Farragut (DLG 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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Zzrragub the admiral .. V V. David Glasgow FARRAOUT was born aT . r s, Campbell's STaTion, Tennessee, on 5 July gf ' Ax T gs -' l8Ol. AT The age of nine he was appoinTed g Midshipman, U.S. Navy, and saw his firsT A 'A sea duTy off The UniTed STaTes coasT in The T T Q frigaTe ESSEX. When he was Twelve years T old he was given command of The prize ship ALEXANDER BARCLAY, and Took her safelyTo Chile. ln l8l5 he was assigned To USS INDEPENDENCE, which was Then a member of The MosquiTo FleeT. ThaT FleeT was famous for iTs supression of The WesT indian PiraTes in The MediTerranean Sea. His firsT real command came aT The age of 22 when he was given The schooner FERRET, AfTer This he served aT The Bra- zil STaTion, where he commanded BOXER Gnd DECATUR, AfTer serving as ExecuTive Officer in PENNSYLVANIA he Took co- mmand of SARATOGA, a man of war, which served in The blockade of Tuxpanin The Mexican War. Finally, in l848, afTer 37 years of sea duTy, he was employed in ord- nance and Naval Yard duTies, during which Time he wroTe ORDNANCE. REGULATIONS. AfTer five years FARRAGUT WGS Semi To California. Here he esTablished The Navy Yard aT Mare island, and served as iTs Co- mmandanT from l854 To l859. WiTh The ouTbreak of The Civil War in ADMIRAL DAVID GLASGOW FARRAGUT l86l, FARRAGUT reTurned To sea and was given command of The WesT Blockading Squadron. His firsT Task was To neuTralize The lower Mississippi River. He made his advance by aTTacking The forTs below New Orleans, and in laTe April T862 he opened his aTTack on The ciTy ifself. One week laTer The Louisiana flag fell and The STars and STripes were hoisTed. On July 4Th. of The same year he capTured Vicksburg. These successes were a greaT achievement for naval warfare aT a Time when superioriTy of forTs over ships was everywhere accepTed. FARRAGUT's mosT brillianT vicTory was The BaTTle of Mobile Bay in l864. On This occassion in his flagship HARTFORD, he led his squadron wiTh The ofT remembered phrase Damn The Torpedos, go ahead-- full speed. AT The baTTle's end, his men had beaTen one of The Confederacy'sbesT squadrons and capTured The Two forTs guarding The enTrance To Mobile Bay. WiTh The end of The Civil War, FARRAGUT began To receive The honors he so deserved.. On 23 Decembef TS64, The rank of Vice Admiral was besTowed on him, and afTer Two years he became The firsT American TO hold The rank of Admiral. He was also given The command of The European Squadron. AfTer 59 years of naval service, Admiral David O. FARRAGUT died on lO July l869 aT PorTsmouTh, N.l'l- He was buried in Woodlawn CemeTery, HasTing-on-Hudson, New York. The FARRAGUT name and TradiTion live on in The Navy. Four ships have kepT Them alive. , The firST USS FARRAGUT was Torpedo BoaT ll, iT was launched in T898 and served wiTh The fleeT unTIl l9l9. The second FARRAGUT CDD 3005 was commissioned in i920 and operaTed wiTh The Pacific DGSTFOYGI' FSOFCG- L1nTii l93O. The Third FARRAGUT CDD 3481 was The firsf Two-sTacked desTroyer. She was commis- sioned in T934 and was aT Pearl Harbor. Having foughT gallanTly in The Pacific, she earned lil baTTle STGVS Zeforj belgng reTired from service afTer The war. The presenT FARRAGUT is The fourTh. This class of Guided l ' 7 ssl eg esTroyer Leaders includes The Navy s newesT ships, embodying The laTesT advancemenTs rn elec- Tronic deTecTion equipmenT and desTrucTive capabiliTy. l:0llOW'ViQ C0mm'5S'0V1i 1Q in December l96O, FARRAGUT made her shakedown cruise in The Caribbean- ReTurnin fr Th Q Om is iniTial voyage The ship visifed Mobile, The siTe of Admiral FARRAGUT's mosT famoue bGTTie, and New Orleans. In July l96l The ship's homeporT became MayporT, Florida. d Gerln Novgmber l96l FARRAGUT deparTed on her second shakedown cruise This Time visiTing EVlQl0n 1 n 1 TONY, .enmark and Sweden. She F9TUI'I'19d To The STaTes in March l96,'2 and began This paST YSUVISUCT' iviTies, which have carried her some 55,000 nauTical miles, or roughly Twice around The world.

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COMMANDER ADAM A HERRON JR cammandzng ofhcer Commander Adam A I-lerron Jr entered the U S Naval Academy from his home town of Lynnfleld CSU ter Massachusetts In July l94O ond was graduated under The accelerated wartime program In June I943 The following Two years of World War ll were spent In USS WICITIITA CA 45 and Involved nlne VFIGIOV Raclflc War Zone campalgns and engagements In June of I945 he reported To USS MIDWAY ICVA AI a tour whlch lasted Three years Thus was followed by a year as Operations Officer aboard USS BRISTOL IDD 8575 Vntol experrence was gained aT The CIC School and Fleet Training Group ln Boston experience which has proved valuable rn CDR HERRON s assignments slnce He acquured a broad knowledge of weoponS electronics and ant: submarnne warfare whale servung as CIC Officer of Staff Battle Shup DIVISION TWO XGCUTIVB Officer In The destroyer USS ROOKS and as Weapons Officer on Staff Commander Cruxs STVOYSV Force U S Atlantrc Fleet CDR HERRON recerved the Navy Commendation Ribbon with Combo s lngulshmg Device durlng Korean combat operations Shore duty tours have Included duty as Radar ectronlcs Instructor aT CIC School Boston and as Mllltory Instructor at The U S NGVGI ACUCISVTIY I'I has also attended the Naval War College at Newport Rhode Island mmand assignments for CDR HERRON prior to FARRAGUT were USS NICOOWAN IDD 678l GH Cort Sfluodron FOURTEEN whlch contains the new DEALEY Class of escorts I-le assumed common FARRAGUT on QI Aprll l962 eCapTaln 1sMarr1ed to The former Shlrley Baxter of Stoneham Massachusetts They have Two Chl a daughter Andrea and a san David I ' ' 1 I 1 1 , C D, . , I . ' ' ' t Ml GS . . '. I A I . ' I ' er? De I U . . I . F . ' ' Di T. . . . . y . I . and El ' I, I ' ' . . ' 9 Co ' ' I ' I U I I CI ES ' , ' ' l d of Th ' ' ' I ' I A 'Idren,