USS Sloat ( DE - 245 ) USS " Sloat " ( DE - 245 ) was an built for the U . S . Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean the Pacific Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . She was named in honor of Rear Admiral John Drake Sloat ( 1781 – 1867 ) . She was laid down on 21 November 1942 by Brown Shipbuilding Co . , Houston , Texas ; launched on 21 January 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . J . B . Deason ; and commissioned on 16 August 1943 , Lt . Comdr . Edmund Ernest García in command . World War II North Atlantic operations . " Sloat " moved to New Orleans , Louisiana , on 28 August and sailed from there on 5 September to Bermuda for her shakedown cruise . Following a post - shakedown yard availability period at Charleston , South Carolina . , from 7 to 17 October , the escort sailed to New York . She escorted convoy UGS - 22 from there , on 22 October , to Norfolk , Virginia , and returned . The first week in November , she escorted UGS - 23 to Norfolk . On 11 November , " Sloat " , as a unit of Escort Division ( CortDiv ) 7 , stood out of New York with convoy UGS - 24 bound for Norfolk and North Africa . The convoy arrived at Casablanca on 2 December , and the escort picked up GUS - 26 there , five days later , and returned to New York on 25 December 1943 . Under attack by Luftwaffe aircraft . On 10 January 1944 , " Sloat " joined UGS - 30 en route to Casablanca and returned with GUS - 29 on 22 February . The escort joined the New York section of convoy UGS - 36 on 10 March and sailed to Norfolk where it rendezvoused with the main body . The convoy , consisting of 72 merchant ships and 18 LST ' s , was guarded by Task Force ( TF ) 64 . En route to Bizerte , Tunisia , the convoy was attacked by the Luftwaffe on 1 April , approximately 56 miles west of Algiers . Two planes were shot down and two damaged while only one ship in the convoy was damaged . The convoy arrived at Bizerte on 3 April . Eight days later , " Sloat " joined another convoy and returned to New York on 1 May . Following training exercises in Casco Bay , Maine , " Sloat " sailed from New York with in Task Group ( TG ) 22 . 4 , a submarine hunter - killer group on 24 May . The group put into Argentia , Newfoundland , from 12 to 15 June and then went back to sea . " Sloat " returned to New York on 15 June and operated from there until 7 August when she sailed with TG 23 . 9 for the Caribbean . In September , they were operating off Newfoundland and returned to New York on 9 October 1944 . The escort operated along the East Coast until 24 January 1945 when she joined task group TG 22 . 4 to hunt U - boats in the North Atlantic . " Sloat " returned to the East Coast and operated from New York to the Caribbean until 15 July when she was ordered to San Diego , California , and duty with the Pacific Fleet . Transferred to the Pacific Fleet . " Sloat " arrived at San Diego , California , on 26 July and was ordered to sail for Pearl Harbor five days later . She arrived there on 7 August , and was ordered further west . From 20 August 1945 to 1 May 1946 , she made supply runs to Saipan , Guam , Eniwetok , the Caroline Islands , Iwo Jima , and Shanghai . She returned to San Pedro , California , on 1 May 1946 and was routed to Charleston , South Carolina , arriving on 20 May . On 12 September , she sailed to Green Cove Springs , Florida , for inactivation . She was placed in reserve , out of commission , in January 1947 . " Sloat " was struck from the Navy List on 2 January 1971 and sold to Peck Equipment Co . , Portsmouth , Virginia , on 5 April 1972 for scrap . Awards . " Sloat " received one battle star for World War II service .