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No Photo Available		Commander Frank Ragan King (15 October 1884 - 12 July 1919) was an officer in the United States Navy who died while conducting minesweeping operations shortly after World War I. Born in Montevallo, Alabama, King was appointed midshipman at the Naval Academy 6 May 1903 and graduated 11 February 1907. After serving as passed midshipman, he was commissioned Ensign 12 February 1909. King served in Arkansas, Hartford, Milwaukee, Pennsylvania, and Illinois before attaining the rank of Commander 21 September 1918. Comdr. King assumed command of the trawler Richard Buckley 7 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. Comdr. King received the Distinguished Service Medal for his valor.		Bill Gonyo
	85k	Undated, USS King (DD-242) on the beach at the end of runway "B" at Adak. Photo from "United States Destroyer Operations in World War II" by Theodore Roscoe.		Robert Hurst
	77k	Undated, in drydock at Constantinople, Turkey.		Mike Davis
	78k	Undated, location unknown.		Paul Rebold
	160k	Undated, location unknown. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	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 October 14, 1920 at the New York Shipbuilding Corporations shipyard in Camden, New Jersey during her launching. Photo from the Independence Seaport Museum.		Bill Gonyo
	132k	Photo of the USS Childs (DD-241), USS Strurtevant (DD-249), USS Overton (DD-239) and USS King (DD-242) from the San Diego Photo Shop dated March 20 1925.		Ron Hanley
	51k	Circa 1936, from the Stephen Urbani special feature.		Paul Urbani
	48k	Mare Island 10/27/39, Navy Day, ships are left to right by row: 1st row USS Humphreys (DD 236) and USS King (DD 242); 2nd row USS Buchanan (DD 131), USS Aaron Ward (DD 132) also the USS Lawrence (DD 250) and USS Sands (DD 243) are inboard and are hidden from view.		Darryl Baker
	28k	Circa 1944		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	33k	Circa 1944		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	46k	Never ending deck work - chipping paint.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	46k	USO entertainers, yours truly holding hat.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	52k	Mess cooks peeling spuds.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	49k	The Chief's mess.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	39k	Our Captain is standing on the left side of the Bridge.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	44k	The Bow 4"/50 gun.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	39k	Chief Beyer (water tender) and Chief McKenzie (machinist).		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	50k	After crew quarters.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	39k	Picking up survivors from a troop ship that went aground, while returning to the States, these were all US sailors.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	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 MM 2/C
	41k	Ward Room, ships doctor seated left and Mr. Starkweather Standing.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	57k	Personnel inspection.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C
	37k	The crew's Cooks.		Henry Slotsve MM 2/C

LCDR R. C. Smith    Dec 16 1920 - ?
LCDR Henry Grafton Fuller    ? 1923 - ?
LCDR Theodore Stark Wilkinson    Jan 1925 - Dec 1926 (Later VADM)
(Decommissioned Mar 10 1931 - Jun 13 1932)
LCDR William B. Coleman    ? 1935 - ?
(Decommissioned Sep 21 1938 - Sep 26 1939)
LCDR Elmer Edward Berthold    Sep 26 1939 - Feb 1941
LCDR Eugene Simon Karpe    Feb 1941 - Mar 1941
LCDR Kenneth McLoud Gentry    Aug 1942 - ?