"Acree" She was named for John White Acree, a LTJG serving aboard the . Acree died while leading a damage-control party on 26 October 1942 during the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. The ship was laid down on 30 November 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company, Kearny, New Jersey; launched on 9 May 1943; sponsored by Mrs. John W. Acree, the widow of LTJG Acree; and commissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 19 July 1943, Lieutenant Commander William H. Siegmund, USNR, in command.