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DD-242 King
United States Navy destroyer
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| Class | Laid down, Shipyard | Launched | Commissioned | Disabled and Why | |
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| Clemson | 1919/04/28 New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J. | 1920/10/14 | 1920/12/16 | 1946/09/29
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| Namesake: Cdr Frank Ragan King, CO trawler Richard Buckley - KIA 1919/07/12 durig minesweepeing action in Nortth Sea, recieved DSM | |||||
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| Camouflage: 44: Ms 21 | |||||
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WW II combat actions:
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| From | Till | Operation | Force | Action | Source |
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| 41/12/07 | 42/05 | NavDistr12/DesDiv83 | patrol and escort duty off San Francisco | 66 114 | |
| 42/05/22 | 42/06 | 8.4 | 66 | ||
| 42/06/03 | Dutch Harbor | 85 | |||
| 42/08 | 8.9 | shell Kiska | 66 81 | ||
| 42/08/30 | Firepl | 8.8 | land Adak | 81 | |
| 43/05/11 | 43/05/29 | Landcr | 16.2 | land Attu | 81 |
| 43/12/?? | 44/01/?? | 66 | |||
| 43/12/22 | Aleutians - sail to San Francisco | 66 | |||
| 44/01/?? | 45/08 | patrol, ASW actions off West coast | 66 | ||
| 45/08/28 | 45/09/20 | Treasury Islands - sail to Philadelphia | 66 | ||
| 45/10/23 | San Francisco - decomm | ||||