USS Jarvis ( DD - 799 ) USS " Jarvis " ( DD - 799 ) was a " Fletcher " - class destroyer of the United States Navy , the third Navy ship named for Midshipman James C . Jarvis ( 1787 – 1800 ) , who was killed at the age of 13 during the historic engagement between the famed frigate " Constellation " and the French frigate " La Vengeance " . " Jarvis " was laid down by the Seattle - Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp . , Seattle , Wash . ; 7 June 1943 ; launched 14 February 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . Harold Burkit , daughter of Rufus C . Holman , U . S . Senator from Oregon ; and commissioned 3 June 1944 , Commander E . B . Ellsworth in command . World War II . After shakedown off the California coast , " Jarvis " departed Seattle 25 August for Pearl Harbor as escort for " South Dakota " ( BB - 57 ) . Arriving 31 August , she proceeded independently 3 September to Adak , Alaska , to join the North Pacific Force , engaged in operations against the Kurile Islands . Operating out of Adak and Attu , " Jarvis " battled stormy seas and prolonged bad weather to conduct eight raids on shipping and shore installations from Paramushiru to Matsuwa . After returning to Adak 15 August 1945 from her last raid , she steamed to Aomori , Honshū , to support occupation operations . Arriving Aomori 8 September , she plied the Sea of Japan , assisting occupation landings and destroying military installations on Honshū and Hokkaidō . " Jarvis " departed Yokosuka , Honshū , 19 November for the United States . Arriving Pearl Harbor 29 November , she joined the " Magic Carpet " fleet and sailed 1 December for the East Coast via San Diego and the Panama Canal , returning veterans of the Pacific War . She reached Charleston , S . C . , 22 December ; deactivated as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet 11 April 1946 ; and decommissioned 29 June . 1951 – 1960 . With the development and enlargement of the Korean War , " Jarvis " recommissioned 8 February 1951 , Comdr . E . F . Rye in command . She operated in the Atlantic out of Charleston and Norfolk , Va . for more than a year before departing Norfolk 15 May 1952 for deployment to Korea . Steaming via Panama , the West Coast , and Japan , she arrived off Korea ' s eastern coast 23 June and began blockade and interdiction patrols . Under her skipper , Comdr . C . D . McCall , she ranged the coast from Songjin to Chongjin , conducting operations with the 7th Fleet until returning to Yokosuka , Japan , 18 August . Following operations in Japanese waters , she joined the Formosa Patrol from 26 September to 10 October . After completing this important duty , she proceeded to the Philippine Islands ; and on the 18th she departed Subic Bay for the United States via Ceylon , Suez , and Gibraltar , arriving Norfolk 12 December . " Jarvis " resumed operations with the Atlantic Fleet and on 4 May 1954 deployed to the Mediterranean , arriving Naples , Italy , 18 May . Before returning to Norfolk 9 July , she operated with the mighty 6th Fleet , America ' s deterrent to Communist aggression in the Middle East . Clearing Norfolk 5 January 1955 , " Jarvis " sailed to the West Coast , arriving Long Beach 26 January . After training off the California Coast , she departed 21 April on the first of five post - Korean War deployments to the Far East . As a unit of the powerful and versatile 7th Fleet , she ranged the Western Pacific from Japan to the Philippines , ever alert to insure peace in the unsettled Far East . While on her 1955 deployment to the Far East , she supported the evacuation of thousands of refugees from North to South Vietnam during Operation Passage to Freedom . During all her deployments she conducted patrols in the Formosa Strait to help stabilize the Nationalist - Communist struggle and prevent the invasion of Formosa from the mainland . In 1958 she provided valuable assistance for the Chinese Nationalist s during the threatened Communist invasion of Quemoy and Matsu . " Jarvis " returned to Long Beach from her fifth deployment 4 March 1960 and resumed coastal operations until 24 September when she sailed for the East Coast . Arriving Philadelphia 16 October , " Jarvis " decommissioned 24 October and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . SPS " Alcalá Galiano " . On 3 November 1960 the ship was turned over to Spain on a 5 - year renewable loan under terms of the Military Assistance Program . She served the Spanish Navy as SPS " Alcalá Galiano " , at first with hull number 44 , then designated D 24 . " Alcalá Galiano " was stricken 15 December 1988 and broken up for scrap . Awards . " Jarvis " received one battle star for World War II service and one battle star for Korean War service .