Farragut (DLG 6) - Naval Cruise Book

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Entering Norfolk Naval Shipyard at Portsmouth, Virginia, on 7 May, FARRAGUT underwent minor repairs and alterations and also acquired a New Captain, CDR. W.B. ALTHOFF, USN, in change of command ceremonies at Portsmouth on 9 May 1963. Availability completed, the ship took on 63 Naval Academy midshipmen and started her second Midshipman Cruise, whichin- cluded visits to New York City and Quebec, Canada, as well as extensive underway training. FARRAGUT returned to Mayport on 27 July. During the following month, she was underway for a local operating period and a one-day dependents cruise on 16 August. A brief operational cruise to the Caribbean from 15 September until return to Mayport on 1 October included visits to San Juan and St. Thomas. FARRAGUT departed Mayport again on 28 October for twelve days of operations as part of Task Force 23 returning to her homeport in November 1963. Except for brief periods of refresher training in the Jacksonville operations area, the ship remained in Mayport for a period of leave and upkeepk spending Christmas in her homeport. The months of December and January were spent completing preparations for FARRAGUT's forthcoming Mediterranean deployment with the United States SIXTH FLEET. On 8 February, FARRAGUT was underway for the Mediterranean. She sailed as part of a fast attack carrier unit, and helped develop new tactics for future transits. In March, word was re- ceived that due to a SECOND FLEET reorganization, FARRAGUT would return to the United States in May and not in July as previously scheduled. During her short deployment, FARRAGUT participated in anti-air and anti-submarine exer- cises, and was also assigned to the Cyprus Barrier Patrol. May 23 FARRAGUT returned home and immediately commenced intensive preparation for an INSURV inspection in June. On 23 June, FARRAGUT successfully completed this toughest of all Naval illSD9Cti0HS- OH 11 July. FARRAGUT received a new Commanding Officer: commander Richard B Jacobs, USN. From July 13 until 18 December 1964, FARRAGUT was in the Charleston Naval Shipyard for a very thorough shipyard overhaul. After the holiday season, FARRAGUT again departed Mayport. This time her future held six weeks of intensive refresher training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. While in the Caribbean area, FARRAGUT visited St. Thomas, V.I., Roosevelt Roads, Puerto Rico, and Kingston, Jamaica. Upon her retum home in mid-March, FARRAGUT received a series of intensive inspections, participated in two weeks of Second Fleet Operations, and made all preparations for her forthcoming Mediterranean cruise. FARRAGUT departed Mayport again on May 24, and became a unit of the U.S. SIXTH FLEET on June 2. During her deployment, she participated extensively in many anti-airtand anti-sub- marine warfare exercises which were highlighted by her participation in the 'tWindmill I ex- ercises with units of the Netherlands Navy. FARRAGUT again visited Port Mahon, Mallorca, and-other such ports of interest as Tunis, Tunisiag Sestri Levanti, Italy: Beaulieu, France: Palma, Mallorcag Naples, Italy and Barcelona, Spain. On 12 September, FARRAGUT left the Mediterranean and arrived home in Mayport on 20 September. During the fall of 1965 FARRAGUT was underway again from 25 October to 12 November to fire missiles at the Atlantic Fleet Weapons Range and to conduct type training From 28 Novem ber to 16 December FARRAGUT became the flagship of Admiral J Nevin Shaffer COMCRUDES FLOT TWO for the maJor fleet exercise PHIBASWEXXI 65 MEBLEXXZ 65 This extensive exercise tested the Navy s ability to assemble move and protect a large amphibious force against submarines and air attack in a modern weapons environment During February and March of 1966 FARRAGUT spent 4 weeks III the Caribbean DHFUCIDPRUIIS in the Atlantic Fleet s annual Springboard Exercises where she ' peaked up her battle readiness for another forthcoming Mediterranean deployment In April she again made a short trip to the Caribbean to fire missiles and conduct gunnery exercises ln a traditional ceremony at Charlotte Amalie St Thomas on 23 April CDR William A Kanakanui Jr relived CDR Rlchard B Jacobs USN as Commanding Officer After her return to Mayport on April 28 FARRAGUT Successfully completed the remaining annual in spectlons and commenced preparation for assignment to the SIXTH FLEET On 13 June FARRAGUT was again underway for the Mediterranean Sea to become part of the United States SIXTH FLEET While there she participated in anti submarine andanti air warfare exercises She visited Genoa and Naples Italy and Port Mahon Barcelona and Palma Spain She completed her deployment in early October and arrived home in Mayport on 26 October FARRAGUT remained in Mayport until early February 1967 for extensive repalfs and UDKGBD All preparations were made for the Springboard Exercises to be held in February On 10 February FARRAGUT departed for her annual Springboard Exercise in the Caribbean A small portion of their warm water training period was spent in St Thomas V I and in San Juan P R FARRAGUT returned to Mayport on 26 February and commenced extensive repairs and upkeep for her forthcoming Northern European and Mediterranean deployment On 26 May 1967 FARRAGUT got underway for Northern Europe 9 u , - . , . . - - J 1 1 . . , . . , - v v v ' v 1 ' ' - - ' 4 4 n ' ' I ' I ' 1 Y . y , . 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Q- Y SHIP' lllSTO Y USS FARRAGUT CDLG-65 was commissioned 10 December 1960 at Boston Naval Shipyard and proudly took her place in the United States Navy under the command of Cdr. Roger E. Spreen, USN. She was the fourth of our nation's ships to bear the name FARRAGUT in h01l0r of Admiral David Glasgow Farragut, famous for his achievements during the Civil War, and the first Admiral of the United stares Navy. The first Uss FARRAGUT frorpedo Boat 115 was launched in 1898 and Served with the fleet until 1919. The second USS FARRAGUT KDD-3007 WRS C0111111iSSi011ed in 1920 and operated with the Pacific Fleet Destroyer force through 1930. The third USS FARRAGUT CDD-3485 was the first of the two stack destroyers. Commissioned in 1934, she was berthed at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked. Throughout the war in the Pacific she fought gallantly and by the end of the war had earned 14 battle stars in engagements such as the Battle of Coral Sea, the First Battle of Savo Island, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. The fourth and present USS FARRAGUT KDLG-65 is one of the most powerful ships of the modem Navy. This class of guided missile frigate is designed to carry the modern and sensitive radar and sonar to detect the enemy as well as the most powerful anti-aircraft and anti-submarine missiles with which to destroy him. Following commissioning, FARRAGUT began shakedown training in the Caribbean, visiting ports including San Juan, Puerto Rico, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Enroute northward, the ship visited Pensacola, Florida ftaking part in the 50th Anniversary of Naval Avia- tionbg New Orleans, Louisiana, and Mobile, Alabama, the scene of Admiral Farragut's most famous exploits during the Civil War. In Mobile, FARRAGUT was the special guest of the pageant cele- brating the 350th anniversary of Mobile's founding. Effective 1 July 1961, the ship's homeport was changed from Boston, Mass. to Mayport, Florida, and thus became the first guided missile frigate to be homeported there. In the Fall of 1961, FARRAGUT departed on her Shakedown Cruise to Northern Europe. Arriving in Portsmouth, England, on 30 November 1961 she began a rapid but very enjoyable tour of ports ending in Lisbon, Portugal, the first week of the New Year. Ports visited included Malmo and Stockholm, Sweden: Copenhagen, Denmark, Hamburg, Gennanyg and France. FARRAGUT's officers and men participated in many social affairs and athletic contests, acquiring many friends while implementing the President's People-to-People Program. Interspersed between port visits were extensive readiness exercises at sea testing all phases of FARRAGUT's complex detection and weapons systems. FARRAGUT deployed with the Sixth Fleet in the Mediterranean during January and February 1962. A highlight of the deployment was a well received visit to Port Mahon, Menorca, the home of Admiral Farragut's father. On 3 March 1962, FARRAGUT arrived home in Mayport and became the flagship of Capt. A. F. Johnson, USN, Commander Destroyer Squadron EIGHT. April brought participation in the Seapower Demonstration. for President Kennedy, and saw the arrival of a new Commanding Officer, Cdr. Alama Herron, USN, who became FARRAGUT's second skipper on 21 April 1962. In May, a short operational cruise to San Juan, and St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for missile firings and shore bombardment was climaxed by an exciting race to the splash- down area of Astronaut Scott Carpenter, America's second orbital space traveler. FARRAGUT enjoyed the honor of being the first surface ship to arrive at the scene. In Norfolk, in June of 1962 FARRAGUT welcomed 29 Naval Academy Midshipmen for their annual summer cruise. A highlight of the cruise, spaced between intensive anti-air and anti-submarine warfare exercises, was a Fourth of July visit to Wilmington, Delaware. On 3 August 1962, the ship sailed for the Mediterranean Sea on seven-month deployment with the United States SIXTH FLEET. A11 111190112111 Page of FARRAGUT's history during the deployment was recorded in October, when she was sent on a special cruise into the Black Sea. There FARRAGUT exercised the Navy's historic right of freedom to sail this land-locked sea, and visited two small Turkish ports, Eregli and Trabson. The major part of the deployment was spent in the day-to-day conduct of advanced fleet training exercises that keep our country's first line of defense at a peak of battle readiness. 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WHL.- -. commnunmc A 0FFlCER Commander William A. Kanakanui, Jr., U.S. Navy, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, was graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in June 1948. His first assignment was aboard the USS C. P. CECIL KDDR-8353 as Communications Officer. He was next assigned to the USS ORLECK KDD-8861 as Gunnery Officer and participated in the Korean Conflict until October 1951 when he reported to the recommissioning detail of the USS TALADEIGA 4APA-2085. In July 1952, Commander Kanakanui reported to the U.S. Naval Post Graduate School, Monterey, California as a student in the Ordnance Engineering curriculum. Commander Kanakanui was next assigned to the USS CORAL SEA KCVA-435 as Fire Control Officer and, two years later, reported to the Staff, Commander Destroyer Squadron TWENTY-FIVE as Operations Officer. ln August 1958, Commander Kanakanui was ordered to the U.S. Naval Ordnance Missile Test Facility at White Sands, New Mexico for duty as Ground Systems Officer for the TALOS Missile research and development program. He then attended the Naval War College at Newport, Rhode Island, graduating in June 1961, when he became the first Executive Officer of the USS SELLERS KDDG-115. In September 1963, Commander Kanakanui reported to the Navy Department, Washington, D.C., and until January 1966 served as the TARTAR Missile Project Officer in the Surface Missile System Project Office, Office of Naval Material. Commander Kanakanui assumed command of USS FARRAGUT KDLG-65 in April 1966. Commander Kanakanui has the Korean Presidential Unit Citation, China Service Medal, Korean Campaign Medal. United Nafi0IlS Serviee Medal, Navy Occupation Service Medal with Asia Clasp, National Defense Service Medal, World War II Victory Medal and the American Theater Medal. Commander Kanakanui is married to the former Mary Louise Meyer of Severna Park, Maryland. With their three children, Commander and Mrs. Kanakanui reside in the Ponte Vedra, Florida area. -.-139.1425-,.: .- ,, ,,..,,.,...f.m..-. 1- COMMANDER WILLIAM A. KANAKANUI, JR USN