USS Tisdale ( DE - 33 ) The second USS " Tisdale " ( DE - 33 ) was an of the United States Navy during World War II . She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft . She performed dangerous work in numerous battle areas , and returned home proudly with four battle stars . BDE - 33 was laid down at Mare Island Navy Yard on 23 January 1943 as one of the warships to be transferred to the United Kingdom under the terms of the Lend - Lease agreement . However , her allocation to the Royal Navy was canceled ; and she was named " Tisdale " ( for Commander Ryland Dillard Tisdale ) and redesignated DE - 33 on 23 June 1943 when a destroyer escort recently laid down at Boston , Massachusetts , DE - 228 , was assigned to the Royal Navy in her stead . " Tisdale " was launched on 28 June 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Elizabeth M . Tisdale , Jr . ; and commissioned on 11 October 1943 , Lt . Comdr . Theodore Wolcott in command . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . Following shakedown , " Tisdale " cleared Treasure Island , California , on 5 December 1943 . Six days later , she moored at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Islands . The destroyer escort conducted training in the vicinity of Oahu until the 23nd , when she got underway for the Central Pacific . After stops at Canton Island and Abemama , she reached Tarawa Atoll , in the Gilbert Islands , on 9 January 1944 . Between 16 and 20 January , she made two voyages between Tarawa and Funafuti in the Ellice Islands , ending up at Funafuti on the 20th . On the 23rd , " Tisdale " stood out of Funafuti to participate in " Operation Flintlock " , the seizure and occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls in the Marshall Islands . However , the destroyer escort saw no action in the operation and only put into Majuro after it had been secured . The destroyer escort moored at the dock in Pearl Harbor at mid - morning on 13 February . She underwent repairs until the first week in March . On 3 March , she cleared the harbor to return to the Marshalls . After a stop at Johnston Island , she moored at Majuro just after noon on the 12th . Three days later , " Tisdale " exited the lagoon in the screen of a convoy bound for the Gilberts . She arrived at Tarawa on St . Patrick ' s Day and remained there for almost two months screening ships into and out of the atoll . On 12 May , she exited the lagoon in company with and and set course for Pearl Harbor , where she arrived on the 19th . Invasion of the Marianas operations . Following a 10 - day availability at the DE docks , she got underway on 29 May in the screen of Rear Admiral Blandy ' s floating reserve for the Marianas invasion . " Tisdale " and her charges staged through Kwajalein , stopping there from 9 to 11 June before continuing on to the Marianas . Soldiers and marines stormed ashore at Saipan on the 15th . The destroyer escort , however , remained some distance from the island , continuing to screen the reserve force . On 16 June , Admiral Spruance decided to commit the floating reserve , and the Army ' s 27th Infantry Division landed at dusk . " Tisdale " escorted the ships into position off Saipan for the landings and began duty screening the transport area . Battle of the Philippine Sea . During the Battle of the Philippine Sea , the warship covered the transports against the possibility of an enemy end run and the contingency of Japanese planes penetrating Task Force 58 ' s reinforced anti - aircraft screen . Neither eventuality materialized , and " Tisdale " saw no action until 24 June when she accompanied on a bombardment of Saipan . Later that day , she joined in the channel between Tinian and Saipan where they fired shells to illuminate that stretch of water to interdict Japanese attempts to reinforce the Saipan garrison . The following morning , she returned to the transport area and resumed her duties in the anti - submarine screen . On 2 July , she began screening ships on their nightly retirements from Saipan . Six days later , " Tisdale " went into action against the next objective in the Marianas , Tinian , by delivering night harassing fire and illuminating fire in the area around Tinian Town and Sunharon Harbor . On the 12th , she cleared the Marianas and escorted a convoy to Eniwetok until the 21st , when she headed back to the Marianas . The destroyer escort arrived off Saipan on 25 July and resumed her familiar duty screening transports during the campaign on Tinian . On 16 August , just before the assault on Guam , she departed the Marianas once more . Steaming via Eniwetok , she reached Pearl Harbor on 27 August and began a 20 - day availability . She conducted trials and training exercises in the Hawaiian Islands until October . Attacking A Japanese Submarine . " Tisdale " departed Oahu in the screen of a convoy on 2 October and arrived in Eniwetok lagoon on the 13th . From then until late February 1945 , she escorted convoys . This duty took her back and forth , between Eniwetok and Ulithi . The single exception was a round - trip voyage to Manus in late January and early February . During the return voyage , she attacked a sonar contact on 3 February and , although she received no official credit for it , she probably sank a Japanese submarine . On 25 February , " Tisdale " exited the lagoon at Eniwetok in company with . The task unit reached Apra Harbor , Guam , on the 28th , and she conducted operations with the escort carrier well into the first week in March . On 5 March , the two warships headed back to Eniwetok , entering the lagoon on the 8th . Three days later , she headed out of the Eniwetok anchorage with a Ulithi - bound convoy . She made her destination on 16 March and , five days later , headed for the Ryukyu Islands with the escort carriers of Support Carrier Unit 2 . Supporting Operation Iceberg . On 25 March , the warships arrived in their area of operations to the south of Okinawa , the objective in " Operation Iceberg " . The carriers launched their planes to support the invasion of Okinawa , and " Tisdale " helped protect them from enemy submarine and air attacks . Though enemy planes occasionally approached the task unit , " Tisdale " saw no real air action because the combat air patrol either splashed them or chased them away . On the 31st , she was transferred to the screen of Support Carrier Group 1 ; but her duties remained as before . On 17 April , the warship closed the Hagushi beaches at Okinawa for the first time ; then retired to screen refueling operations . On 20 April , she did her first duty as a radar picket ship . That same day , " Tisdale " departed the Ryukyus to screen , , and to Ulithi . After five days at Ulithi , she departed the atoll on 29 April . She escorted a convoy to Okinawa and arrived off the Hagushi beaches once more on 3 May . For the next month , she stood radar picket duty at various stations around the island , occasionally putting into the anchorage at Kerama Retto for mail , provisions , and other supplies . End - of War Activities . On 14 June , " Tisdale " departed Okinawa and headed for Leyte in the Philippines . After some repairs , she cleared Leyte on 30 June and steamed , via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor , back to the United States . She arrived in San Francisco , California , on 1 August and , four days later , moved north to Portland , Oregon . Post - War Decommissioning . The Japanese agreed to capitulate on 15 August , and " Tisdale " began decommissioning procedures soon thereafter . She was decommissioned on 17 November 1945 , and her name was struck from the Navy List on 28 November 1945 . She was sold to A . G . Schoonmaker Co . , Inc . , of New York City on 2 February 1948 and scrapped the following month .