USS Metcalf ( DD - 595 ) USS " Metcalf " ( DD - 595 ) , a " Fletcher " - class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Boatswain ' s Mate James Metcalf , who served on the schooner " Enterprise " during the First Barbary War . " Metcalf " was laid down by Puget Sound Navy Yard , Bremerton , Wash . , 10 August 1943 ; launched 25 September 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Harold C . Pound ; and commissioned 18 November 1944 , Commander David L . Martineau in command . History . Following shakedown off San Diego , Calif . , " Metcalf " was assigned to the Pacific Fleet for duty . The destroyer departed Bremerton , Wash . , 19 February 1945 for the Carolines via Pearl Harbor , Hawaii , arriving Ulithi 16 March . Just in time to join the armada of warships staging there for the Okinawa campaign , " Metcalf " operated with escort carrier Group 3 . From 27 March her group furnished close air support for the landings at Kerama Retto ( 26 March ) and Okinawa ( 1 April ) , and made raids on the neighboring Japanese - held islands until 20 April . During this period the ship rescued half a dozen pilots and crewmembers of downed carrier planes . She also performed radar picket and screen operations . " Metcalf " departed on the 20th for the Philippines via Guam , reporting to commander , 7th Fleet , at Leyte 30 April . The destroyer spent May and June convoying the fast cruiser s and transports being assembled for the Borneo invasion . On 9 June " Metcalf " arrived off Brunei Bay , Borneo , for 2 days patrol of the South China Sea before beginning shore bombardment in support of the Australian landing at Brunei Bay the 10th . After action off Miri - Lutong , south of Brunei Bay , from 19 to 21 June , she reached Balikpapan on the 27th for operations with Task Force 74 ( TF 74 ) prior to the main landing by Australian troops 1 July . " Metcalf " reported to commander , Philippine sea frontier , 4 August for duty escorting convoys between the Philippines and Okinawa . She was one day out of Okinawa in anti submarine formation for Convoy 10K - 204 when the Japanese capitulated . Assigned to the newly formed North China Force , the destroyer departed Okinawa 4 September to participate in the landing of Army occupation forces at Korea . " Metcalf " joined " Shields " ( DD - 596 ) , " Hart " ( DD - 594 ) , and " Conner " ( DD - 582 ) in leading Task Unit 78 . 1 . 15 ( TU 78 . 1 . 15 ) into Jinsen 8 September through the mine - infested Yellow Sea . She stood ready to provide fire support for the landing troops the next day if needed . On 12 September " Metcalf " got underway through the Yellow Sea for operations supporting the occupation of China . Her ports of call included Dairen , Ching - wang - tao , Taku , Chefoo , Shanghai , and Hong Kong . In early 1946 " Metcalf " steamed for the west coast , via Pearl Harbor , arriving San Diego to report in March to the 16th ( Inactive Reserve ) Fleet . She decommissioned March 1946 , and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet there . After berthing at Long Beach , Calif . , from 1 July 1951 into 1960 , " Metcalf " moved to Stockton , Calif . . " Metcalf " was stricken 2 January 1971 ; she was sold 6 June 1972 and broken up for scrap . " Metcalf " received three battle star s for World War II service .