Charles R Ware (DD 865) - Naval Cruise Book

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USNAANMA COMCRUDE5FLOT TEN CINCU NTFLT COMSECONDFLT COMCRUDENLANT FOR RADM HULL 1 . AS TG 23. 1 MAKES ITS LAST PORT OF CALL TO COMPLETE LANTMIDTRARON-64 A SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING EXPERIENCE IS ENDING FOR HER EMBARKED MIDSHIPMEN. YOUR WORK IN THE MONTHS OF PRE-CRUISE PLANNING, THE EMBARKATION ON 4 JUNE AND THE SUCCESSFUL EXECUTION OF THE CRUISE ITSELF HAS GIVEN THESE YOUNG MEN A DEEP INSIGHT IN HOW THEIR NAVY OPERATES. LIVES. PREPARES TO FIGHT AND REPRESENTS OUR SERVICE AND NATION ABROAD. ON BEHALF OF OUR MIDSHIPMEN THE SINCERE THANKS OF THE NAVAL ACADEMY IS EXTENDED TO YOU. YOUR STAFF AND TO THE SHIPS OF LANTMIDTRARON-64. RADM MINTER. COMCRUDESFLOT TEN USNA ANNAPOLIS TG 23. 1 CINCLANTFLT COMSECONDFLT COMCRUDESLANT FOR RADM MINTER THANK YOU FOR YOUR MESSAGE. ALL HANDS HAVE BEEN DEEPLY IMPRESSED BY THE RESPONSIVENESS AND ENTHUSIASM OF BOTH USNA AND NROTC MIDN. THE NAVY ' S FUTURE IS IN GOOD HANDS. HULL

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RADM HARRY HULL COMCRUDESFLOT 10 Rear Admiral HULL was graduated from the U. S. Naval Academy in 1932 After a tour of duty on board the aircraft carrier LEXINGTON, he attended submarine school at New London and thereafter served in the submarines S-22, S-31, and SKIPJACK between 1935-1939. He completed the course in ordnance engineering at the Post Graduate School at Annapolis in I 941 . During World War II, as a Commander, Admiral HULL com- manded the submarine THRESHER for three war patrols in the Pacific. For actions in the THRESHER he was awarded the Navy Cross and the Navy Commendation Medal. He was assigned to the staff of Commander Submarines Pacific as Force Torpedo and Gunn- ery Officer for the last year of the war, and received the Bronze Star for his services. After the war he was on duty at the Naval Ordnance Laboratory, White Oak, Mary- land, for two and a half years, then became Commanding Officer of the destroyer OR- LECK. In 1950 he was assigned to the staff of Commander in Chief, U. S. Pacific Fleet as Fleet Operations Officer. He was promoted to Captain in 1951 and later commanded the ammunition ship FIREDRAKE and then the amphibious cargo transport MERRICK. In the fall of 1 954 he attended the Harvard Business School ' s Advanced Management Program, then was assigned as industrial control officer of the Naval Gun Factory in Washington, D. C. He took commandoftheRegulusguidedmissilecruiser MACON in 1957, then became Chief of Staff to the Commander Naval Striking and Support Forces Southern Europe Commander SIXTH Fleet) AT THE headquarters in Naples. He was promoted to Rear Admiral in 1961 and returned to the United States to command the Military Sea Trans- portation Service Atlantic Area. In April 1963 he took command of Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla TEN, his current assignment. i iz