Coontz class - DDG - Guided-Missile Destroyer IMO: MMSI: Flight Deck: Call Sign: NXAY Shipyard: Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company Events ---Filter---OrderedLaid downLaunchedCommissionedDecommissionedStruckFate: scrappedPort VisitDeployment History of USS King DDG-41 1955-nov-18OrderedOrdered as DL-10 1956-nov-14 reclassified as DLG-10 1957-mar-01Laid downLaid down 1958-dec-06LaunchedLaunched 1960-nov-17CommissionedCommissioned as DLG-10 1965-apr-05DeploymentDeployment departed US for South China Sea and off Vietnam, escorting USS Oriskany and screening other carriers in theatre, returning Nov 1965. 1975-jun-30 reclassified as DDG-41 1979-jul-11Port VisitPort Visit Barcelona Harbour visited Barcelona, with USS Richmond K. Turner. 1991-mar-28DecommissionedDecommissioned 1992-nov-20StruckStruck 1995Fate: scrappedFate: scrapped J L Metals, Wilmington N.C. Add new event for this unitYear:Month: <- (1/12) Optional Day: <- (1/31) Optional Text: Add Event