'' Macdonough '' s second Mediterranean deployment , 10 July to 22 December 1964 , was followed by a 6-month overhaul at the Charleston Naval Shipyard . Coastal operations out of home port occupied the frigate until mid-September 1965 , when she proceeded to the Atlantic Fleet Missile Range and then to Guantánamo Bay , Cuba , for training exercises . Having returned to her Charleston home port in early November , '' Macdonough '' prepared for another Mediterranean deployment , departing Charleston at the end of the month . '' Macdonough '' served as flagship for the recovery effort of the Palomares Incident during the third Mediterranean deployment
Palomares Incident
1966 Palomares B-52 crash
USS Macdonough (DDG-39)