7 0 s , ▁its ▁problems ▁had ▁inf ected ▁the ▁whole ▁class ▁of ▁destroy ers , ▁leading ▁the ▁n avy ▁to ▁establish ▁the ▁Prop ulsion ▁Ex am ining ▁Board ▁( PE B ). ▁ ▁Just ▁before ▁Christmas , ▁the ▁yard ▁delivered ▁Lawrence , ▁which ▁was ▁commission ed ▁on ▁ 6 ▁January ▁of ▁the ▁new ▁year , ▁with ▁CD R ▁Thomas ▁W . ▁Wal sh ▁in ▁command . ▁She ▁joined ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁Fle et ▁and ▁the ▁n avy ' s ▁first ▁all - miss ile ▁destroy er ▁squad ron ▁commanded ▁by ▁one ▁of ▁Must in ' s ▁hero es , ▁C AP T ▁I ke ▁K idd . ▁Her ▁home port ▁was ▁Nor folk , ▁Virginia , ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁Spring ▁of ▁ 1 9 6 2 , ▁Lucy ▁and ▁the ▁children ▁moved ▁to ▁Virginia ▁Beach ▁and ▁the ▁first ▁house ▁the ▁Must ins ▁would ▁own . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁Cub an ▁Miss ile ▁Cris is ▁that ▁aut umn , ▁the ▁ship ▁got ▁orders ▁to ▁get ▁under way . ▁Although ▁they ▁understood ▁that ▁the ▁orders ▁had ▁to ▁do ▁with ▁Soviet ▁miss iles ▁entering ▁Cuba , ▁Must in ▁and ▁the ▁ship ' s ▁company ▁were ▁not ▁to ▁tell ▁their ▁families ▁where ▁they ▁were ▁going , ▁how ▁long ▁they ▁would ▁be ▁at ▁sea , ▁or ▁why . ▁On ▁the ▁evening ▁of ▁ 2 2 ▁October , ▁President ▁John ▁F . ▁Kennedy ▁went ▁on ▁national ▁television ▁to ▁announ ce ▁a ▁quar antine ▁of ▁Cuba . ▁The ▁operation ▁order ▁had ▁read ▁that ▁the ▁Lawrence ▁would ▁particip ate ▁in ▁a