USS Anthony ( DD - 515 ) USS " Anthony " ( DD - 515 ) , a " Fletcher " - class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Marine Sergeant Major William Anthony ( 1853 – 1899 ) . " Anthony " was laid down on 17 August 1942 at Bath , Maine , by the Bath Iron Works Corp . ; launched on 20 December 1942 ; sponsored by Miss Alice Anthony and Miss Frances Anthony , granddaughters of Sergeant Major William Anthony ; and commissioned at the Boston Navy Yard , on 26 February 1943 , Lieutenant Commander Blinn Van Mater in command . 1943 . The destroyer got underway on 26 March for a shakedown training out of Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , and arrived back in Boston on 27 April for a tender availability . She then headed for Norfolk , Va . , but departed Hampton Roads on 10 May , bound for the Pacific . After transiting the Panama Canal , " Anthony " joined the Pacific Fleet and arrived in Pearl Harbor on 31 May . Two months of intensive training for the destroyer ensued . She left Hawaiian waters on 5 August in the screen of a convoy bound , via Pago Pago , Samoa , for Efate Island , New Hebrides . " Anthony " dropped anchor off Efate on 27 August . Her next several weeks were devoted to more training exercises . Then , late in October , " Anthony " was among the destroyers escorting troop transports to the Solomon Islands for landings on Bougainville . She took part in a preinvasion bombardment and stood by while marines landed on the beaches of Empress Augusta Bay on 1 November . The destroyers pulled into Purvis Bay , Florida Island , on the 3rd . However , she returned to Bougainville on 8 November to reinforce American naval forces off that island . Despite numerous air attacks , " Anthony " emerged unscathed from covering the transports during their successful unloading . She pulled into Tulagi on 15 November and soon began escorting ships carrying troops and supplies to various points in the Solomon Islands . 1944 . This routine was interrupted for the destroyer on 20 January 1944 by an order to proceed to Bougainville Strait . There , " Anthony " encountered several small Japanese ships and destroyed a gunboat and several barges before resuming her escort duties . The ship got underway on 15 February to shepherd a group of LST s to the landing sites on Green Island . Although " Anthony " was originally slated to perform gunfire support duties , the American troops encountered such light enemy opposition when they went ashore that she was not required to carry out that assignment . After a brief respite at Purvis Bay , the destroyer sailed on 23 February to take part in a bombardment of the enemy stronghold at Rabaul , New Britain Island . Then , during March , she covered the invasion of Emirau Island before serving as an escort on several supply runs between Guadalcanal and Emirau . On 24 April , " Anthony " was assigned to duty with a battleship task force . The destroyer screened " New Mexico " ( BB - 40 ) , " Idaho " ( BB - 42 ) , and " Pennsylvania " ( BB - 38 ) to Australia . The warships arrived at Sydney ; and , on the 29th after a week of liberty in that city , " Anthony " weighed anchor on 6 May to return to Purvis Bay . After brief training , " Anthony " and a group of ships sailed on 2 June for the invasion of the Marianas . They arrived in Kwajalein on the 8th to refuel , then turned westward toward the Marianas . On 14 June , the destroyer fired her guns on Saipan and , the next day , screened other ships during landings on Saipan . On the 16th , she bombarded Guam . The destroyer then detached to join Task Force 58 ( TF 58 ) , the Fast Carrier Task Force . Her duties then included screening the carrier s and rescuing downed aviators . On 8 July , " Anthony " began providing harassing fire on Guam , and the bombardment continued for several days . When relieved , the destroyer proceeded to Eniwetok to refuel and take on provisions . She returned to the action off Guam on 21 July and assumed anti submarine patrol duty . On 10 August , " Anthony " was ordered to proceed to Hawaii . She made an intermediate stop at Eniwetok before arriving at Pearl Harbor on the 20th . There , the ship was briefly dry - docked for repairs and then took part in training exercises off Maui . " Anthony " sailed for Ulithi on 15 September and arrived safely in that lagoon on 3 October . Shortly thereafter , the destroyer got underway to return to the west coast of the United States . Soon after her reaching San Francisco , Calif . on 25 October , " Anthony " entered the Mare Island Navy Yard for an overhaul . She left the shipyard on 13 December to travel to San Diego for a week of refresher training . The destroyer departed the west coast on 20 December with a convoy bound for Hawaii and reached Pearl Harbor on the 30th . 1945 . There , she began preparations for the upcoming operations at Iwo Jima . " Anthony " and other ships of the invasion force got underway on 27 January 1945 and stopped en route at Eniwetok and Guam . The destroyer was assigned to the screen of transports carrying reserve forces . She conducted shore bombardment and night harassing fire off Iwo Jima until 6 March , when she got underway for the Philippines . " Anthony " anchored in San Pedro Bay on 13 March . The ship began preparing for the assault on Okinawa . She left Philippine waters on 27 March and arrived on station off Okinawa on 1 April . But for one trip to Ulithi , the destroyer remained in the dangerous waters of that embattled island carrying out fire support , screening , and radar picket duties until late June . She underwent several Japanese air attacks during this time and claimed to have downed five enemy planes . On 27 May , kamikaze s attacked " Anthony " and her sister ship " Braine " ( DD - 630 ) . When two succeeded in crashing into " Braine " , " Anthony " took all survivors on board and towed the damaged vessel to Kerama Retto . " Anthony " had another close call on 7 June . While on radar picket station , she was again attacked by enemy aircraft . A kamikaze splashed along the destroyer ' s port side , leaving a large hole in her hull and carrying away lifelines and stanchions for 25 feet ( 8 m ) on that side . Five crewmen either jumped or were blown into the water , but all were recovered safely . The ship remained on duty until the 24th , then returned to Leyte , Philippines , for an availability . On 13 July , " Anthony " got underway for an anti - shipping sweep off the China coast between Foochow and Wenchow . After touching back at Okinawa for refueling and replenishing , " Anthony " commenced another sweep on 26 July off the mouth of the Yangtze River . The destroyer returned to Okinawa on 1 August and operated from that base through the end of hostilities a fortnight later . " Anthony " sailed on 7 September for duty supporting the occupation of Japan . She carried out minesweeping operations off Nagasaki and Sasebo and then anchored at Sasebo on 29 September . " Anthony " began the voyage home on 17 November and , after stops at Midway and Pearl Harbor , finally arrived in San Diego . Shortly thereafter , she got underway for the east coast and transited the Panama Canal en route to Charleston , S . C . Preservation work began shortly after her arrival in Charleston to ready the ship for inactivation . " Anthony " was placed out of commission , in reserve , on 17 April 1946 . " Anthony " earned seven battle star s for her World War II service , and was awarded a Navy Unit Commendation for heroism during the Okinawa campaign . " Zerstörer 1 " ( D170 ) , 1958 – 1972 . On 17 January 1958 , the destroyer was loaned to the Federal Republic of Germany , and renamed Zerstörer 1 . She was returned to United States custody and simultaneously struck from the Navy list on 15 April 1972 . The ship was then sold to West Germany on 27 June 1972 for cannibalization and scrapping . The ship was stricken in 1976 . She was sunk by " U - 29 " as torpedo target in the Mediterranean on 16 May 1979 .