From A Different Loved One
Kathy Taylor also had a relative who went down with the Grayback. John Patrick King was her godfather and uncle who was an electrician’s mate, third class. When she spoke to ABC News, she gave a moving tribute to the deceased veteran. “I committed from the very beginning, from a little girl, that I was gonna find him or follow him or keep his memory alive – whatever I could do,” she said. However, the demise of the Grayback did not mark the end of its incredible legacy. A second submarine with an SSG-574 designation was named after it. In July 1957, the new vessel went into service fourteen years after the original went down. It is fitting that Mrs. Virginia S. Moore launched it. She is the widow of the final skipper of the original Grayback, Commander John A. Moore.
From A Different Loved One