USS Borie ( DD - 704 ) The USS " Borie " ( DD - 704 ) , an , was the 2nd ship of the United States Navy to be named for Adolph E . Borie , Secretary of the Navy under President Ulysses S . Grant . Construction . " Borie " ( DD - 704 ) was launched 4 July 1944 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co . , Kearny , New Jersey sponsored by Mrs . Albert Nalle ( née Patty Neill Borie , great - grandniece of Adolph E . Borie ) ; and commissioned 21 September 1944 , Commander N . Adair , Jr . in command . Service history . World War II . " Borie " joined the Pacific Fleet , arriving at Pearl Harbor 4 January 1945 . She took part in the Iwo Jima bombardment ( 24 January ) and invasion ( 19 – 23 February ) . After joining TF 58 , she participated in the Tokyo raids ( 16 - 17 and 25 February ) , Okinawa raid ( 1 March ) , and the raids in support of the occupation of Okinawa ( 17 March - 14 May ) . During 9 July - 9 August , she served with TF 38 in its raids on the Japanese home islands . On 9 August , a " kamikaze " crashed into " Borie " s superstructure between the mast and the 5 - inch gun director , causing extensive damage , killing 48 men , and wounding 66 . Korean War . The damaged destroyer returned to Saipan and Pearl Harbor for temporary repairs and on 10 September entered dry dock at Hunter ' s Point , California , for permanent repairs . Repairs completed on 20 November , she departed San Diego 4 February 1946 to join the Atlantic Fleet . " Borie " remained in the Atlantic Fleet , except for one cruise to Korea ( 6 September 1950 – 9 June 1951 ) , during which she served with TF 77 and took part in the Hungnam Evacuation . " Borie " made at least five European and Mediterranean cruises . During a cruise ( 28 July - 4 December 1956 ) , she assisted in the evacuation of American nationals and United Nations truce teams from Haifa , Israel , and Gaza , Egypt . She returned to more routine operations , with a few notable exceptions : her 1959 recovery of the Project Mercury nose cone and Sam , the space monkey ; her 1960 surveillance duties with the Polaris missile submarines and ; and in 1961 , a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization ( FRAM ) overhaul . In the Caribbean in 1962 , she rescued nine Cubans seeking asylum in the U . S . and , later , three Jamaican fishermen , and then joined the U . S . blockade during the Cuban Missile Crisis where Borie participated in forcing a diesel powered Russian submarine to the surface . She then offered the sub aid and supplies ( an insult to the sub . ) Borie , then along with two other destroyers , escorted it out of the area . During the night Borie received orders to head for the Panama Canal and wait for 20 amphibious ships from the west coast to establish an attack task force . Over the ensuing years , she acquired a Drone Antisubmarine Helicopter ( DASH ) system and during a Mediterranean deployment , rescued an F - 8 Crusader pilot whose plane crashed in a landing attempt on . Ensign Robert N . Hendricks of the " Borie " went into the water to bring the pilot aboard . Vietnam War and decommissioning . In February 1968 , the " Borie " began her Vietnam deployment , serving in the Tonkin Gulf on plane guard and radar picket duty . On the gun line , her gunners fired over 7 , 000 rounds at enemy positions at Phan Thiet and in the Mekong Delta . Returning to peacetime operations in 1969 , the " Borie " became a naval reserve training ship until June 1972 , when she was decommissioned . She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1972 . Service on the Argentine Navy . She was sold to the Argentine Navy and renamed ARA " Hipólito Bouchard " ( D - 26 ) . " Bouchard " saw action in the Falklands War where she escorted the ill - fated ARA General Belgrano , and on 2 May 1982 she was hit by one of the three torpedoes fired from HMS Conqueror , which failed to explode . On the night of 17 / 18 May a helicopter was tracked by the radar of the " Bouchard " , who sent a message to her sister ship ARA " Piedrabuena " , patrolling on the north , and then to the naval base of Río Grande . In fact , a SH - 3 Sea King reconnaissance mission on Río Grande had been launched by the British from HMS " Invincible " as a prelude to Operation Mikado , but after detecting the Argentine radar signal , the crew of the Sea King and members of the SAS fled to Chile , where they destroyed their aircraft . Argentine Navy reports claim that the " Bouchard " shelled a submarine and a number of inflatable boats while on patrol two miles off Rio Grande on the evening of 16 May 1982 , during an alleged British attempt to land special forces on Tierra del Fuego . She was broken up for scrap in 1984 . Awards . " Borie " received three battle star s for her World War II services and four battle stars for her participation in the Korean War .