USS Frost ( DE - 144 ) USS " Frost " ( DE - 144 ) was an Edsall - class destroyer escort built for the U . S . Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided destroyer escort protection against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . At war ’ s end she returned home proudly with seven battle stars and the Presidential Unit Citation . She was named in honor of Holloway Halstead Frost who was awarded the Navy Cross for his World War I service as aide to Commander , American Patrol Detachment , Atlantic Fleet , a billet in which he played a significant role in developing the tactics of surface and air forces in combined operations against submarines . " Frost ( DE - 144 ) " was launched 21 March 1943 by Consolidated Steel Corp . , Orange , Texas ; sponsored by Mrs . Holloway H . Frost , widow of Commander Frost ; and commissioned 30 August 1943 , Lieutenant Commander T . S . Lank in command . World War II Atlantic Ocean operations . " Frost " made one convoy escort voyage to Casablanca between 11 November 1943 and 25 December before taking up her primary wartime assignments , coastal escort and operations with the hunter - killer group . Sinking of German Submarines U - 856 and U - 488 . Her first patrol with this group , from 24 March 1944 to 11 May , found her helping in the search for " U - 856 " , sunk on 7 April by other escorts of the group , and joining in sinking " U - 488 " on 26 April , when she and three other escorts attacked after the submarine had been spotted by an aircraft from Croatan . Sinking of German Submarines U - 490 and U - 154 . Again patrolling across the Atlantic to guard the movement of convoys to Casablanca between 3 June 1944 and 22 July , " Frost " made the initial contact with " U - 490 " on 11 June . A lengthy attack followed , at the close of which the escorts drew the oxygen - exhausted submarine to the surface by feigning their departure from the area . She was sunk by gunfire , " Frost " taking 13 of her crew prisoner . A 2 - hour attack on 3 July , during which the target submarine attempted to torpedo " Frost " , resulted in the sinking of " U - 154 " . Rescuing Survivors at Sea . During her third hunter - killer patrol , from 20 August 1944 to 2 October , " Frost " rescued survivors of who had capsized in a hurricane during the night of 13 – 14 September . Training at Guantanamo Bay and Bermuda preceded the next patrol , from 23 January 1945 to 7 February , during which her task group formed a part of the escort for , carrying President Franklin D . Roosevelt toward the Yalta Conference . Additional training in Narragansett Bay and Casco Bay prepared her for her final antisubmarine patrol , during which she won the Presidential Unit Citation , for her high achievement in joining in sinking two submarines on the night of 15 – 16 April . Sinking of German Submarines U - 880 and U - 1235 . The first contact was made by just before midnight , and " Frost " joined in the attack which produced a violent underwater explosion at 0114 on 16 April . This was " U - 880 " . At 01 : 55 , " Frost " picked up another target , and she and " Stanton " illuminated " U - 1235 " and opened fire . They pressed home a depth charge attack when the submarine dived , and were rewarded at 04 : 10 with another great underwater explosion . Post - War Activity and Decommissioning . " Frost " sailed from Boston , Massachusetts , 10 July 1945 for training in the Caribbean , and Pacific duty , reaching Pearl Harbor after the close of hostilities . She carried passengers back to San Diego , California , then sailed on to Norfolk , Virginia , and Green Cove Springs , Florida , where she was decommissioned and placed in reserve 18 June 1946 . She was struck from the Navy list on 1 April 1965 . On 29 December 1966 she was sold and scrapped . Awards . In addition to the Presidential Unit Citation , Frost received seven battle stars for World War II service .