USS Shubrick ( DD - 639 ) USS " Shubrick " ( DD - 639 ) , a " Gleaves " - class destroyer , was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Rear Admiral William B . Shubrick . " Shubrick " was laid down on 17 February 1942 by the Norfolk Naval Shipyard , Portsmouth , Virginia , launched on 18 April 1942 , sponsored by Mrs . Grosvenor Bemis , great - great - granddaughter of R . Adm . Shubrick ; and commissioned on 7 February 1943 , Lieutenant Commander Louis A . Bryan in command . Operation Husky . After shakedown , " Shubrick " sailed for North Africa with a large convoy on 8 June 1943 . Reaching her destination , she prepared for Operation Husky and , on 10 July , provided fire support for the Amphibious Battle of Gela , Sicily . She engaged enemy shore batteries and broke up an enemy tank concentration , then retired to protect the transports offshore . On 11 and 12 July , she shot down two aircraft . After two trips to Bizerte and another period of shore bombardment , she escorted the cruiser " Savannah " ( CL - 42 ) to Palermo . There , during a night air raid on 4 August , " Shubrick " was hit amidships by a 500 - pound bomb which caused flooding of two main machinery spaces and left the ship without power . Nine were killed and 20 wounded in the attack . The damaged destroyer was towed by " Nauset " ( AT - 89 ) into the inner harbor for emergency repairs and then to Malta for drydocking . Using one screw , the ship returned to the United States , arriving in New York on 9 October for permanent repairs . Operation Overlord . After completion of repairs and refresher training in January 1944 , " Shubrick " made two convoy runs to Europe and back before joining the Normandy bombardment group in Belfast . After escorting battleship " Nevada " ( BB - 36 ) and five cruisers to the Normandy beaches " Shubrick " took her own fire support station and , at 05 : 50 on 6 June , opened fire on her preassigned targets . She continued her fire as the troops landed , then checked her fire at 06 : 30 to avoid hitting friendly forces . She remained off the Normandy beaches for over a month , performing escort duties , fire support missions and anti - motor - torpedo - boat and antisubmarine patrols , with trips to England for replenishment . On 27 June , she escorted six American PT boat s to Cherbourg . There , the patrol craft reconnoitered enemy defenses by drawing their fire . " Shubrick " herself came under fire before the mission was completed . She left Normandy for the last time on 11 July and , five days later , joined a task group bound for the Mediterranean . Operation Dragoon . On 12 August , " Shubrick " sailed from Malta with four escort carriers and five other destroyers to provide air cover for the landings in southern France on 15 August . Aside from float lights dropped on the evening after the landings , the force encountered no enemy opposition and was disbanded on 30 August . On 6 September , " Shubrick " sailed from Oran for overhaul in the United States . Transfer to Pacific . After overhaul , " Shubrick " made a convoy trip to Taranto , Italy , and then conducted training along the east coast of the United States . On 1 February 1945 , she transited the Panama Canal to join the U . S . Pacific Fleet . After additional training , she departed from Pearl Harbor on 21 April escorting the battleship " Mississippi " ( BB - 41 ) to Okinawa . On 12 May , she and one other destroyer supported the landings at Tori Shima and shot down two attacking aircraft . " Shubrick " completed one radar picket patrol in mid - May , but , on her way to her second , she was attacked at 00 : 10 , 29 May 1945 , by two kamikaze aircraft , one of which crashed into the ship . The bomb carried by the plane blew a 30 - foot ( 10 m ) hole in the starboard side , and further damage was done when one of the ship ' s depth charges exploded . At first the situation looked grim . " Van Valkenburg " ( DD - 656 ) came alongside at 01 : 13 and removed classified material and all wounded and unnecessary personnel . However , the crew finally controlled the flooding , and " Shubrick " was towed to Kerama Retto by " ATR - 9 " . The ship lost 35 men killed and missing , and 25 wounded in the attack . Post World War II and fate . " Shubrick " underwent emergency repairs until 15 July , when she began the trip back to the United States on one engine , arriving at Puget Sound Navy Yard on 10 August . On 17 August , due to the end of the war , the Bureau of Ships decided not to repair the damage . The destroyer was decommissioned on 16 November 1945 and struck from the Navy list on 28 November . Later sold to the National Metal and Steel Corporation , Terminal Island , Los Angeles , for scrapping , her hulk was removed on 28 September 1947 . " Shubrick " received 4 battle star s for her World War II service .