USS Gwin ( DM - 33 ) USS " Gwin " ( DD - 772 / DM - 33 / MMD - 33 ) was a " Robert H . Smith " - class destroyer minelayer in the United States Navy . She was named for William Gwin . " Gwin " was launched by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation , San Pedro , California , 9 April 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Jesse W . Tarbill , second cousin and sponsor of the previous ; and commissioned 30 September 1944 at Los Angeles , Commander F . S . Steinke in command . World War II . After shakedown along the California coast , " Gwin " sailed for the Pacific theatre as flagship of Mine Squadron 3 , reaching Pearl Harbor 3 January 1945 . A week later the squadron left for the fighting front . At Saipan , 20 January , " Gwin " and her sister sweepers joined Battleship Division 7 . For 7 days , 21 to 26 January , she participated in the preliminary bombardment of Iwo Jima , next to the last step in America ' s long island - hopping campaign across the Pacific . Returning to Pearl Harbor , " Gwin " underwent overhaul before sailing for Eniwetok , 23 February . From Eniwetok " Gwin " steamed to Nansei Shoto 17 March to sweep the area around Okinawa , the scene of one of the war ' s bloodiest and most heroic invasions . Acting in a variety of roles — antisubmarine screen , radar picket ship , minesweeper , fire support — " Gwin " was to remain off Okinawa the following 5 months , almost to the very end of the war . During this period she accounted for some 16 enemy aircraft as the Japanese launched the kamikaze attacks . Nine of these Japanese planes fell victim to " Gwin ' s " guns on only 2 days , 16 April and 4 May . An air raid 16 April saw " Gwin " down two Betties , Japanese dive bombers , coming in only to have another come sweeping in and crash in the sea some 25 yards as the DM evaded her . And then the alert gun crew swung their battery to catch another Japanese plane and shoot it down less than 50 yards from the ship . At dusk on 4 May , " Gwin " was on radar picket station off Okinawa . Combat Air Patrol reported 8 to 10 Japanese planes to port , and " Gwin " swung her batteries to face the threat . Suddenly a second contingent of planes swept in out of the setting sun to starboard . " Gwin " swung her guns around and two of the attackers were downed . Whirling to port , the gun crews fired into the original attack group , and accounted for three more kamikazes . The seas had not yet closed over these three planes when a sixth , another kamikaze , crashed into " Gwin " . Two men were killed , 2 missing , and 11 injured as the suicide plane embedded itself into " Gwim ' s " aft gun platform . Then , as damage control parties rushed to quell the fires raging around the kamikaze , the Japanese attack ended as suddenly as it had begun . In less than six hectic , heroic minutes , " Gwin " , although under attack from all quarters , had downed five Japanese planes and been herself damaged by a sixth . After a brief stay at Nansei Shoto for battle damage repairs , " Gwin " returned to patrol and sweeping duties around Okinawa . She rendezvoused 20 August with Task Force 35 and . with such illustrious fighting ships as USS " Missouri " , USS " Lexington " , USS " Yorktown " , and USS " Shangri - La " , headed for Tokyo Bay . Putting into Sagami Bay 27 August 1945 , " Gwin " began to sweep the area , front door to Tokyo Bay , and destroyed some 41 mines in 2 days duty . At last on 2 August 1945 she steamed into Tokyo Bay , and anchored under the towering snowcap of Mount Fuji . Departing for Okinawa 1 September , " Gwin " , remained on minesweeping duty there and in the East China Sea for the rest of the year . Reserve . With her share of the Pacific " mopping - up " complete , " Gwin " at last headed home , reaching San Pedro , California , 23 February 1946 . The battle - tested ship then sailed for Charleston , South Carolina , arriving 14 March . " Gwin " decommissioned there 3 September 1946 and was placed in reserve . Reactivated during the Korean War . As the Korean War necessitated the strengthening of America ' s fleet , " Gwin " recommissioned at Charleston 8 July 1952 , Comdr . R . E . Oliver in command . For the next few years she divided her time between Caribbean and local exercises , European cruises , and NATO maneuvers , with time out for overhaul . In 1953 " Gwin " crossed the Atlantic for a 4 - month tour of duty with the 6th Fleet , visiting 10 Mediterranean ports before returning to Charleston 3 February 1954 . Midshipman Able Cruises June to August 1954 and 1955 took her to Lisbon , Portugal , Le Havre , Valencia , Spain , and Torquay , England . " Gwin " returned to the Mediterranean a final time in 1957 for NATO maneuvers with ships of the Portuguese , French , and British navies , visiting both Brest and Gibraltar . In between Caribbean and Mediterranean cruises and training , " Gwin " engaged in a variety of minesweeping and hunter - killer antisubmarine exercises along the East Coast and participated in several other NATO maneuvers in American waters . " Gwin " sailed to the Philadelphia Navy Yard 12 January 1958 where she decommissioned 3 April 1958 and remained in reserve through 1967 . Transfer to Turkey . Transferred to the Turkish Navy on 15 August 1971 and renamed TCG " Muavenet " ( DM - 357 ) ; severely damaged by firing of Sea Sparrow missiles by USS " Saratoga " on 2 October 1992 during NATO Exercise Display Determination 92 ; struck in 1993 and broken up for scrap . Awards . " Gwin " received a Navy Unit Commendation and four battle stars for service in World War II .