Macdonough (DLG 8) - Naval Cruise Book

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In addition to training, highlights of the cruise included successful efforts in the United States fr™ P |-W ° P ? ° g 7 m ° r P han d handicapped children groups were presented with gifts rom the crew s welfare facilities. General visiting was permitted wherever feasible and officials were entertained and escorted on tours of the ship. The ship was rigged with Friendship Lights from stem to sternover the masts and around the perimeter of the deck edge at night. During the cruise the ship carried a fourteen piece Navy band which provided music while enter- ing and leaving port and also gave concerts both a s ho r e and on board that created a f a vo r ab I e impression in every port visited. as fl s C h? D °f N n OU r H retU T d r C . harl ton ' S ' C - on 23 September 1962 and actively assumed duties £££!] I T? .f r Cr ser-Destroyer Flotilla SIX. She remained in Charleston until 15 October when she deploy.ed for a week of local operations for type training On 22 October MACDONOUGH w i t h Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla SIX embarked de- parted to serve with the United States Quarantine Forces in the Cuban area under thHommand of Commander Second Fleet. MACDONOUGH returned t o Charleston on T h an k s g i v in g DayToTlowing dissolution of the Quarantine Task Force. wm 8 MACDONOUGH remained in port until 3 December when she deployed for her quarterly missile Woe trl n f TV Ue t0 - RiC ° areas - Duri »g this deployed period the s h i p engaged in oarticLa ed L S a U r 8 f V- g ' Culebra « with visits to San ' »• While deployed MACDONOUGH participated in a sea lift of high priority equipment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. From 12-14 December the ship engaged in type training in the Jacksonville operating areas, returning to Charleston on 15 December to commence holiday leave and upkeep period § t - narLeston on CanL r e r i m Fln J rtd n a U fn ry r 1963 i 19 MACD ONOUGH conducted missile test firing off Cape DONOUGH |T™ U.T C ° nmander and Evaluation F o r c e. The m o n t h of A p r i I found MAC- ? G . a f 6 m Py d P iod at Charleston S h i p y a r d. Upon completion of the overhaul the ship underwent refresher training and completed preparations for Mediterranean deployment. ' •3W • «! i I £ Am ■? » •r . I I L. • ;: ' .::■•, ' ™W - »

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USS MACDONOUGH (DLG-8) was named in honor of Commodore Thomas Macdonough, the hero of the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812. She is the fourth ship to bear this name. The Ship was built at the Fore River Shipyard of the Bethlehem Steel Company, Quincy, Massa- chusetts. Her keel was laid 15 April 1958. She was launched on 9 July 1959 by Mrs. Agnes Macdonough Wilson, Great-granddaughter of Commodore Macdonough. MACDONOUGH was commissioned 4 November 19 6 1 at the Boston Naval Shipyard, Charlestown, Massachusetts, under the command of Commander William G. Hurley. The principal speaker was Rear Admiral Miles H. Hubbard, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations (Logistics Also attending were Mrs. Wilson, Rear Admiral CarlEspe, Commandant of the First Naval District, Rear Admiral William Brockett, Commander of the Boston Naval Shipyard and more than 12 00 invited guests. The MACDONOUGH remained at Boston until 20 January 1962 to complete outfitting. Ship ' s qualification trials and final acceptance trials were successfully completed in April. During the period January-April, various ports were used as operating bases, including Boston, Norfolk, Newport, Charleston, Mayport and San Juan. Slhakedown training at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba followed. Kingston, Jamaica and San Juan were ports of call. Upon successful completion of the training on 8 June MACDONOUGH returned to Boston for post-shakedown overhaul. The ship ' s home port was changed from Boston to Charleston on 1 June and on 1 July she was assigned as flagship for Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla SDC, Rear Admiral J. W. AILES III. On 6 August MACDONOUGH departed Boston for Charleston, South Carolina where she made preparations for a six week shakedown, goodwill and training cruise commencing 15 August. She visited Houston, Texas 18-21 August; Kingston, Jamaica 24-27 August; Port-au-Prince, Haiti 29-31 August; Port-of -Spain and Point-a ' -Pierre, Trinidad 3-7 September; Santo Domingo, Dominican Re- public 10-13 September and San Juan, Puerto Rico 14-19 September. The visit to Kingston, Jamaica coincided with the Central Am e r i c an andCaribbean Olympic Games which followed the Jamaican Independence celebrations. While in Trinidad the ship partici- pated in the independence celebrations of the new nation of Trinidad and Tobago, Stops at Guantanamo Bay and Culebra Island allowed the crew to use the ship ' s weapons systems to practice in anti-air- warfare, surface gunnery, shore bombardment and other combat type exercises.

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Cdr„ Franklin S. Bergen, USN Cowitoiuttr Officer Commander Franklin S. Bergen, USN, is a native of New Jersey. He attended public schools there and entered the navy in 1936. He was commissioned Ensign in 1943. During World War II, he served on the USS WASP (CV-7), YMS-43 a minesweeper, and the USS AUCILLA (AO-56), both in the Atlantic and Pacific combat Areas. At the Conclusion of the war in the Pacific, he participated in the occupation of the Japanese home islands. He has subsequently served as Navigator of USS AUBURN (AGC-10), Gunnery Officer of USS SAIPAN (CVL-48), Executive Officer of USS HAZELWOOD (DD-531) and Commanding Officer of the USS BRISTOL (DD-857). During the Korean War he served as a member of Commander SEVENTH Fleet Staff. Commander Bergen has attended Cornell University, the Navy G e n e r a I Line School and the Armed Forces Staff College. His wife, the former Dorothy Osborn of Wayside, New Jersey and their daughter Judith Ann, 7, reside in Charleston, South Carolina.