USS Liddle ( DE - 206 ) USS " Liddle " ( DE - 206 / APD - 60 ) , a of the United States Navy , was named in honor of Pharmacist ' s Mate Third Class William P . Liddle ( 1919 – 1942 ) , who was killed in action , while serving with the 1st Marine Division , during the Battle of Guadalcanal on 19 August 1942 . He was posthumously awarded the Silver Star . " Liddle " was laid down by Charleston Navy Yard on 8 June 1943 ; launched on 9 August 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . William Porter Liddle , mother of Pharmacist ' s Mate Third Class William Porter Liddle , Jr . ; and commissioned on 6 December 1943 , Lieutenant Commander R . M . Hinckley , Jr . , in command . Service history . 1944 – 1946 . Between 11 February and 29 June 1944 " Liddle " escorted convoys on three round trips across the North Atlantic from New York to Wales , Gibraltar , and Tunisia . Upon returning to New York she was converted to a " Charles Lawrence " - class high speed transport and reclassified APD - 60 on 5 July . Departing New York on 22 September , she arrived Hollandia , New Guinea , on 4 November for duty with the 7th Fleet . She left New Guinea on 17 November to screen a supply convoy bound for Leyte Gulf , Philippine Islands , and arrived off the beaches on 24 November . On the same day she got underway to escort an LST formation to the Palaus , and returned to Leyte on 29 November . " Liddle " embarked 141 troops on 6 December for a flanking operation in the Leyte Gulf area . After landing her troops at Ormoc without casualty on 7 December , " Liddle " came under attack from Japanese aircraft . Though splashing five attackers , she was hit on the bridge by a kamikaze and seriously damaged , necessitating her return to San Francisco on 16 January 1945 for repairs . While she was being refitted , a sign on her quarterdeck read : " " This Ship Lost 38 Officers and Men . She is Anxious to Get Back Into Action . " " By 22 February the ship was again underway to rejoin her division in liberating the Philippines . From 29 March to 5 June " Liddle " escorted convoys and trained for future landings . She then transported Australian troops to the Netherlands East Indies , and supported the landings at Brunei Bay on 10 June and Balikpapan on 1 July . The ship next trained forces for the assault on the Japanese homeland , but the news of Japan ' s surrender ended this task . " Liddle " transported equipment to Korea through the mine - infested waters of the East China and Yellow Seas in September 1945 , evacuated prisoners of war from Dairen , Manchuria , on 5 October , and became the Port Director Ship at Taku , China , on 25 October . She got underway from Taku for the United States on 23 November , touched New York New Year ' s Day 1946 , and two days later headed for Green Cove Springs , Florida , where she decommissioned 18 June 1946 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . 1950 – 1959 . " Liddle " recommissioned on 27 October 1950 during the Korean War , Lt . Comdr . Kenneth W . Miller in command . Departing Green Cove Springs on 25 November , she arrived Norfolk , Virginia , two days later to join Transport Division 22 . From late April 1951 to June , the ship participated in amphibious training which included convoy exercises to the North Atlantic . She departed Norfolk on 16 June for service with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean for reconnaissance work and amphibious exercises . She resumed landing training after returning to Little Creek on 1 October . " Liddle " voyaged to the Panama Canal early in January 1952 , and spent the spring and summer operating in the Caribbean . Back at Little Creek on 13 November , the fast transport intensified her tight training schedule . The need in Korea for troops with amphibious experience brought the ship to Boston in January 1953 , to the Caribbean the next month , and returned her to Little Creek operations for the remainder of the summer . She sailed for the Mediterranean on 28 September to take part in " Operation Weldfast " which was a joint United Kingdom , Greek , Italian , Turkish , and United States landing exercise . Departing Oran , Algeria , on 23 January 1954 , " Liddle " returned to Little Creek on 4 February where she became an ASW schoolship , engaged in more amphibious exercises , and conducted midshipman cruises . The ship departed Little Creek on 16 March 1955 and arrived at her new home port , New Orleans , on 21 March to take up duties as a reserve training ship . She became a unit of Reserve Escort Squadron 4 , on 15 January 1958 , and decommissioned on 2 February 1959 . 1961 – 1967 . In August 1961 the Berlin Crisis brought " Liddle " to active duty once again . She recommissioned on 29 November , Lt . Comdr . Royal R . Ross in command . As a unit of the Atlantic Amphibious Force , the ship resumed training which included a demonstration landing for President Kennedy off Onslow Beach , North Carolina , on 14 April 1962 . During the Cuban Missile Crisis from 24 October to 20 November 1962 , she patrolled off the Bahama Islands to enforce American demands for the removal of Russia n offensive weapons from Cuban soil . She then returned to her training exercises , and February 1963 was underway as a unit of Amphibious Squadron 8 , part of the Caribbean Ready Squadron . Operating between Little Creek and the Caribbean , " Liddle " participated in a mercy mission to Haiti from 13 to 19 October 1963 to deliver food , clothing , and medical supplies to the coastal areas struck by Hurricane Flora . From 1964 through 1966 her continuing service along the Atlantic coast and in the Caribbean represented the constant effort of the Navy to maintain a high degree of training and efficiency in case of a national emergency . " Liddle " decommissioned on 18 March 1967 at Norfolk ; her name was struck from the Navy List on 5 April ; and she was put up for disposal . On the day she decommissioned , her former crew immediately manned , which recommissioned that day . " Liddle " was sold on 25 June 1967 to the North American Smelting Company .