USS Marshall ( DD - 676 ) USS " Marshall " ( DD - 676 ) was a of the United States Navy , named for Lieutenant Commander Thomas W . Marshall , Jr . ( 1906 – 1942 ) . " Marshall " was laid down by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co . , Kearny , N . J . , 29 April 1943 ; launched 29 August 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Thomas W . Marshall , mother of Lt . Comdr . Marshall ; and commissioned 16 October 1943 , Lt . Comdr . Sinclair B . Wright in command . World War II . " Marshall " ' s first big assignment came while she was still on her shakedown cruise off Bermuda . Speeding from that area , she rendezvoused in mid - Atlantic with , 13 December 1943 , to escort President Franklin D . Roosevelt back from the Big Three Conference at Teheran ( 28 November to 1 December ) . On 6 January 1944 , " Marshall " departed New York for Pearl Harbor , arriving on the 28th . She remained at Pearl Harbor , undergoing further training and providing escort services to battle - damaged ships returning for repairs , until mid - March . Then , with Task Group 58 . 2 ( TG 58 . 2 ) , she sailed for Majuro , arriving on the 20th . The Fast Carrier Task Force ( then 5th Fleet ' s TF 58 , later 3rd Fleet ' s TF 38 ) , with " Marshall " taking station in the antisubmarine screen , departed Majuro 22 March to conduct aerial sorties against Palau , 30th , and Woleai , 1 April . " Marshall " next participated in TF 58 ' s strikes against Japanese installations at Wakde and Hollandia in New Guinea , 21 to 27 April . On the 29th , Truk was the recipient of the forces ' aerial message , while on the 30th her battleship s commenced the bombardment of Ponape and her cruiser s shelled Satawan . In May , the force moved against Wake and Marcus Islands , with " Marshall " assigned to join in an antishipping sweep north of the latter . The next month , the task force was called on to support amphibious operations in the Marianas . On the 17th , the force headed west to intercept a Japanese force reported en route to the Marianas to support enemy troops fighting on Saipan , Tinian , Guam , Rota , and Pagan Island s . On the 19th , the Battle of the Philippine Sea commenced . In the course of the 2 - day battle , the Japanese Fleet lost three aircraft carriers and 395 carrier planes ( 92 percent of her carrier plane strength ) . " Marshall " was credited with an assist in splashing two of those planes . For the next month and a half , " Marshall " continued to support operations in the southern Marianas , interrupted only by participation in the strikes against Chichi Jima and Iwo Jima , 4 July , and against Palau , Ulithi , and Yap , 23 to 27 July . " Marshall " returned to Eniwetok in mid - August for voyage repairs and upkeep , departing again on the 23rd for operations in the Palau Islands . As a unit of TF 38 ( formerly 58 ) , she took part in the Palau and Philippine operations 6 to 24 September . On 12 September , she picked up 44 Japanese survivors from , sunk 18 August by . After repair and replenishment at newly won Ulithi , " Marshall " ' s task group got underway 6 October for strikes against Okinawa , 10th , and Formosa , 12th to 14th . " Marshall " was then ordered to provide antiaircraft cover for during airstrikes against enemy strongholds throughout the Philippines . On the 22d , she rejoined her task group in a search for the enemy in the Sibuyan Sea and the Mindoro Strait . On the 25th , the Task Force moved north towards Cape Engaño , while " Marshall " joined TG 34 . 5 proceeding to San Bernardino Strait to intercept units of the Japanese Fleet withdrawing from Leyte Gulf . In the first hours of the 26th , was sighted and sunk by the group . Returning to the fast carrier force on the 31st , " Marshall " continued to operate in the Philippines until the end of the year . The new year , 1945 , brought further strikes against the Philippines and , with operations in the South China Sea , against Formosa and the coast of China . On 10 February , " Marshall " , with TG 58 . 2 , sailed for the enemy ' s home islands and on the 16th and 17th the carrier planes flew against Tokyo . The force then sped southeast to support the landings on Iwo Jima , returning to the Honshū area for further strikes on the 25th . By 1 March the task force was off Okinawa , commencing strikes in preparation for that campaign . On the 15th , strikes were directed against Kyūshū . On the 19th , received a direct hit and " Marshall " joined in the rescue , taking off 212 of her crew , and , on the 20th , escorted the listing ship back to Ulithi . During the Okinawa campaign " Marshall " operated as advanced radar picket for her task group and escorted damaged ships to safety , 8 April to 9 May . On 9 May , she departed for Ulithi , continuing on to Leyte and finally San Francisco , arriving 6 July for overhaul . Before completion , the war ended and " Marshall " inactivated . Decommissioned in December , she was placed in the Reserve Fleet at San Diego . Post - War service . On 27 April 1951 " Marshall " was recommissioned and on 22 August joined TF 77 in the Sea of Japan , once more screening aircraft carrier s in combat , this time against Communist forces in Korea . During this tour in the Far East , " Marshall " served with the Formosa Strait patrol and with the United Nations Blockade and Escort Force off Korea ' s east coast as well as on carrier screen duty in the Yellow Sea . In March 1952 , the destroyer returned to San Diego for overhaul and on 4 October sailed again for the Far East . Arriving on 28 October , she once again began a Korean combat tour as a screening unit for carriers . In mid - November , she was detached and , after two weeks of hunter - killer operations , joined TF 95 in the bombardment of Wonsan on 10 December . On 7 January 1953 , she steamed south to join the Formosa Strait patrol . In mid - February , " Marshall " rejoined TF 77 . Two months later , her western Pacific deployment completed , she headed home , arriving at San Diego on 6 May . For the next 11 years , " Marshall " operated as a unit of the Pacific Fleet . Homeported at San Diego , she was regularly deployed with the 7th Fleet in the western Pacific . While with that fleet she operated primarily with TF 77 and in 1960 was a unit of a carrier strike group standing by in the South China Sea during the uprising of the Communist Pathet Lao in Laos . On 1 September 1964 , " Marshall " changed her home port to Tacoma , Washington There she relieved as the Naval Reserve training ship for the 13th Naval District . On 21 October 1964 , a small fire started in the substructure near the outer end of Todd Pacific Shipyards Repair Pier 7 . Fueled by creosote and oil - soaked timbers , the fire soon engulfed Repair Pier 7 and quickly spread to the east wing - wall of Drydock No . 2 , where " Marshall " was sitting high and dry , undergoing a $ 300 , 000 overhaul . The flames spread so rapidly the destroyer ’ s captain , Commander J . F . Stanfil Jr . , ordered his 108 crewmen to abandon ship and join the firefighters and shipyard workers battling the fire . With her active service completed , " Marshall " was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 19 July 1969 and sold for scrapping in July 1970 to Zidell Explorations Co . , Portland , Oregon for $ 80 , 596 . 66 . Awards . " Marshall " received eight battle star s for World War II service and four for Korean War service .