USS Sutton ( DE - 771 ) USS " Sutton " ( DE - 771 ) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II . She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys . She was named in honor of Ensign Shelton B . Sutton , Jr . ( 1919 - 1942 ) , who was killed on 13 November 1942 when the light cruiser was torpedo ed and sunk during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal . " Sutton " was laid down on 23 August 1943 by the Tampa Shipbuilding Co . , Tampa , Florida ; launched on 6 August 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . Shelton B . Sutton , Sr . ; and commissioned on 22 December 1944 , Lt . T . W . Nazro in command . World War II North Atlantic operations . After fitting out , " Sutton " sailed on 12 January 1945 for the Bermuda operating area and held her shakedown there until she headed for Boston , Massachusetts , on 14 February . After yard work at the Boston Navy Yard and training at Casco Bay , Maine , she was assigned to Escort Division ( CortDiv ) 79 which was attached to Task Group ( TG ) 22 . 13 and sailed for Argentia , Newfoundland , on 1 March . The group conducted anti - submarine patrols off Newfoundland from 4 to 22 March when it returned to Casco Bay . " Sutton " stood out of Casco Bay , on 3 April , with her task group which took station on the North - South antisubmarine barrier patrol . Confiscating German submarines . " Sutton " and were relieved of patrol duty on 9 May to intercept the which wished to surrender . They contacted the former sea wolf the next day , and the two ships began escorting it to Casco Bay . However , " Sutton " was soon detached to accept the surrender of . " Sutton " met the latter U - boat two days later , and she escorted it towards the United States . On 15 May , she put a 15 - man boarding party on the submarine and embarked 37 prisoners , including " General der Flieger " Ulrich Kessler of the Luftwaffe . " Sutton ' s " destination was changed to Portsmouth , New Hampshire , where she arrived with " U - 234 " on the 19th . The submarine and the prisoners were delivered to a representative of the 1st Naval District . The escort steamed on to New York two days later and remained there until early June . Final post - war operations . " Sutton " and CortDiv 79 departed New York for Jacksonville , Florida , on 10 June and arrived on the 14th . " Sutton " operated out of Mayport , Florida , until 29 August when she sailed for Charleston , South Carolina , and a yard overhaul which lasted all of September . She moved up the coast to Norfolk , Virginia , from 5 to 18 October when she sailed for the Gulf of Mexico . " Sutton " was at New Orleans , Louisiana , from 23 October to 6 November when she got underway for Norfolk . The escort operated from there until the fall of 1947 when she moved to New York to be inactivated . Decommissioning . She was placed in reserve , out of commission , in September 1947 and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . In 1948 , the destroyer escort was moved to Florida and joined the mothball fleet at Green Cove Springs , Florida . " Sutton " was loaned to the Republic of Korea on 2 February 1956 under the Grant Aid Program and served that government as ROKS " Kang Won " ( F - 72 ) until she was stricken on 28 December 1977 and sent to the Philippines for cannibalization of parts .