USS Bulmer ( DD - 222 ) USS " Bulmer " ( DD - 222 / AG - 86 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was named for Captain Roscoe Bulmer , and was the last warship of the Asiatic Fleet in commission . " Bulmer " was launched 22 January 1920 by William Cramp and Sons ; sponsored by Miss Anita Paor Bulmer , daughter of Captain Bulmer ; and commissioned on 16 August 1920 , Lieutenant Commander J . C . Jennings in command . Service history . Inter - War Period . In 1920 , " Bulmer " joined the Pacific Fleet , based at San Diego , California . In 1923 , she joined the U . S . Naval Forces , Europe , and later the U . S . Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters . Early in 1925 , she was assigned to the Asiatic Fleet . She operated as a unit of Destroyer Squadron 5 ( DesRon 5 ) , Destroyer Division 14 ( DesDiv 14 ) , alternately based in the winter at Manila and Cavite , Philippine Islands , and in the summer at Chefoo , China . Early in 1939 , " Bulmer " was assigned to the South China Patrol and was later reassigned to DesRon 29 , DesDiv 58 , on Neutrality Patrol under the Commandant , 16th Naval District . In January 1941 , she participated in the Asiatic Fleet Problem and then continued patrolling in the Philippines . World War II . When the United States entered World War II , " Bulmer " was still assigned to the Asiatic Fleet and stationed in the Philippines . During the early months of the war she engaged in patrol , escort , and antisubmarine duties throughout the southwest Pacific . On 9 January 1942 " Stewart " was one of five destroyers in an escort composed of the cruisers and , with the other destroyers , , , and departing from Darwin to Surabaya escorting the transport " Bloemfontein " . That transport had been part of the Pensacola Convoy and had left Brisbane 30 December 1941 with Army reinforcements composed of the 26th Field Artillery Brigade and Headquarters Battery , the 1st Battalion , 131st Field Artillery and supplies from that convoy destined for Java . As a unit of Task Force 5 ( TF 5 ) , DesRon 29 , " Bulmer " took part in the Battle of Bali Sea on 4 February 1942 , where the allies were defeated . She also took part in the unsuccessful Allied attempt to intercept Japanese invasion convoys off Palembang , Sumatra . On 19 February , along with and , she departed Tjilatjap , Java , for Exmouth Gulf , Australia , and an overhaul . " Bulmer " served on patrol duty at various Australian ports until May . She arrived at Pearl Harbor on 16 June and reported to Commander , Service Force , Pacific Fleet , for duty . From June 1942 to May 1943 , she operated as an escort vessel for convoys sailing between Pearl Harbor and San Francisco and return . " Bulmer " was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet in May and arrived at New York on 14 June . Her first Atlantic assignment was as a unit of Task Group 21 . 12 ( TG 21 . 12 ) from 14 June to 22 September . During this sweep of the North Atlantic , aircraft from sank on 13 July . " Bulmer " next made a trans - Atlantic voyage to Swansea Wales and then commenced convoy escort duty between northeastern Atlantic ports and North Africa from 4 October 1943 to 31 July 1944 . On 13 – 14 January , during one of these voyages , " Bulmer " and other escorts made several attacks against a German wolf pack of submarines in the eastern Atlantic . " Bulmer " conducted her attacks very aggressively and although not officially credited there is a chance that she sank or severely damaged . On the morning of 14 January , she rescued 17 German survivors , including the captain , of a sunken German submarine believed to have been , which was sunk on 13 January by a British flying boat . From 1 August to 4 October 1944 , she conducted operations in Narragansett Bay . " Bulmer ' s " designation was changed to AG - 86 on 1 December . She reported to the Panama Canal Zone on 27 December for training duty with newly commissioned submarines . In July 1945 , she returned to the United States and was assigned to the operational control of Commander , Air Force , Atlantic Fleet , and operated out of Port Everglades , Florida . " Bulmer " was decommissioned on 16 August 1946 and sold on 19 February 1947 . Awards . She received two battle star s for her World War II service . As of 2005 , no other ship has been named " Bulmer " .