Charles F Adams (DDG 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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l I X 'fl ii? .jfs 1-MI 4 ,Q . ,Jill lf' l 43 4 il, ill I COMMANDER WILLIAM ROBERT MUNRUE, lR.,USN CUMMANDING Since Commissioning as Ensign, on 16 September 1941, Commander Munroe has seen varied service in the Pacific, Atlantic, and Eastern Mediterranean Combat areas during World War II. After the war, he served in various units in the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets, including U. S. Naval Guided Missile Unit Fifty-Two, which he commissioned as Com- manding Officer. Atour in the Office of the Chief of NavalOperations and in the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the Department of Defense, along with Guided Missile Post Graduate schooling under U.S. Army auspices, in 1952, round out Commander Munroe's background. This makes him par- ticularly qualified to command the USS CHARLES F. ADAMS, the first in a line of TARTAR missile destroyers. n h lr 4 L ,hiv

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r' r' I 0 F I 'v O 0, r 0 Y I 'r o,' of H A Following commissioning, the CHARLES F. ADAMS conducted intensive technical evaluations designed to test the performance of individualequipments. Particular stresswas placed on the TARTAR Weapons System and its associated equipments, since TARTAR was specifically designed for Destroyers. Also testedwas the ASROC anti-submarine system and its associated sonar fire-control equipment. During this period final acceptance by the Navy. was conducted. In addition, a period was set aside for shake- down training. This welded the crew and the ship into one fighting machine, trained to react properly to various situations of attack or defense. With shakedown training completed, the CHARLES F. ADAMS progressed to her most rugged phase of testing, Operation Evaluation. This phase evaluated the ships' capability to fight under wartime con- ditions and for extended periods of time. On 30 June 1961 the CHARLES F. ADAMS was assigned Charleston, South Carolina as a home port. She steamed up the Cooper River for the first time of 28 July 1961 and commenced operations as a part of Destroyer Squadron 6. On 13 November 1961 she left Charleston to participate in a Northern Europe Cruise prior to joining her squadron in the Mediterranean. Ports of call on this cruise included: Brest, France, Gothenburg, Sweden, Aarhus, Denmark, Kiel, Germany, Rotterdam, Netherlands, Portsmouth, England ani Lisbon, Portugal. On 6 January 1962, the CHARLES F. ADAMS joined the SIXTH FLEET in the Mediterranean, sub- sequently visiting La Spezia and San Remo, Italy, Toulon, France, and Genoa, Italy, returning to Charleston on 3 March 1962.

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