The USS John S. McCain (DL-3/DDG-36), originally designated the DD-928 but reclassified in 1951, was a destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship was launched by Bath Iron Works Corporation, Bath, Maine, on 12 July 1952. She was sponsored by Roberta McCain, the daughter-in-law of Admiral John S. McCain, Sr. (born 1884), and commissioned on 12 October 1953 at the Boston Naval Shipyard, with Commander E. R. King, USN, in command.