USS Winslow ( DD - 359 ) The third USS " Winslow " ( DD - 359 / AG - 127 ) was a in the United States Navy . She was named for Rear Admiral John Ancrum Winslow and Cameron McRae Winslow . " Winslow " was laid down on 18 December 1933 at Camden , New Jersey , by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation ; launched on 21 September 1936 ; sponsored by Miss Mary Blythe Winslow ; and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 17 February 1937 , Commander Irving R . Chambers in command . Pre - World War II . The warship completed outfitting in October and , on the 19th , embarked upon a shakedown cruise which took her to a number of European ports . Upon her return to the western hemisphere , she passed her final acceptance trials off the coast of Maine and was assigned to Battle Force , Destroyers , in the Pacific . Early in 1938 , she transited the Panama Canal and joined Destroyer Squadron 9 at San Diego , California . Over the next three years , " Winslow " conducted operations in the eastern Pacific — generally between Hawaii and the west coast — from her home port at San Diego . By 1941 , events in Europe — where World War II was already in its second year — necessitated the strengthening of American naval forces in the Atlantic . Accordingly , " Winslow " retransited the canal in April and , after visiting Guantanamo Bay in Cuba , reported for duty at Norfolk , Virginia . That summer , she conducted training operations with submarines off the New England coast . Later , she also participated in Neutrality patrol s , particularly those directed at keeping watch over the Vichy French ships at Martinique and Guadeloupe in the French Antilles . Early in August , " Winslow " joined " Tuscaloosa " ( CA - 37 ) in escorting " Augusta " ( CA - 31 ) as that heavy cruiser carried President Franklin D . Roosevelt to NS Argentia , Newfoundland , to meet British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in the conference which resulted in the Atlantic Charter . Then , after escorting transports carrying reinforcements to Iceland , the destroyer arrived in Halifax , Nova Scotia , early in November and became a unit in the screen of America ' s first convoy to the Orient . Convoy WS - 12X , bound via the Cape of Good Hope for Singapore , departed Halifax on 10 November . Just before the convoy reached Cape Town , South Africa , where the destroyers were to part company with the convoy and head for home , word arrived that the Japan ese had attacked Pearl Harbor . 1942 - 1943 . After leaving the convoy at Cape Town , " Winslow " returned to the United States where she was assigned to Vice Admiral Jonas H . Ingrain ' s 4th Fleet , which had grown out of the South Atlantic neutrality patrols . The warship patrolled the area between Brazil and Africa , searching for German submarines and blockade runners until April 1944 . On two occasions during that period , she returned briefly to the United States — in June 1942 and in October 1943 — to undergo repairs at Charleston , South Carolina . 1944 - 1945 . In April 1944 , the warship began escorting newly constructed warships from Boston , Massachusetts via Norfolk , to the West Indies . After three such voyages , she began escorting convoys from New York to England and Ireland in August . She made five round - trip voyages across the Atlantic before putting into Charleston again in March 1945 for a four - month overhaul . While in Charleston for alterations , she lost her torpedo tubes , traded her light , single - purpose , 5 inch guns for five dual - purpose 5 inch guns . In addition , she received 16 40 - millimeter and four 20 - millimeter antiaircraft guns in preparation for services in the Pacific . However , by the end of her refresher training out of Casco Bay , Maine , hostilities had ceased . Accordingly , " Winslow " received orders to begin experimental work testing antiaircraft ordnance . On 17 September 1945 , the ship was redesignated AG - 127 . Post - World War II and fate . She continued her experimental work with the Operational Development Force until she was decommissioned on 28 June 1950 . " Winslow " remained in reserve , berthed with the Charleston Group , Atlantic Reserve Fleet , until declared unfit for further naval service on 5 December 1957 . Her name was struck from the Navy list on that same day , and she was sold on 23 February 1959 for scrapping .