USS Schroeder ( DD - 501 ) USS " Schroeder " ( DD - 501 ) , a , was a ship of the United States Navy , named for Rear Admiral Seaton Schroeder ( 1849 – 1922 ) . " Schroeder " was laid down on 25 June 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company Kearny , N . J . launched on 11 November 1942 , sponsored by Miss Grace Wainwright Schroeder , and commissioned on 1 January 1943 , Commander J . T . Bowers in command . 1943 . " Schroeder " provided escort for two separate aircraft carrier s making shakedown cruises to the Caribbean and a convoy of merchant ships bound for Casablanca before steaming to the Pacific . After an overhaul at Mare Island Navy Yard , she steamed west and joined Destroyer Squadron 25 ( DesRon 25 ) at Pearl Harbor on 28 July 1943 . " Schroeder " assisted in screening the carrier task force which attacked Marcus Island on 1 September . While bombarding Wake Island early the next month , she was taken under fire for the first time but suffered no casualties . After the Wake Island bombardment , " Schroeder " sailed to the New Hebrides Islands for training with amphibious forces . In early November , she joined the Gilbert Islands invasion force . On the morning of 20 November , " Schroeder " was in the bombardment group that shelled the eastern coast of Tarawa Atoll . She entered the lagoon early the next morning to provide fire support for the Marines landing on Tarawa . In addition to fire support , the DD also acted as a first aid ship for wounded Marines . " Schroeder " departed Tarawa on the 24th for Pearl Harbor for repairs , as she had damaged her screws on a coral reef in the lagoon . 1944 . " Schroeder " was back with her division , on 1 February 1944 , when it screened transports and provided fire support for the assault on Kwajalein Island . She remained in the Marshalls for several weeks and , from 20 to 24 February , bombarded Maloelap and Wotje Atolls . On 1 March , she sailed to the New Hebrides Islands where she participated in more training exercises . On 20 March , " Schroeder " and her division bombarded Japanese coast defenses at Kavieng , New Ireland , with nearly 900 rounds of ammunition ; departing for Efate in the evening . " Schroeder " loaded ammunition at Espiritu Santo and on 1 April , escorted " Pocomoke " and S . S . " Red Rover " to Guadalcanal ; joined a merchant convoy there , and escorted it to Milne Bay , New Guinea . Later in the month , she participated in the bombardment of enemy positions at Hollandia ; and , then screened transports and LST s at Humboldt Bay . She performed fighter director duties until the 30th when she departed with a convoy for Cape Sudest and , later , to Buna . " Schroeder " operated in the Purvis Bay - Guadalcanal area until she departed for Kwajalein , on 4 June , as a unit of Task Group 53 . 1 ( TG 53 . 1 ) . The TG was at Eniwetok on the 28th where " Schroeder " underwent a period of upkeep and logistics . On 11 July the DD and her division departed for the Mariana Islands . From 16 to 20 July , the division bombarded the Tumon area of Guam . " Schroeder " then served on picket duty until 4 August when she escorted a convoy back to Eniwetok . After returning to Espiritu Santo for a period of upkeep and logistics , she sailed for Humboldt Bay on 22 August . " Schroeder " was assigned to TG 77 . 5 which sortied , on 13 September , for the invasion of Morotai , Netherlands East Indies . She screened LSTs in their approach to Pitoe Bay and then served on picket duty until departing for Humboldt Bay on the 21st . The destroyer sailed , on 13 October , with TF 78 for Panoan Island , P . I . She entered Leyte Gulf at midnight , 19 October , with a group of transports , and , the next morning , began performing ASW and fighter director duties . On the 25th , she withdrew from the area and sailed for San Francisco . She arrived there on 23 November and underwent a period of overhaul and availability . 1945 . On 11 January 1945 , " Schroeder " moved down the coast to San Diego . Departing there on the 20th , the veteran destroyer was back in Ulithi on 7 February where she joined TF 58 , the Fast Carrier Task Force . The task force sortied on 10 February . On the 16th and 17th , the carriers launched attacks against airfields , aircraft factories , and shipping in the Tokyo area . The next day , the flattops launched strikes against the Volcano Islands in preparation for the forthcoming assault against that Japanese bastion . " Schroeder " returned to Ulithi in early March , but , by the 23d , was again operating off the Japanese home islands . Detached from the task group on the 31st , she and proceeded to Ulithi . She sailed from there on 10 April as a unit of TG 50 . 8 , which was proceeding to Okinawa to support the landings there . On the 16th , the DD , supporting the landing on Ie Shima , was at general quarters nine different times to repel enemy air attacks . Five days later , " Schroeder " with DesDiv 49 , bombarded the western side of Minami Daito Shima . The bombardment caused many fires ashore but brought no return gunfire from the enemy positions . " Schroeder " returned to Ulithi , from 27 April to 9 May , for a period of upkeep , replenishment , and recreation . She rejoined the fast carriers three days later as they conducted bombing and photographic missions over Kyūshū . Four days later , they supported the troops on southern Okinawa . Task Force 58 entered San Pedro Bay , on 13 June for an upkeep period . It sortied on 1 July , and , on 10 July , the carriers launched sustained strikes against Tokyo . On 17 – 18 July , strikes were launched against targets in the Tokyo - Yokohama area . On the 31st " Schroeder " shelled Shimizu , Honshū Island . On 6 September , with hostilities ended , the task force entered Tokyo Bay and dissolved its units . " Schroeder " was ordered to join TF 11 at Okinawa and proceed to Pearl Harbor . She departed Pearl Harbor on 1 October , with orders assigning her to the east coast . On 2 November 1945 , the destroyer entered the Charleston Navy Yard , S . C . , and prepared for deactivation . " Schroeder " was decommissioned on 29 April 1946 and placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . She remained in reserve until 1 October 1972 when she was struck from the Navy List . " Schroeder " was sold to Southern Materials Co . , Ltd . , New Orleans , Louisiana , on 1 January 1974 . Honors . " Schroeder " received 10 battle star s for World War II service .