USS Bache ( DD - 470 ) USS " Bache " ( DD / DDE - 470 ) , a " Fletcher " - class destroyer , was second ship of the United States Navy of that name . DD - 470 was named for Commander George M . Bache . " Bache " was launched 7 July 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Co . , Staten Island , N . Y . ; sponsored by Miss Louise Bache , daughter of Commander Bache ; and commissioned 14 November 1942 , Commander J . N . Opie , III , in command . Service history . Reporting to the Atlantic Fleet , she acted as escort to a westbound convoy to Halifax , Nova Scotia , and then returned to New York for her post - shakedown overhaul . On 6 February 1943 , she left Norfolk as escort for . The vessels arrived at Pearl Harbor 4 March 1943 . On 10 May , after a training period , " Bache " departed for the Aleutian Islands . She served in the Aleutian area until December 1943 , taking part in the bombardment of Kiska . After a brief overhaul at Pearl Harbor she joined the 7th Fleet 23 December 1943 . Until 29 October 1944 , " Bache " operated with the 7th Fleet taking part in the bombardment of New Britain Islands ( 26 December 1943 ) Los Negros , Admiralty Islands , landings ( 29 February 1944 ) ; bombardment of Ndrillo and Karunia Islands in the Admiralties ( 4 – 7 March ) , bombardment of various assault beaches and targets of opportunity on New Guinea and adjacent islands ( 10 April - 15 September ) ; bombardment of Leyte Island Philippine Islands ( 20 October ) ; and finally , 25 October 1944 , as a unit of Task Group 77 . 3 she took part in the overwhelming victory of Battle of Surigao Strait . On 29 October , " Bache " departed Leyte en route to the United States for yard overhaul . Upon completion of her overhaul , she joined the 5th Fleet at Eniwetok 20 February 1945 . Between 28 February and 5 March , she provided air support at Iwo Jima . On 1 April , " Bache " arrived off Okinawa for screening and picket duty . She suffered slight damage 3 May , when an enemy " kamikaze " suicide plane overshot the ship and crashed into the sea . That same day , she went to the aid of the stricken and rescued her crew of 74 . Remaining on this vital duty , she helped destroy several enemy planes . On 13 May , several enemy dive - bomber s attacked the picket station and one completed a successful " kamikaze " attack on " Bache " . The wing of the plane struck near number two stack , catapulting the plane down on the main deck amidships , with its bomb exploding about seven feet above the main deck . Forty - one of the crew were killed ( 16 missing in action ) and 32 were injured . All steam and electrical power were lost . Fires were brought under control within 20 minutes and she was towed to Kerama Retto , Okinawa , for temporary repairs . " Bache " arrived at New York Navy Yard 13 July 1945 for permanent repairs and then went to Charleston , S . C . , for inactivation . On 4 February 1946 , " Bache " went out of commission in reserve at Charleston . In 1950 , " Bache " was converted to an escort destroyer at Boston Navy Yard ( reclassified DDE - 470 , 2 January 1951 ) and recommissioned 1 October 1951 . " Bache " was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet , and since that time has made six cruises to the Caribbean for operations and training exercises and three cruises in the Mediterranean where she operated as a unit of the 6th Fleet . " Bache " reverted to DD - 470 30 June 1962 . " Bache " was wrecked on the Island of Rhodes , Greece 6 February 1968 , and scrapped there . " Bache " was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 March 1968 . Honors . " Bache " received eight battle star s for her World War II service .