USS Manlove ( DE - 36 ) USS " Manlove " ( DE - 36 ) was an of the United States Navy during World War II . She was promptly sent off into the Pacific Ocean to protect convoys and other ships from Japanese submarines and fighter aircraft . She performed dangerous work in numerous battle areas , and sailed home proudly with five battle stars . " Manlove " was named after electrician Arthur Cleon Manlove who was killed aboard the when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor . " Manlove " was laid down as BDE - 36 , on 24 February 1943 by the Navy Yard , Mare Island , California ; redesignated DE - 36 , on 16 June 1943 ; launched on 28 July 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Arthur C . Manlove , widow of electrician , Arthur C . Manlove ; and commissioned on 8 November 1943 , Lt . Comdr . J . P . Ingle in command . World War II . After post - shakedown repairs at San Francisco , California , " Manlove " escorted a convoy to Pearl Harbor and upon arrival , on 16 January 1944 , commenced local training operations . The next month , she made one round trip voyage to Majuro , Marshall Islands , returning on 18 February . She again departed for the Marshalls on the 28th . From 5 March – 16 May , she cruised the Marshall Islands area on anti - submarine patrols and in hunter - killer ( HUK ) operations . Enemy submarine located and sunk . On 24 March , during her first HUK assignment , she located the Japanese transport submarine , then attempting to replenish the enemy garrison at Wotje . In the ensuing coordinated depth charge run , " Manlove " and her companion , , sank the Japanese boat . Convoy protection assignments . " Manlove " departed Majuro on 16 May for Kwajalein , beginning convoy escort duty between the two atolls . In mid - June , she extended her escort area and screened fleet oilers to a refueling rendezvous at sea off the Marianas . She then sailed to Eniwetok for a month of patrol . In early August , she returned to escort duty and joined a convoy headed for Hawaii . The convoy arrived Pearl Harbor on 29 August . Following repairs , " Manlove " participated in training operations with submarines in Hawaiian waters until her departure for the Marshalls on 8 October . The escort arrived Eniwetok on 17 October . From then until the following March , she was primarily engaged in screening convoys between Eniwetok and Ulithi , Caroline Islands . She briefly interrupted her cruises between these islands in early February 1945 for an escort convoy assignment to Manus , Admiralty Islands . Damaged by an exploding Japanese airplane . On 9 March , " Manlove " departed Eniwetok for Saipan to join units of the 5th Fleet assembling for the Okinawa campaign . She sailed with the invasion fleet on 26 March and arrived on patrol station off Okinawa on 2 April . There she assisted in repelling enemy air attacks until damaged on 11 April by an exploding Japanese airplane . After repairs at Guam , she returned to patrols off Okinawa . With only one break in this duty , escorting a convoy to the Philippines and back , she continued to contribute to the success of the Okinawa campaign until ordered back to the U . S . on 5 July . Post - war . Proceeding via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor , " Manlove " arrived at Seattle , Washington , on 26 June 1945 . She was inactivated at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard ; decommissioned on 16 November 1945 ; and was sold for scrap to A . G . Schoonmaker Co . , Inc . , of New York City , on 4 December 1947 . External links .