Wainwright (DLG 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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hu .x 5'2 ,. V N-0' t ,i-. KIT-ig - L-we SS WAIN RIGHT CDLG:-283 USS WAINWRIGHT QDLG-285 is a 1, Ld-26 class Guided Missile Frigate and is the third ship in the Navy to bear this name. She is named after five distinguished naval officers from two WAINWRIGHT families. These of- ficers served our country with valor during the years from the mid-19th Century until after the First World War. The primary mission of WAINWRIGHT is to provide anti-air and anti-submarine defense in a fast carrier task force. Secondary missions are to provide defense against surface ships and to conduct shore bombardment in sup- port of amphibious operations. WAINWRIGHT was the first frigate to be built with an integrated weapons direction system that employs high speed computers of great reliability. This system processes data on targets of all kinds and feeds it to the Terrier Standard Missile fire control and launching systems in order that missiles may be properly aimed and fired at any attacker, air or surface. WAINWRIGHT is equipped with a single, dual-purpose, rapid-fire 5754 semi-automatic gun mount and two rapid-fire 3 f50 heavy machine gun mounts. These two systems provide additional defense against air and surface threats. WAINWRIGHT is 547 feet in length with a maximum beam of 55 feet and a draft of 28 feet. Although the ship, with a displacement of 7930 tons, is about the size of a World War II cruiser, she has destroyer acceleration and maneuverability. Four high-pressure boilers supply steam for two main engines capable of delivering 90,000 horsepower for propulsion. Since being commissioned in 1966, WAINWRIGHT has operated in many parts of the world, with three combat tours in the Western Pacific in support of Allied operations in Southeast Asia. This current deployment is WAINWRIGHT'S first to the Mediterranean as part of the U.S. SIXTH FLEET.

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453217 232 ff Q1 V 5 OFFICER w.D. ROBERT ON, JR ' CAPTAIN, U. . NAVY X h , N Captain ROBERTSON was born in Lexington, North 5131 gn! Carolina August 27, 1926. He attended public schools 'B if ' 15 and the University of South Carolina in Columbia, S.C. until entry into the U.S. Naval Academy in 1944. Graduating in 1947 with the class of 1948, he was assign- ed to the destroyer USS VESOLE QDDR-8781, and served in division officer and department head billets during multiple Mediterranean deployments until January 1951. During 1951, then Lieutenant Cjunior gradel ROBERTSON participated in the reactivation of USS MULLANEY QDD-5285 in Charleston and her shakedown training. During 1952 and early 1953, Captain ROBERTSON was in post-graduate school in Intelligence and Russian Language in Washington, D.C., and was subsequently assigned to Belgrade, Yugoslavia as the Assistant Naval Attache. In January 1955, he returned to sea as Chief Staff Officer for COMDESRON THIRTY. During 1957-58, he was an instructor at the NROTC Unit at the University of South Carolina and later attended Armed Forces Staff College in Norfolk. In 1959, Captain ROBERTSON served as Executive Officer of USS WEEKS QDD-7011, during which time WEEKS became the first warship to enter the Black Sea since World War II days. In September 1960, he was assigned as Executive Officer of USS DEWEY QDLG-145 shortly after the shakedown of the Navy's first DLG, and made Northern European and Mediterranean deployments on her. In 1962, Captain ROBERTSON was assigned to the Officer of Naval Intelligence serving as Head of the Maritime Intelligence Branch. In 1964, he took command of USS WATTS QDD-5675 his first Pacific duty. Following decommissioning of WATTS in 1965, he was ordered as Prospective Comnianding Officer of USS RAMSEY QDEG-25, and remained with RAMSEY through her commissioning and first WESTPAC deploy- ment. In January of 1969, he returned to Washington as Head, Strategic Warfare Group of the S stems Analysis Division, and participated in the initial year of SALT negotiations. y Captain ROBERTSON attended the Industrial College of the Armed F01-ces in 1970-71 and was assigned, in August 1971, as Chairman, Professional Development Board and Director, Division of ,Naval Command and Management. at the Naval Academy. He assumed command of WAINWRIGHT in November 1972 Captain ROBERTSON holds the Bronze Star the Meritorious Ser ' . . . r M d ' - ' ' H is married to the former Frances Tuttle of Columbia, S.C. They havbcswo ihillldind Vgimub Ciinglilglf rliitllgllrgig Tech., and Fran, a ninth-grader, and reside in Charleston. en, Dum, a feb mam di f 1