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| | USS KING DLG-10 [DDG-41] |
 | | The President of the United States, on December 15, 1944, nominated, and by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, appointed Ernest J. King a Fleet Admiral of the United States Navy. |
 | | On December 15, 1945, Fleet Admiral King was relieved by Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, USN, as Chief of Naval Operations, Navy Department, Washington, D. C., and from that time has served in an advisory capacity in the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. |
 | | Married in 1905 to the former Martha Rankin Egerton of Baltimore, Maryland, Admiral King had six daughters and a son, Commander Ernest J. King, Jr., USN (USNA 1944). |
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