USS Forrest ( DD - 461 ) USS " Forrest " ( DD - 461 / DMS - 24 ) , a " Gleaves " - class destroyer , was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Dulany Forrest , an officer that served during the War of 1812 . " Forrest " ( DD - 461 ) was launched 14 June 1941 by Boston Navy Yard ; sponsored by Miss Eileen F . Thomson , a great - grandniece of Lt . Forrest ; and commissioned 13 January 1942 , Lieutenant Commander M . Van Metre in command . She was reclassified DMS - 24 on 15 November 1944 . 1942 , including Operation Torch . " Forrest " sailed from Boston 15 June 1942 for NS Argentia , Newfoundland , to augment the escort of the aircraft carrier " Ranger " ( CV - 4 ) , with whose force she returned to Newport on 22 June . On 1 July she sailed with the " Ranger " group for the coast of West Africa , where the carrier flew off Army aircraft for the burgeoning base at Accra . Returning to Norfolk on 5 August , " Forrest " served in training operations , submarine searches , and coastal escort duty until 21 October , when she arrived at Bermuda to join the " Ranger " group for the invasion of North Africa . She screened air operations covering the landings at Safi , Casablanca , and Fedhala from 8 to 12 November , then served in an antisubmarine patrol in advance of an incoming convoy until 18 November . " Forrest " escorted a convoy to a point off Norfolk , then turned back to Bermuda to rendezvous with the cruiser " Augusta " ( CA - 31 ) with whom she returned to Norfolk 30 November . 1943 . Between 2 December 1942 and 27 March 1943 , " Forrest " twice crossed the Atlantic screening " Ranger " to an ocean launching point off Casablanca as well as serving on coastal and Gulf of Mexico escort duty . After training in Casco Bay , Maine , she joined the " Ranger " group for patrol duty out of Argentia , Newfoundland , between 17 May and 24 July , then replenished at Boston for the crossing to Scapa Flow , Orkney Islands . From this base of the British Home Fleet , the " Ranger " group patrolled in search of German naval forces , and on 4 October struck with great success at the shipping and shore installations at Bodø , Norway . In October she sailed south to join the escort for a British carrier returning from the Mediterranean to Scapa Flow , and in November sortied in a combined task force to patrol the northwest coast of Norway covering the passage of a convoy to Russia . 1944 , including Overlord and Anvil - Dragoon . Returning to Boston for brief overhaul 3 December 1943 , " Forrest " spent the months of January and February 1944 training precommissioning crews for new destroyers , and escorting the new " Hornet " ( CV - 12 ) during her shakedown training off Bermuda . Between 7 March and 2 April , she patrolled the Atlantic with the hunter - killer group headed by the escort carrier " Guadalcanal " ( CVE - 60 ) . " Forrest " sailed from Norfolk 20 April for Northern Ireland , and took up escort duties around the British Isles as men and ships were concentrated for the Normandy invasion . When bad weather postponed the landings , originally intended for 5 June , " Forrest " was sent out on 4 June to recall convoys which had already sailed , bound for Utah Beach . During the actual invasion of 6 June , she screened transports lying in the Baie de la Seine , and on 12 , 16 , and 17 June , she bombarded shore targets to aid the troops advancing ashore . After escorting battleship s to Plymouth , England , 18 June , " Forrest " returned to the assault area 21 June to cover sweeping operations off the Cotentin Peninsula . She engaged shore batteries on 22 and 24 June , returning to the Isle of Portland , England , the next day . Four days later " Forrest " got underway for Belfast , Oran , and Taranto , from which she sailed 11 August 1944 for the invasion of southern France , arriving in the inner fire support area off St . Tropez on 15 August . For the next two months , she escorted convoys from Palermo , Naples , Ajaccio , and Oran to the southern coast of France , guarding the men and supplies which made the push northward possible . She returned to Norfolk 8 November for conversion to a high speed minesweeper . 1945 , transfer to Pacific and fate . " Forrest " trained in Chesapeake Bay for Pacific duty , for which she sailed 17 January 1945 , calling at San Diego and Pearl Harbor for further training and arriving Ulithi on 9 March 1945 . Ten days later she sortied for minesweeping operations to clear Okinawa waters for the assault on 1 April , after which she served in patrol , screened smaller minesweepers , performed local escort missions , and carried put the usual multiplicity of destroyer assignments . Several times she assisted ships stricken by kamikaze attacks , and on 27 May her own turn came . Three enemy aircraft were sighted , two of which she downed . The third , however , crashed her starboard side at the waterline , killing 5 and wounding 13 of her men . As damage control and fire fighting measures were being taken she headed for Kerama Retto and repairs . " Forrest " sailed from Okinawa 25 June 1945 for the east coast , reaching Boston 6 August 1945 . There she was decommissioned 30 November 1945 , and sold 20 November 1946 . " Forrest " received six battle star s for World War II service .