ng ham ▁( DD G - 1 7 ), ▁had ▁suffered ▁a ▁nerv ous ▁break down . ▁Although ▁Must in ▁was ▁still ▁a ▁Lieutenant , ▁Mac L ane ▁got ▁him ▁the ▁job , ▁with ▁orders ▁to ▁report ▁immediately ▁to ▁New ▁York ▁Sh ip building . ▁ ▁USS ▁Con y ng ham ▁( DD G - 1 7 ) ▁The ▁executive ▁officers ▁of ▁the ▁new - const ruction ▁gu ided ▁miss ile ▁destroy ers ▁were ▁all ▁lieutenant ▁command ers ▁with ▁at ▁least ▁five ▁years ' ▁senior ity ▁on ▁H ank . ▁On ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁he ▁had ▁served ▁both ▁as ▁both ▁chief ▁engineer ▁and ▁weapons ▁officer ▁on ▁the ▁commission ing ▁crew ▁of ▁the ▁second ▁ship ▁in ▁the ▁class . ▁He ▁knew ▁the ▁ships ▁extremely ▁well ; ▁he ▁was ▁well ▁vers ed ▁in ▁the ▁deal ings ▁with ▁New ▁York ▁Sh ip building , ▁and ▁he ▁had ▁gained ▁in valu able ▁experience ▁with ▁the ▁miss ile ▁n avy , ▁as ▁Mac lane ▁had ▁appreciated . ▁" Al ▁had ▁gone ▁way ▁out ▁on ▁a ▁lim b ▁by ▁sending ▁this ▁very ▁junior ▁officer ▁to ▁such ▁a ▁job ," ▁said ▁Must in . ▁" I ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁lieutenant ▁ever ▁to ▁be ▁X O ▁of ▁a ▁new ▁construction ▁D D G ." ▁After ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁hard ▁work , ▁the ▁ship ▁" set ▁all ▁kinds ▁of ▁records , ▁had ▁the ▁best ▁IN S UR V ▁that ▁anybody ▁had ▁ever ▁had , ▁won ▁all ▁the ▁Es ▁as ▁we ▁did ▁in ▁the ▁Lawrence : ▁everything ▁we ▁did , ▁we ▁did