USS McGinty ( DE - 365 ) The USS " McGinty " ( DE - 365 ) was a " John C . Butler " - class destroyer escort . She was named for Sonarman Third Class Franklin Alexander McGinty , who was killed aboard the gunboat on 5 August 1943 . He was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism without regard for his own safety . " McGinty " was laid down by the Consolidated Steel Corporation of Orange , Texas on 3 May 1944 . She was launched on 5 August 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Perrillah Atkinson Malone ; and commissioned at Orange on 25 September 1944 , with Lieutenant Commander William H . Harrison in command . History . World War II . After a shakedown cruise off Bermuda and training along the US east coast , " McGinty " departed Norfolk , Virginia on 4 December 1944 for escort duty in the western Pacific . As flagship for Escort Division 86 , she touched at San Diego , California , and Pearl Harbor , Hawaii before reaching Eniwetok on 16 January 1945 . Later that day , she continued on to Guam as convoy escort duty . During the next 3 months , she escorted ships from Eniwetok to Guam and Ulithi . She completed three round trips between Eniwetok and Guam and two between Eniwetok and Ulithi , escorting tankers , transports , escort carrier s , and merchant ships . " McGinty " arrived at Ulithi on 27 April and served there as patrol ship until 15 June . After a run to Guam and back , she sailed in convoy for Okinawa , Japan on 1 July . She returned to Ulithi via Saipan on 12th , and completed a similar run to the Palau Islands and back on 23 July . She departed on a second Okinawa run on 4 August and returned to Ulithi on V - J Day . Thence , between 22 and 26 August , she sailed to Okinawa for duty with the 5th Fleet . On 9 September , " McGinty " sailed in the screen of a minesweeping and evacuation force bound for Japan . She arrived in Wakayama , Honshū , on the 11th and supported the evacuation of POWs before sailing for Okinawa on the 18th . She returned to Wakayama a week later and resumed her support of occupation operations along the Honshū coast . During the next 2 months , she escorted ships between the Inland Sea and Tokyo Bay , served as a harbor entrance control ship in the swept channel of Bungo Suido , and made courier runs out of Wakayama . Departing Japan on 2 January 1946 , " McGinty " sailed via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor to San Francisco , California , where she arrived on 22 January . She steamed to San Diego 23 and 24 March , was decommissioned there on 15 January 1947 , and was berthed in the San Diego Group , Pacific Reserve Fleet . Korean War . Following the outbreak of Communist aggression in South Korea , " McGinty " was recommissioned at San Diego on 28 March 1951 , with Lieutenant Commander Frederick W . Pennoyer in command . She carried out intensive training along the west coast and at Pearl Harbor . Then , as flagship of Escort Squadron 11 , she sailed east on 29 October . Arriving in Korean waters on 21 November , she began blockade and patrol duty in Wonsan Harbor and in a naval - gunfire role , conducted numerous shore bombardments of Communist - held positions . She returned to Japan in mid - December , and joined the 7th Fleet patrols of the Straits of Formosa on 6 January 1952 . She returned to the east coast of the war - torn Korean Peninsula , and between 5 March and 29 April , she carried out two more blockade and bombardment deployments at Wonsan . She departed Japan on 15 May and returned to her home port at Pearl Harbor the 24th . During the next year , " McGinty " prepared for additional westerm Pacific duty . After arriving in Sasebo , Japan on 20 May 1953 , she resumed patrol duty along the east coast of Korea and screened ships during at - sea replenishment operations . Following the cessation of hostilities , she continued peacekeeping patrols and took part in anti - submarine warfare exercises . Once done , she departed Korean waters . Cold War . On 17 November 1954 " McGinty " sailed on her third Cold War deployment to the Far East . During the remainder of the year , she patrolled the Sea of Japan off Korea , and on 1 January 1955 , she transferred this peacekeeping duty to ships of the Republic of Korea ’ s Navy in a ceremony at Pusan . She continued to support “ keeping the peace ” missions of the 7th Fleet . In February 1955 , she served in the screen for the Mobile Replenishment Group , which supported the 7th Fleet during the timely and successful evacuation of the Tachen Islands . This display of U . S . seapower permitted the removal of Chinese Nationalists from an untenable position on the coastal islands along the mainland of China , and was called “ the most forthright U . S . action against communism since the Korean War . ” " McGinty " returned to Pearl Harbor from the westerm Pacific on 23 May and conducted type and squadron operations from Pearl Harbor during the remainder of 1955 . Between April and July 1956 , she supported United States nuclear testing programs in the Marshall Islands , serving both as a survey and a search and rescue ship . She then returned to Pearl Harbor for duty in the Hawaiian area until 17 June 1957 , when she sailed to rejoin the 7th Fleet . For more than 4 months , she ranged the western Pacific from the Marianas and the Philippines to Australia and Japan . She arrived back at Pearl Harbor on 5 November . On 7 June 1958 " McGinty " began her fifth Far East deployment of the decade . While operating in the Marianas , she joined Escort Squadron 7 on 1 July . Between 15 September and 12 October , she patrolled the northern station of the Taiwan Strait with other ships of the 7th Fleet . This timely demonstration thwarted the possible Communist invasion of the Chinese Nationalist islands of Quemoy and Matsu . " McGinty " steamed to Seattle , Washington from 3 to 9 January 1959 . She was decommissioned at Portland , Oregon , on 19 September 1959 and was assigned to ResCortDiv 13 . She was placed in service as a Group II selected reserve destroyer escort . Manned by a reserve crew , she performed vital training duty for Naval Reserves . In response to overt Communist pressures by East Germany against West Berlin , " McGinty " was mobilized by Presidential order on 25 August 1961 , and recommissioned on 2 October 1961 , with Commander Jerome E . Aakhus in command . " McGinty " sailed to Pearl Harbor , and as flagship for Escort Squadron 7 , trained in Hawaiian waters until departing for the western Pacific on 10 February 1962 . She bolstered the peacekeeping efforts of the versatile 7th Fleet while cruising the Far East from the South China Sea to the Sea of Japan . She returned to Portland on 17 July , decommissioned on 1 August 1962 , and resumed in service duty as a training ship for Naval Reserves . Operating out of Portland , " McGinty " provided valuable service as a training ground to maintain the operational and combat readiness of reservists . In addition , she took part in summer training exercises in Hawaiian waters and along the west coast . While remaining ready to meet the threats to world peace from Communist aggression and subversion , she also responded promptly to the menace of natural disasters . During a flood which affected much of Oregon and portions of northern California in late December 1964 , she provided material assistance to emergency teams and lifesaving missions in the stricken areas . Decommissioning . " McGinty " was transferred to the Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Bremerton , Washington , on 23 September 1968 . Her name was struck from the Navy List the same day , and she was sold for scrap on 27 October 1969 . Honors . " McGinty " received three battle star s for her Korean War service .