USS McCall ( DD - 400 ) The second USS " McCall " ( DD - 400 ) was a in the United States Navy . She was named for Edward R . McCall . History . " McCall " ( DD - 400 ) was laid down 17 March 1936 at the Union Plant , Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , San Francisco , California ; launched 20 November 1937 ; sponsored by Miss Eleanor Kempff ; and commissioned 22 June 1938 , Lieutenant Commander J . H . Whelchel in command . Assigned to the Pacific , " McCall " reported for duty in Destroyers , Battle Force , 16 January 1939 . Less than 2 years later , on 7 December 1941 , she was steaming with the carrier en route to Pearl Harbor from Wake Island when she received word of the Japan ese attack on the former . " McCall ' s " task force ( TF 8 ) immediately commenced a search for the Japanese Fleet . By the time the force returned to Pearl Harbor only one Japanese vessel had been sighted , the submarine which was sunk by the force ' s aircraft on the 10th . For the remainder of 1941 " McCall " , in the screen of " Enterprise " , stayed in the Hawaiian Islands area to guard against follow - up attack . As the Japanese advanced south and east through the islands of the southwest Pacific , " McCall " headed in that direction with " Enterprise " and for raids on Japanese installations in the southern Marshall Islands and northern Gilbert Islands . Making the strikes on 1 February 1942 , the carrier forces and bombardment groups completed their missions in spite of heavy aerial resistance and were back at Oahu 5 February . On the 15th , the force ( now designated TF 16 ) got underway for Wake and Marcus Islands against which they launched surprise attacks , 24 February and 4 March , respectively , and then returned to Pearl Harbor , 10 March . " McCall " spent the next 6 weeks on patrol in Hawaiian waters and then did escort duty from Hawaii to Samoa , Fiji , and Tonga islands . At the end of May she sailed north to the Aleutian Islands as the Japanese stretched toward Alaska . Throughout the summer months she patrolled out of Kodiak , Alaska and participated in the bombardment of Japanese targets in the western Aleutians . She returned to Pearl Harbor 30 September , underwent overhaul and got underway with TF 11 for the South Pacific , 12 November 1942 , to join in the Battle of Guadalcanal . In the Solomon Islands area for the next 10 months , the destroyer operated from Nouméa as she cruised on antisubmarine patrols and escorted carriers and convoys . On 19 September 1943 she departed to escort a convoy to San Francisco , California . There she underwent overhaul and then exercises along the west coast before sailing west again . 1944 . Early in 1944 she joined TF 58 , the fast carrier force , and put to sea 19 January , to screen the carriers as their planes raided Wotje , Taroa , and Eniwetok during February . " McCall " next screened the carriers as strikes were conducted against Palau . In March the force commenced operations from newly won Majuro and from there " McCall " sailed to guard the carriers as they made heavy strikes on the Palaus , Yap , Ulithi , and Woleai , 30 March to 1 April ; covered the landings at Hollandia , 22 April ; and raided Truk , Satawan , and Ponape , 29 April to 1 May . After brief repairs at Pearl Harbor , " McCall " rejoined TF 58 at Majuro 4 June . Two days later the force sortied for operations in the Marianas Islands . First , they directly supported the landings on Guam , Rota , and Saipan , and then raided Iwo and Chichi Jima to prevent enemy reinforcements from reaching the Marianas through those islands . Then on 18 June they received word of a Japanese force sighted between the Philippines and the Marianas . On the 19th , the Battle of the Philippine Sea began as Japanese carrier based planes attacked the 5th Fleet . By the end of the 2 ‑ day battle , the Japanese had lost three carriers , 92 percent of its carrier planes and 72 percent of its float planes , a disastrous toll in a war based largely on naval airpower . After pursuing the Japanese , the carriers , with " McCall " in the screen , turned their attention to the Bonins and then retired to Eniwetok , arriving 27 June . By 4 July , the fast carriers were again raiding Iwo Jima . They then steamed back to the Marianas where " McCall " , with , took up patrol off Guam , 10 July . At 1820 on the 10th , " McCall ' s " crew observed a heliograph from a cliff south of Uruno Point . Identifying the operator as friendly , a motor whaleboat , manned by a volunteer landing party , was dispatched to effect the rescue of the message sender . In spite of being within range of 6 ‑ inch coastal batteries , the rescue was accomplished and George R . Tweed , RM1c , USN , having been on Guam since 1939 and in hiding since the Japanese occupation , was brought on board . With him he brought information on Japanese strength , morale , prelanding casualties , and disposition of troops and guns . During the next 9 weeks , " McCall " guarded the carriers as they struck again at Iwo Jima and then moved on to support offensive operations against the Palaus , Yap , and Ulithi . By 10 October they were off Okinawa , moving from there to Formosa and Luzon . On the 23d , covering the forces in Leyte Gulf , they turned north again to engage a Japanese carrier force , now bereft of planes because of losses sustained in the Battle of the Philippine Sea and off Formosa . On the 25th , the enemy force was engaged off Cape Engaño . Losses to the Japanese by the 27th included three cruisers in addition to several destroyers . 1945 . " McCall " spent most of November off Leyte in support of land operations there . Then after availability at Manus she sortied 27 December for Lingayen Gulf to support the Luzon invasion . In mid - January 1945 , she was attached to TG 78 . 12 for transport convoy escort duty and on the 28th resumed fire support duties . On 19 February , " McCall " arrived in the transport area off Iwo Jima . Remaining there well into March , she screened the transports and provided shore bombardment , harassing and illumination fire services . On 27 March , she departed the Volcano Islands area for Pearl Harbor and the west coast , arriving at San Diego , California 22 April . Within the week she got underway for a scheduled overhaul at New York . Her yard work completed by 4 August , she was undergoing refresher training at Casco Bay when Japan surrendered 14 August . Fate . Two months later she entered the Norfolk Navy Yard where she decommissioned 30 November 1945 . Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 28 January 1947 and sold to the Hugo Neu Corporation , New York , 17 November 1947 , " McCall " was scrapped 20 March 1948 . Honors . " McCall " received nine battle star s for World War II service .