USS Scott ( DE - 214 ) USS " Scott " ( DE - 214 ) , a of the United States Navy , was named in honor of Machinist ' s Mate First Class Robert R . Scott ( 1915 – 1941 , who was killed in action during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 , while serving aboard the battleship . He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroism . " Scott " was laid down on 1 January 1943 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard ; launched on 3 April 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . George McBride ; and commissioned on 20 July 1943 , Lieutenant Commander Claude S . Kirkpatrick in command . Service history . After shakedown at Bermuda and post - shakedown repairs at Philadelphia , " Scott " rendezvoused with her first convoy off Bermuda on 23 September 1943 and escorted it to Curaçao . After escorting convoys to New York and back , " Scott " departed Curaçao on 29 October for her first transatlantic convoy voyage to Derry , Northern Ireland . She served on the Derry - New York convoy route until 4 October 1944 , crossing the ocean a total of 16 times without incident . Between voyages , she underwent anti - submarine training at Derry or Casco Bay , Maine , and received voyage repairs made necessary by the rough North Atlantic weather . As flagship of Escort Division 17 , " Scott " was usually escort commander for her convoys . On 1 November 1944 , " Scott " left Norfolk , Virginia with a slow convoy for the Mediterranean , but was detached on 15 November to assist which had been damaged in a collision with the , off the Azores . She helped search for Italian survivors , and then escorted " Frament " back to Boston , arriving on 3 December . Between 14 December 1944 and 16 January 1945 , " Scott " provided training services for submarine s in New London , Connecticut . On the 16th , she departed New London escorting the to Casablanca . After repairs at Bermuda and the Azores , the submarine was safely delivered at Casablanca on 23 February . " Scott " then escorted two Army dredges from the Azores to Delaware Bay , arriving on 30 March . " Scott " next served under the Atlantic Training Command , first at Norfolk and then at Mayport , escorting ships undergoing training and investigating reported submarine contacts . On 18 May , she arrived at Key West for experimental duty with the Naval Research Laboratories , Radar Division , and conducted tests of special equipment until 18 July . She underwent overhaul at New York between 20 July and 18 August , and then refresher training at Guantanamo from 21 August to 3 September . The escort was to have been converted to high speed transport APD - 64 , but due to the end of the war , the much - delayed conversion was cancelled on 10 September 1945 . " Scott " spent most of the next two months at Casco Bay , Maine , except for four days at Charleston , South Carolina in early October and Navy Day at Newburgh , New York , at the end of the month . The escort arrived at Green Cove Springs , Florida , on 21 November 1945 for inactivation and was decommissioned there on 3 March 1947 and placed in reserve . " Scott " was struck from the Navy List on 1 July 1965 and was sold on 20 January 1967 to Southern Scrap Metals Company , New Orleans , for scrapping .