101 officers and enlisted</td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top;"><td style="font-weight: bold">Armament</td><td>4 x <a href="/wiki/4%22/50_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="4"/50 caliber gun">4 in (100 mm)</a> guns, 1 x <a href="/wiki/3%22/23_caliber_gun" class="mw-redirect" title="3"/23 caliber gun">3 in (76 mm)</a> gun, 12 x <a href="/wiki/American_21_inch_torpedo" class="mw-redirect" title="American 21 inch torpedo">21 inch (533 mm)</a> tt.</td></tr> </tbody></table> <p><b>USS <i>King</i> (DD-242)</b> was a <a href="/wiki/Clemson_class_destroyer" class="mw-redirect" title="Clemson class destroyer"><i>Clemson</i>-class</a> <a href="/wiki/Destroyer" title="Destroyer">destroyer</a> in the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. She was the first ship named for <a href="/wiki/Commander_(United_States)" title="Commander (United States)">Commander</a> <a href="/wiki/Frank_Ragan_King" title="Frank Ragan King">Frank Ragan King</a>. </p><p><i>King</i> was laid down 28 April 1919 and launched 14 October 1920 by the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation" title="New York Shipbuilding Corporation">New York Shipbuilding Corporation</a>; sponsored by Mrs. Allene A. King, widow of Commander King; and commissioned 16 December 1920. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Service_history">Service history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_King_(DD-242)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Service history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After shakedown and training operations along the Atlantic Coast, <i>King</i> cleared <a href="/wiki/Hampton_Roads" title="Hampton Roads">Hampton Roads</a> 2 October 1921 for her first <a href="/wiki/Mediterranean" class="mw-redirect" title="Mediterranean">Mediterranean</a> cruise. Arriving <a href="/wiki/Smyrna" title="Smyrna">Smyrna</a>, <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkey</a>, 8 November, the destroyer received 300 <a href="/wiki/Greece" title="Greece">Greek</a> refugees for transport to <a href="/wiki/Mitylene" class="mw-redirect" title="Mitylene">Mitylene</a>, Greece. The destroyer served as station ship during the <a href="/wiki/Greco-Turkish_War_(1919%E2%80%9322)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greco-Turkish War (1919–22)">Greco-Turkish War</a>, remaining in <a href="/wiki/Turkey" title="Turkey">Turkish</a> waters until June 1923. </p><p>Upon return to the United States during the summer, <i>King</i> joined the Atlantic <a href="/wiki/Scouting_Fleet" title="Scouting Fleet">Scouting Fleet</a> and from 1923 to 1930 engaged in fleet exercises and reserve training cruises along the coast and in the <a href="/wiki/Caribbean" title="Caribbean">Caribbean</a>. She sailed for the <a href="/wiki/Pacific" class="mw-redirect" title="Pacific">Pacific</a> 15 April 1925 for maneuvers in Hawaiian waters. During the spring of 1927, she patrolled waters off <a href="/wiki/Nicaragua" title="Nicaragua">Nicaragua</a> to protect American citizens and interests during the civil war in that country. <i>King</i> decommissioned at <a href="/wiki/Philadelphia" title="Philadelphia">Philadelphia</a> 10 March 1931. </p><p>She recommissioned 13 June 1932 and departed Hampton Roads 18 August to join the Pacific Scouting Force. <i>King</i> operated out of <a href="/wiki/California" title="California">California</a> for the next 6 years, engaging in central Pacific exercises, reserve cruises and training maneuvers to strengthen America's powerful sea force. The destroyer decommissioned at <a href="/wiki/San_Diego" title="San Diego">San Diego</a>, California 21 September 1938. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="World_War_II">World War II</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_King_(DD-242)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: World War II"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Soon after <a href="/wiki/Nazism" title="Nazism">Nazi</a> aggression began the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a> in <a href="/wiki/Europe" title="Europe">Europe</a>, <i>King</i> recommissioned 26 September 1939. The destroyer cleared San Diego 13 November to join the Caribbean <a href="/wiki/Neutrality_Patrol" title="Neutrality Patrol">Neutrality Patrol</a>. Following arrival at <a href="/wiki/Norfolk,_Virginia" title="Norfolk, Virginia">Norfolk, Virginia</a> 22 February 1940, the destroyer operated along the East Coast on Neutrality Patrol out of <a href="/wiki/Boston" title="Boston">Boston</a>, Massachusetts and <a href="/wiki/Key_West" title="Key West">Key West</a>, before returning to the West Coast during the fall. She continued patrol and maneuvers out of <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, California, operating in that area at the outbreak of hostilities with Japan. </p><p>During the first five months of the war, <i>King</i> operated on patrol and escort duty along the West Coast. Departing <a href="/wiki/Mare_Island" title="Mare Island">Mare Island</a> 22 May 1942, she joined Task Force 8 escorting troop transport <i><a href="/wiki/USAHS_Marigold" title="USAHS Marigold">President Fillmore</a></i> to the <a href="/wiki/Aleutian_Islands" title="Aleutian Islands">Aleutian Islands</a>. Arriving <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Harbor" title="Dutch Harbor">Dutch Harbor</a> 3 June, <i>King</i> operated on antisubmarine warfare (ASW) and screening patrols in the Aleutians throughout the summer, and fought with Task Group 8.6 during the bombardment of <a href="/wiki/Kiska" title="Kiska">Kiska</a> in August. She remained in the Aleutians until she sailed for San Francisco 22 December 1943. </p><p>After overhaul, <i>King</i> operated off the West Coast for the rest of the war, as patrol vessel and an ASW screen. She departed <a href="/wiki/Treasure_Island,_San_Francisco" title="Treasure Island, San Francisco">Treasure Island</a> 28 August 1945 arriving Philadelphia 20 September. <i>King</i> decommissioned there 23 October 1945, and was sold to Boston Metals for scrapping on 29 September 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_King_(DD-242)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i>King</i> received one <a href="/wiki/Battle_star" class="mw-redirect" title="Battle star">battle star</a> for World War II service. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=USS_King_(DD-242)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="Public Domain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/12px-PD-icon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/18px-PD-icon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/6/62/PD-icon.svg/24px-PD-icon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="196" data-file-height="196" /></span></span> <i>This article incorporates text from the <a href="/wiki/Public_domain" title="Public domain">public domain</a> </i><a href="/wiki/Dictionary_of_American_Naval_Fighting_Ships" title="Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships">Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships</a><i>. 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title="USS Goldsborough (DD-188)"><i>Goldsborough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Semmes_(DD-189)" title="USS Semmes (DD-189)"><i>Semmes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Satterlee_(DD-190)" title="USS Satterlee (DD-190)"><i>Satterlee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mason_(DD-191)" title="USS Mason (DD-191)"><i>Mason</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Graham" title="USS Graham"><i>Graham</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Abel_P._Upshur" title="USS Abel P. Upshur"><i>Abel P. Upshur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hunt_(DD-194)" title="USS Hunt (DD-194)"><i>Hunt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Welborn_C._Wood" title="USS Welborn C. Wood"><i>Welborn C. Wood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_George_E._Badger" title="USS George E. Badger"><i>George E. Badger</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Branch_(DD-197)" title="USS Branch (DD-197)"><i>Branch</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Herndon_(DD-198)" title="USS Herndon (DD-198)"><i>Herndon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Dallas_(DD-199)" title="USS Dallas (DD-199)"><i>Dallas</i></a> (later <i>Alexander Dallas</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chandler_(DD-206)" title="USS Chandler (DD-206)"><i>Chandler</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Southard" title="USS Southard"><i>Southard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hovey" title="USS Hovey"><i>Hovey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Long" title="USS Long"><i>Long</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Broome" title="USS Broome"><i>Broome</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Alden" title="USS Alden"><i>Alden</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Smith_Thompson" title="USS Smith Thompson"><i>Smith Thompson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Barker" title="USS Barker"><i>Barker</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tracy" title="USS Tracy"><i>Tracy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Borie_(DD-215)" title="USS Borie (DD-215)"><i>Borie</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_D._Edwards" title="USS John D. Edwards"><i>John D. Edwards</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Whipple_(DD-217)" title="USS Whipple (DD-217)"><i>Whipple</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Parrott" title="USS Parrott"><i>Parrott</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Edsall_(DD-219)" title="USS Edsall (DD-219)"><i>Edsall</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_MacLeish" title="USS MacLeish"><i>MacLeish</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Simpson_(DD-221)" title="USS Simpson (DD-221)"><i>Simpson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bulmer" title="USS Bulmer"><i>Bulmer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McCormick" title="USS McCormick"><i>McCormick</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)"><i>Stewart</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pope_(DD-225)" title="USS Pope (DD-225)"><i>Pope</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Peary" title="USS Peary"><i>Peary</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pillsbury_(DD-227)" title="USS Pillsbury (DD-227)"><i>Pillsbury</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_D._Ford" title="USS John D. Ford"><i>John D. Ford</i></a> (ex-<i>Ford</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Truxtun_(DD-229)" title="USS Truxtun (DD-229)"><i>Truxtun</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Paul_Jones_(DD-230)" title="USS Paul Jones (DD-230)"><i>Paul Jones</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hatfield" title="USS Hatfield"><i>Hatfield</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Brooks" title="USS Brooks"><i>Brooks</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gilmer_(DD-233)" title="USS Gilmer (DD-233)"><i>Gilmer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fox_(DD-234)" title="USS Fox (DD-234)"><i>Fox</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kane_(DD-235)" title="USS Kane (DD-235)"><i>Kane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Humphreys" title="USS Humphreys"><i>Humphreys</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McFarland" title="USS McFarland"><i>McFarland</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_James_K._Paulding" title="USS James K. Paulding"><i>James K. Paulding</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Overton" title="USS Overton"><i>Overton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sturtevant_(DD-240)" title="USS Sturtevant (DD-240)"><i>Sturtevant</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Childs" title="USS Childs"><i>Childs</i></a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>King</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sands_(DD-243)" title="USS Sands (DD-243)"><i>Sands</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Williamson" title="USS Williamson"><i>Williamson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Reuben_James_(DD-245)" title="USS Reuben James (DD-245)"><i>Reuben James</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bainbridge_(DD-246)" title="USS Bainbridge (DD-246)"><i>Bainbridge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Goff" title="USS Goff"><i>Goff</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Barry_(DD-248)" title="USS Barry (DD-248)"><i>Barry</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hopkins_(DD-249)" title="USS Hopkins (DD-249)"><i>Hopkins</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lawrence_(DD-250)" title="USS Lawrence (DD-250)"><i>Lawrence</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Belknap_(DD-251)" title="USS Belknap (DD-251)"><i>Belknap</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McCook_(DD-252)" title="USS McCook (DD-252)"><i>McCook</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McCalla_(DD-253)" title="USS McCalla (DD-253)"><i>McCalla</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rodgers_(DD-254)" title="USS Rodgers (DD-254)"><i>Rodgers</i></a> (ex-<i>Kalk</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Osmond_Ingram" title="USS Osmond Ingram"><i>Osmond Ingram</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bancroft_(DD-256)" title="USS Bancroft (DD-256)"><i>Bancroft</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Welles_(DD-257)" title="USS Welles (DD-257)"><i>Welles</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Aulick_(DD-258)" title="USS Aulick (DD-258)"><i>Aulick</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Turner_(DD-259)" title="USS Turner (DD-259)"><i>Turner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Gillis" title="USS Gillis"><i>Gillis</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Delphy" title="USS Delphy"><i>Delphy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McDermut_(DD-262)" title="USS McDermut (DD-262)"><i>McDermut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Laub_(DD-263)" title="USS Laub (DD-263)"><i>Laub</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McLanahan_(DD-264)" title="USS McLanahan (DD-264)"><i>McLanahan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Edwards_(DD-265)" title="USS Edwards (DD-265)"><i>Edwards</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Greene" title="USS Greene"><i>Greene</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Ballard_(DD-267)" title="USS Ballard (DD-267)"><i>Ballard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shubrick_(DD-268)" title="USS Shubrick (DD-268)"><i>Shubrick</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bailey_(DD-269)" title="USS Bailey (DD-269)"><i>Bailey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thornton_(DD-270)" title="USS Thornton (DD-270)"><i>Thornton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Morris_(DD-271)" title="USS Morris (DD-271)"><i>Morris</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Tingey_(DD-272)" title="USS Tingey (DD-272)"><i>Tingey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Swasey_(DD-273)" title="USS Swasey (DD-273)"><i>Swasey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Meade_(DD-274)" title="USS Meade (DD-274)"><i>Meade</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sinclair" title="USS Sinclair"><i>Sinclair</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McCawley_(DD-276)" title="USS McCawley (DD-276)"><i>McCawley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Moody" title="USS Moody"><i>Moody</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Henshaw" title="USS Henshaw"><i>Henshaw</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Meyer" title="USS Meyer"><i>Meyer</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Doyen_(DD-280)" title="USS Doyen (DD-280)"><i>Doyen</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sharkey" title="USS Sharkey"><i>Sharkey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Toucey" title="USS Toucey"><i>Toucey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Breck" title="USS Breck"><i>Breck</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Isherwood_(DD-284)" title="USS Isherwood (DD-284)"><i>Isherwood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Case_(DD-285)" title="USS Case (DD-285)"><i>Case</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lardner_(DD-286)" title="USS Lardner (DD-286)"><i>Lardner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Putnam_(DD-287)" title="USS Putnam (DD-287)"><i>Putnam</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Worden_(DD-288)" title="USS Worden (DD-288)"><i>Worden</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Flusser_(DD-289)" title="USS Flusser (DD-289)"><i>Flusser</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Dale_(DD-290)" title="USS Dale (DD-290)"><i>Dale</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Converse_(DD-291)" title="USS Converse (DD-291)"><i>Converse</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Reid_(DD-292)" title="USS Reid (DD-292)"><i>Reid</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Billingsley" title="USS Billingsley"><i>Billingsley</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Charles_Ausburn_(DD-294)" title="USS Charles Ausburn (DD-294)"><i>Charles Ausburn</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Osborne" title="USS Osborne"><i>Osborne</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chauncey_(DD-296)" title="USS Chauncey (DD-296)"><i>Chauncey</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Fuller_(DD-297)" title="USS Fuller (DD-297)"><i>Fuller</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Percival_(DD-298)" title="USS Percival (DD-298)"><i>Percival</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_John_Francis_Burnes" title="USS John Francis Burnes"><i>John Francis Burnes</i></a> (ex-<i>Swasey</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Farragut_(DD-300)" title="USS Farragut (DD-300)"><i>Farragut</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Somers_(DD-301)" title="USS Somers (DD-301)"><i>Somers</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stoddert" title="USS Stoddert"><i>Stoddert</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Reno_(DD-303)" title="USS Reno (DD-303)"><i>Reno</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Farquhar_(DD-304)" title="USS Farquhar (DD-304)"><i>Farquhar</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Thompson_(DD-305)" title="USS Thompson (DD-305)"><i>Thompson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kennedy_(DD-306)" title="USS Kennedy (DD-306)"><i>Kennedy</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Paul_Hamilton_(DD-307)" title="USS Paul Hamilton (DD-307)"><i>Paul Hamilton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_Jones" title="USS William Jones"><i>William Jones</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Woodbury_(DD-309)" title="USS Woodbury (DD-309)"><i>Woodbury</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_S._P._Lee_(DD-310)" title="USS S. P. Lee (DD-310)"><i>S. P. Lee</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Nicholas_(DD-311)" title="USS Nicholas (DD-311)"><i>Nicholas</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Young_(DD-312)" title="USS Young (DD-312)"><i>Young</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Zeilin_(DD-313)" title="USS Zeilin (DD-313)"><i>Zeilin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Yarborough" title="USS Yarborough"><i>Yarborough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_La_Vallette_(DD-315)" title="USS La Vallette (DD-315)"><i>La Vallette</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sloat_(DD-316)" title="USS Sloat (DD-316)"><i>Sloat</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wood_(DD-317)" title="USS Wood (DD-317)"><i>Wood</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shirk" title="USS Shirk"><i>Shirk</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Kidder" title="USS Kidder"><i>Kidder</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Selfridge_(DD-320)" title="USS Selfridge (DD-320)"><i>Selfridge</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Marcus" title="USS Marcus"><i>Marcus</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mervine_(DD-322)" title="USS Mervine (DD-322)"><i>Mervine</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Chase_(DD-323)" title="USS Chase (DD-323)"><i>Chase</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Robert_Smith" title="USS Robert Smith"><i>Robert Smith</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mullany_(DD-325)" title="USS Mullany (DD-325)"><i>Mullany</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Coghlan_(DD-326)" title="USS Coghlan (DD-326)"><i>Coghlan</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Preston_(DD-327)" title="USS Preston (DD-327)"><i>Preston</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Lamson_(DD-328)" title="USS Lamson (DD-328)"><i>Lamson</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bruce" title="USS Bruce"><i>Bruce</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hull_(DD-330)" title="USS Hull (DD-330)"><i>Hull</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Macdonough_(DD-331)" title="USS Macdonough (DD-331)"><i>Macdonough</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Farenholt_(DD-332)" title="USS Farenholt (DD-332)"><i>Farenholt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sumner_(DD-333)" title="USS Sumner (DD-333)"><i>Sumner</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Corry_(DD-334)" title="USS Corry (DD-334)"><i>Corry</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Melvin_(DD-335)" title="USS Melvin (DD-335)"><i>Melvin</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Litchfield" title="USS Litchfield"><i>Litchfield</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Zane" title="USS Zane"><i>Zane</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Wasmuth" title="USS Wasmuth"><i>Wasmuth</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Trever" title="USS Trever"><i>Trever</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Perry_(DD-340)" title="USS Perry (DD-340)"><i>Perry</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Decatur_(DD-341)" title="USS Decatur (DD-341)"><i>Decatur</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hulbert" title="USS Hulbert"><i>Hulbert</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Noa_(DD-343)" title="USS Noa (DD-343)"><i>Noa</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_William_B._Preston" title="USS William B. Preston"><i>William B. Preston</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Preble_(DD-345)" title="USS Preble (DD-345)"><i>Preble</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Sicard" title="USS Sicard"><i>Sicard</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Pruitt" title="USS Pruitt"><i>Pruitt</i></a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="18" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States_Coast_Guard.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="803" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States_Coast_Guard" title="United States Coast Guard">United States Coast Guard</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_George_E._Badger_(DD-196)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS George E. Badger (DD-196)"><i>Badger</i></a> (ex-<i>George E. Badger</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Abel_P._Upshur_(DD-193)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193)"><i>Upshur</i></a> (ex-<i>Abel P. Upshur</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Herndon_(DD-198)" title="USS Herndon (DD-198)"><i>Herndon</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hunt_(DD-194)" title="USS Hunt (DD-194)"><i>Hunt</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Semmes_(DD-189)" title="USS Semmes (DD-189)"><i>Semmes</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Welborn_C._Wood_(DD-195)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Welborn C. Wood (DD-195)"><i>Wood</i></a> (ex-<i>Welborn C. Wood</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0;;wide"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div id="World_War_II_operators" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">World War II operators</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Navy" title="Royal Navy">Royal Navy</a><br /><small>Part of <a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Satterlee_(DD-190)" title="USS Satterlee (DD-190)"><i>Belmont</i></a> (ex-<i>Satterlee</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Branch_(DD-197)" title="USS Branch (DD-197)"><i>Beverley</i></a> (ex-<i>Branch</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McLanahan_(DD-264)" title="USS McLanahan (DD-264)"><i>Bradford</i></a> (ex-<i>McLanahan</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Mason_(DD-191)" title="USS Mason (DD-191)"><i>Broadwater</i></a> (ex-<i>Mason</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Hunt_(DD-194)" title="USS Hunt (DD-194)"><i>Broadway</i></a> (ex-<i>Hunt</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Aulick_(DD-258)" title="USS Aulick (DD-258)"><i>Burnham</i></a> (ex-<i>Aulick</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Laub_(DD-263)" title="USS Laub (DD-263)"><i>Burwell</i></a> (ex-<i>Laub</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Edwards_(DD-265)" title="USS Edwards (DD-265)"><i>Buxton</i></a> (ex-<i>Edwards</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Welles_(DD-257)" title="USS Welles (DD-257)"><i>Cameron</i></a> (ex-<i>Welles</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Welborn_C._Wood_(DD-195)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Welborn C. Wood (DD-195)"><i>Chesterfield</i></a> (ex-<i>Welborn C. Wood</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Herndon_(DD-198)" title="USS Herndon (DD-198)"><i>Churchill</i></a> (ex-<i>Herndon</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Abel_P._Upshur_(DD-193)" class="mw-redirect" title="USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193)"><i>Clare</i></a> (ex-<i>Abel P. Upshur</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Meade_(DD-274)" title="USS Meade (DD-274)"><i>Ramsey</i></a> (ex-<i>Meade</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bailey_(DD-269)" title="USS Bailey (DD-269)"><i>Reading</i></a> (ex-<i>Bailey</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Shubrick_(DD-268)" title="USS Shubrick (DD-268)"><i>Ripley</i></a> (ex-<i>Shubrick</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Swasey_(DD-273)" title="USS Swasey (DD-273)"><i>Rockingham</i></a> (ex-<i>Swasey</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Rodgers_(DD-254)" title="USS Rodgers (DD-254)"><i>Sherwood</i></a> (ex-<i>Rodgers</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McCalla_(DD-253)" title="USS McCalla (DD-253)"><i>Stanley</i></a> (ex-<i>McCalla</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Navy" title="Royal Canadian Navy">Royal Canadian Navy</a><br /><small>Part of <a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Edwards_(DD-265)" title="USS Edwards (DD-265)"><i>Buxton</i></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_McCook_(DD-252)" title="USS McCook (DD-252)"><i>St. Croix</i></a> (ex-<i>McCook</i>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USS_Bancroft_(DD-256)" title="USS Bancroft (DD-256)"><i>St. Francis</i></a> (ex-<i>Bancroft</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg/23px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg/35px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg/46px-Naval_Ensign_of_the_Soviet_Union_%281950%E2%80%931991%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1350" data-file-height="900" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Navy" title="Soviet Navy">Soviet Navy</a><br /><small>Part of <a href="/wiki/Town-class_destroyer" title="Town-class destroyer">Town class</a></small></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Herndon_(DD-198)" title="USS Herndon (DD-198)"><i>Deyatelny</i></a> (ex-<i>Churchill</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background-color:#DCDCDC;color:inherit;text-align:left;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/23px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/35px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg/46px-Naval_ensign_of_the_Empire_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Imperial_Japanese_Navy" title="Imperial Japanese Navy">Imperial Japanese Navy</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/USS_Stewart_(DD-224)" title="USS Stewart (DD-224)"><i>Patrol Boat No. 102</i></a> (ex-<i>Stewart</i>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list 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