USS Haverfield ( DE - 393 ) USS " Haverfield " ( DE - 393 ) was an " Edsall " - class destroyer escort built for the U . S . Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . She was named in honor of Ensign James Wallace Haverfield , USNR , who was killed aboard the during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . She was launched 30 August 1943 by Brown Shipbuilding Co . , Houston , Texas ; sponsored by Mrs . Tracy Haverfield , mother of Ensign Haverfield ; and commissioned 29 November , Lieutenant Commander Jerry A . Matthews in command . World War II North Atlantic operations . After shakedown in the Caribbean , " Haverfield " joined escort carrier USS " Bogue ' s " hunter - killer group in patrolling Atlantic convoy lanes in search of marauding German U - boats . Departing Norfolk , Virginia , 26 February 1944 , the hunter - killer group , aided by a Canadian corvette and British aircraft , sank the U - boat U - 575 on the 23rd of March . With some seven survivors of the Nazi submarine aboard , " Haverfield " continued her patrol to Casablanca , where she reported to Commander Moroccan Sea Frontier and turned over the German prisoners 18 March . After returning to Norfolk , " Haverfield " sailed on her second offensive combat cruise with the " Bogue " group 5 May . Operating with another HUK group under , the " Bogue " force sank RO - 501 , ex - U - 1224 , at . 13 May as the former German ship was heading for her new home in Japan . Sinking of the Block Island . Reaching Casablanca 29 May , " Haverfield " was ordered out that same night to render emergency assistance to survivors of carrier " Block Island " , sunk by a German torpedo off the Canary Islands . " Haverfield " rescued one of six " Block Island " fighter pilots who had been aloft when the carrier sank , but a long search failed to locate the remaining five men . End - of - European - war activity . After this , " Haverfield " continued to operate until the European War ended in May 1945 on transatlantic hunter - killer missions as well as on patrol along the icy Great Barrier . When all German U - boats still at sea had been accounted for , the destroyer escort underwent a Boston , Massachusetts , overhaul ; and , after intensive training in Cuban waters , sailed for the Pacific 19 July to be ready for the invasion of Japan . Transfer to the Pacific Fleet . Reaching Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal and San Diego , California , 1 August , " Haverfield " was there when the war ended in mid - August and at the end of the month assumed convoy escort duty from Saipan to Okinawa . She patrolled the China coast and then streamed her homeward - bound pennant , reaching Boston 15 February 1946 . " Haverfield " sailed to Naval Station Green Cove Springs , Florida , 25 March 1946 , decommissioned and went into reserve with that installation ' s reserve fleet on 30 June 1947 . Converted to radar picket ship . Reclassified DER - 393 in September 1954 , " Haverfield " was relocated and converted to a radar picket ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and recommissioned there 4 January 1955 . Fitted with the latest electronic detection equipment and with 50 tons of ballast in her keel to compensate for the topside weight of the new radar antennae , " Haverfield " trained off the East Coast and then reported to her new home port , Seattle , Washington , via the Panama Canal and San Diego , California , 23 July . " Haverfield " served as flagship of the newly created CortRon 5 in addition to regular radar picket patrol off the Pacific coast . After 5 years of this duty , she reported to Pearl Harbor 10 April 1959 for similar employment along the Pacific Barrier . Departing Pearl Harbor 16 May 1960 , " Haverfleld " sailed to a new homeport , Guam , to make surveillance of the Trust Territory Islands and to ensure the safety and welfare of the islanders . Supporting President Eisenhower and Bathyscaphe Trieste . After participating in Operation Cosmos , which provided navigational aids for and was prepared to render emergency assistance to President Dwight D . Eisenhower ' s plane as the Chief Executive crossed the Pacific Ocean on a goodwill tour , " Haverfield " operated with the famed bathyscaphe " Trieste " as it descended the Mariana Trench to a near - record dive , of 30 June 1960 . Supporting various causes . Following her support of this scientific endeavor , " Haverfield " conducted antisubmarine and search and rescue patrols among the Bonins , the Marianas , and the Caroline Islands . For almost five years she served primarily in the Trust Territory of the Pacific , though twice she deployed to the Far East . Steaming to Japan in October 1960 , she became the first radar picket escort ship to operate with the U . S . 7th Fleet in the Western Pacific . In mid - October 1961 she returned to the Far East ; and , upon relieving on patrol in the Formosa Strait , she became the first of her type to join in this important peace - keeping operation . She continued intermittent patrols off Taiwan until 10 January 1962 when she steamed via Japan to resume patrol duty out of Guam . In November Typhoon Karen left widespread destruction on Guam ; and " Haverfield " , the first ship to return to the storm - wracked Apra harbor , provided valuable supplies and services . Vietnam operations . " Haverfield " returned to Pearl Harbor March 1965 and , after joining Escort Squadron 5 , sailed 19 June for duty off South Vietnam . There she participated in Operation Market Time patrols to guard against infiltration of North Vietnam ese troops and supplies by sea . She served " Market Time " for 7 months , then returned Pearl Harbor 2 February 1966 . Departing for the Far East 23 May , she resumed " Market Time " operations 9 June . Eleven days later she participated in the most significant action of the operation up to that time . A , steel - hulled North Vietnamese trawler , attempting to infiltrate " Market Time " patrols with a large cargo of arms and ammunition for the Viet Cong , was detected by near the mouth of the Cổ Chiên River in the Mekong Delta . A chase and fire fight followed , during which the Coast Guard cutter forced the enemy trawler aground . The enemy abandoned the burning ship ; after wiping out enemy shore resistance , " Market Time " units , including " Haverfield " , sent volunteers on board to fight fires and salvage the captured cargo . While American and South Vietnam ese teams extinguished the fires , other volunteers offloaded almost 80 tons of ammunition and arms , including mortars , recoilless rifles , machine guns , and antitank weapons . This represented the largest seizure of the " Market Time " operation and thwarted a determined attempt by the North Vietnamese to supply Viet Cong . Haverfield continued " Market Time " patrols during the next 5 months . In addition she provided gunfire support 6 September against an enemy on Phu Quoc Island , South Vietnam . She returned to Pearl Harbor 6 December , remained there until late April 1967 , and then resumed patrol duty off South Vietnam . Final Decommissioning . " Haverfield " was decommissioned on 2 June 1969 at Naval Base Pearl Harbor . On 2 June 1969 she was struck from the Navy list and on sold for scrapping 15 December 1971 to Chi Shun Hua Steel Co . Ltd . of Kaoshiung , Taiwan for $ 35 , 000 . 00 . Awards . For her participation in World War II , " Haverfield " was awarded one battle star as well as the Presidential Unit Citation for her antisubmarine work in the Atlantic .