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| 152k | Commander Frank Ragan King was an officer in the United States Navy who died while conducting minesweeping operations shortly after World War I. Born in Montevallo, Alabama, 15 oOtober 1884, King was appointed midshipman at the Naval Academy 06 May 1903 and graduated 11 February 1907. After serving as passed midshipman on Milwaukee and Pennsylvania, he was commissioned Ensign 12 February 1909. Servinbng as such on Princeton and Pennsylvania, King served as Lieutenant (jg) on Oregon, at the Naval Academy, and Wyoming, and as Lieutenant on Wyoming. Promoted to Lt. Commander, he served on Henderson, and attained the rank of Commander 21 September 1918 aboard Arizona. Commmander King assumed command of the trawler Richard Buckley 07 July 1919 during minesweeping operations in the North Sea. On 12 July 1919 his ship struck a mine and went down in only seven minutes. During the crisis King exerted himself to see that all of his crew might be saved. King's feeling for his men was evidenced by the fact that his final act before going down with his ship was to strap his own life preserver to a stunned sailor and help him over the side. Commander King received the Distinguished Service Medal for his valor. Photo of Midshipman Frank Ragan King courtesy of the USNA Alumni Association. | Bill Gonyo | |
| USS King (DD-242) |
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| 78k | Undated, location unknown. | Paul Rebold | |
| 160k | Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum. | Darryl Baker | |
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91k | USS Barry (DD-248), USS Sands (DD-243) and USS King (DD-242), undated, location unknown. | Tommy Trampp | |
| 162k | Mrs. Allene A. King, widow of Frank Ragan King, the sponsor of the destroyer USS King (DD-242), strikes the bow of the ship with the traditional bottle of champagne on 14 October 1920. Photo from the Independence Seaport Museum. | Bill Gonyo | |
| 190k | USS King (DD-242) launching at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 14 October 1920. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 52065 | Mike Green | |
| 77k | In drydock at Constantinople, Turkey, circa 1921-1923. | Mike Davis | |
| 132k | San Diego Photo Shop image of the USS Childs (DD-241), USS Strurtevant (DD-249), USS Overton (DD-239) and USS King (DD-242), dated 20 March 1925. | Ron Hanley | |
| 129k | In San Diego Harbor, California, circa the 1930s. Note the short range battle target hung between her middle smokestacks. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 73278 | Robert Hurst | |
| 109k | 1930s colorized photo of King (DD-242) by Carlton, San Diego. | Anonymous donor, in memory of Claud Anderson, B1/c | |
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131k 230k | First photo, USS Mississippi (BB-41) at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, VA, 12 May 1933. The bow of the destroyer USS Childs (DD-241)appears on the left. Photo Yanovitch, Robert J. Lewis collection. Second photo, same scene with the bow of the USS King (DD-242) in the foreground, she does not appear in the first photo. | Butch & Debbie Baxter | |
| 51k | Circa 1936, from the Stephen Urbani special feature. | Paul Urbani | |
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48k | Destroyers at Mare Island's Navy Day, 27 October 1939 - first row: USS Humphreys (DD-236) and USS King (DD-242); second row USS Buchanan (DD-131), USS Aaron Ward (DD-132); the USS Lawrence (DD-250) and USS Sands (DD-243) are inboard and hidden from view. | Darryl Baker | |
 News article about explosion aboard King (DD-242) off Newport, RI, 26 March 1940. | Anonymous donor, in memory of Claud Anderson, B1/c | |||
| 85k | USS King (DD-242) on the beach at the end of runway "B" at Adak, circa 1942-1943. Photo from United States Destroyer Operations in World War II by Theodore Roscoe. | Robert Hurst | |
| 28k | Circa 1944 | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 33k | Circa 1944 | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 46k | Never ending deck work - chipping paint. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 46k | USO entertainers, your's truly holding hat. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 52k | Mess cooks peeling spuds. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 49k | The Chief's mess. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 39k | Our Captain is standing on the left side of the bridge. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 44k | The bow 4"/50 gun. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 39k | CWT(AA) William N. Beyer and Chief McKenzie (machinist) [muster rolls show this is probably TM1c John A. MacKenzie, Jr.]. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 50k | After crew quarters. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 39k | Picking up survivors from a troop ship that went aground, while returning to the states; these were all US sailors. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 54k | Water Tenders, yours truly in whites, I was the Chief's mess cook at the time, but transferred to the engine room later. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 41k | Ward Room, ship's doctor seated left and Mr. Starkweather standing. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 57k | Personnel inspection. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| 37k | The crew's cooks. | Henry Slotsve MM2c | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | ENS Hal Steele Fewell USNRF | 16 December 1920 - 1921 |
| 02 | LCDR Roy Campbell Smith, Jr. (USNA 1910) | 1921 - 30 January 1922 |
| 03 | LCDR Henry Grafton Fuller (USNA 1906) | 30 January 1922 - 23 January 1925 |
| 04 | LCDR Theodore Stark Wilkinson (USNA 1909) | 23 January 1925 - 11 January 1927 |
| 05 | LCDR Comfort Benedict Platt (USNA 1909) | 11 January 1927 - 17 June 1927 |
| 06 | CDR Ralph Roderick Stewart (USNA 1907) | 17 June 1927 - 08 June 1928 |
| 07 | CDR Leland Jordan, Jr. (USNA 1908) | 08 June 1928 - 05 July 1930 |
| 08 | LCDR Karl Erehard Hintze (USNA 1913) | 05 July 1930 - 09 January 1931 |
| 09 | LT John Vincent McElduff (USNA 1919) | 09 January 1931 - 10 March 1931 |
| Decommissioned | 10 March 1931 - 13 June 1932 | |
| 10 | LCDR Kenneth Mortimer Hoeffel (USNA 1917) | 13 June 1932 - 13 June 1933 |
| 11 | LT/LCDR Paul Hopkins Talbot (USNA 1919) | 13 June 1933 - 11 June 1934 |
| 12 | LCDR John Vernon Murphy (USNA 1917) | 11 June 1934 - 25 September 1935 |
| 13 | LCDR William Bryan Coleman USN | 25 September 1935 - 07 June 1937 |
| 14 | LCDR Frederick Charles Sachse (USNA 1920) | 07 June 1937 - 10 April 1938 |
| 15 | LT Edmondston Ernest Coil (USNA 1922) | 10 April 1938 - 21 September 1938 |
| Decommissioned | 21 September 1938 - 26 September 1939 | |
| 16 | LCDR Elmer Edward Berthold (USNA 1924) | 26 September 1939 - 19 February 1941 |
| 17 | LT/LCDR Thomas Rhodes Langley (USNA 1926) | 19 February 1941 - April 1942 |
| 18 | LT Maurice James Carley D-V(G) USNR | April 1942 - May 1942 |
| 19 | LCDR Kenneth McLoud Gentry (USNA 1930) | May 1942 - 11 May 1943 |
| 20 | LT Robert Henry Hopkins DE-V(G) USNR | 11 May 1943 - 14 September 1943 |
| 21 | LCDR Truman Boyce Hinkle D-V(G) USNR | 14 September 1943 - 26 February 1944 |
| 22 | LT/LCDR Charles Ellsworth Pond, Jr. (USNA 1938) | 26 February 1944 - September 1944 |
| 23 | LT Richard J O'Neill (D) USNR | September 1944 - June 1945 |
| 24 | LT Robert Mecum Cohee (D) USNR | June 1945 - 23 October 1945 |
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