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<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during 
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
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Farragut Class Destroyer Leader<br/>
Ordered as Destroyer Leader (DL) November 18 1955<br/>
Reclassified Guided Missile Frigate (DLG) November 14 1956<br/>
Keel Laid March 1 1957 - Launched December 6 1958<br/><br/> 
<li>'''USS KING DLG-10'''<br/>
Commissioned November 17 1960 - Decommissioned April 30 1974<br/>
Reclassified Guided Missile Destroyer (DDG) July 1 1977<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS KING DDG-41'''<br/>
Recommissioned September 17 1977 - Decommissioned March 28 1991<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register November 20 1992<br/>
Sold April 15 1994 and broken up for scrap 1995
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_King_DDG41_19910328_1_Crest.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the 
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, 
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should 
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't 
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date 
range for covers on that page.
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<li>[[USS KING DDG-41_Covers_Page_1 | USS King DDG-41 Covers Page 1]]&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(1961-91)</li>
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<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a 
separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry 
in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks 
should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark 
has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest 
known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an 
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN 
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
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>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
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Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link<br/>To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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<h4>Post office established November 17 1960 - Disestablished April 30 1974</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2tnu
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1961-06-01
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_King_DLG10_19610601_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_King_DLG10_19610601_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DLG-10<br/>
Ship's cachet.
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Locy Type<br/>9fu
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1973-11-12
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[[Image:JonBurdett king dlg10 19731112 pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett king dlg10 19731112.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DLG-10 
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<h4>Post office reestablished September 17 1977 - Disestablished February 1 1991</h4>

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Locy Type<br/>2-1n+ (A,USS)
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1989-10-23
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[[Image:JonBurdett_king ddg41 19891023_pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_king ddg41 19891023.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DDG-41 
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Locy Type<br/>9-1(L)<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. K-26b
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1989-10-23
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[[Image:JonBurdett_king ddg41 19891023_pm9.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_king ddg41 19891023.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DDG-41 
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. K-26
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1977-10-26
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_King_DDG41_19771026_1_Postmark.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
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[[Image:GregCiesielski_King_DDG41_19771026_1_Front.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DDG-41<br/>
Cachet by the [[Cachet_Maker_USCS_Chapter_71_USS_America_ | USS America Chapter No. 71, USCS]] for the Recommissioning of KING on September 17 1977.
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Locy Type F<br/><br/>USCS Postmark<br/>Catalog Illus. K-26a
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1988-09-30
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[[Image:JonBurdett_king ddg41 19880930r_pm.jpg|thumb|center|200px]]
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[[Image:JonBurdett_king ddg41 19880930.jpg|thumb|center|100px]]
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As DDG-41<br/>
Decommissioning of [[RICHARD_L_PAGE_FFG_5_ | USS Richard L. Page FFG-5]]
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<h3>Other Information</h3>
'''NAMESAKE''' - Fleet Admiral Ernest Joseph King, USN (November 23 1878 - June 25 1956).<br/> King was a veteran of the Spanish-American War (as a Naval Cadet), World War I and World War II. King was Commissioned an Ensign on June 7 1903 and retired as Fleet Admiral on December 15 1945.<br/>King held a wide variety of positions in Navy, serving on Ships, in Submarines and in the Aviation field. King was selected as Commander-in-Chief, Atlantic Fleet in the fall of 1940, and he was promoted to Admiral in February 1941. On December 30 1941 he became Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Fleet. On March 18 1942, he was appointed Chief of Naval Operations, relieving Admiral Stark. He is the only person to hold this combined command. On December 17 1944 he was promoted to the newly created rank of Fleet Admiral. He retired on December 15 1945 but was recalled as an advisor to the Secretary of the Navy in 1950.<br/>During his naval career, Fleet Admiral King received the Navy Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal with two Gold Stars, the Spanish Campaign Medal, the Sampson Medal, the Mexican Service Medal, the World War I Victory Medal with Atlantic Fleet Clasp, the American Defense Service Medal with Bronze "A", the American Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the National Defense Service Medal.<br/>Foreign Orders and Decorations received by Fleet Admiral King include - Commander of the Order of Vasco Nunez de Balboa (Panama) 1929, Officer of the Order of the Crown of Italy 1933, Order of Merit, Grande Official (Brazil) 1943, Naval Order of Merit (Cuba) 1943, Estrella Abdon Calderon (Ecuador) 1943, Croix de guerre (France) 1944, Grand officier de la Légion d'honneur (France) 1944, Order of Pao-Ting (China) 1945, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (United Kingdom) 1945, Grand Cross of the Order of George I (Greece) 1946, Croix de guerre (Belgium) 1948, Grand Officer of the Order of the Crown (Belgium) 1948, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Military Order of Italy 1948 and the Order of Orange-Nassau (Netherlands) 1948.
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