USS Braine ( DD - 630 ) USS " Braine " ( DD - 630 ) , a " Fletcher " - class destroyer , was a ship of the United States Navy named for Rear Admiral Daniel L . Braine ( 1829 – 1898 ) , who served in the Civil War and explored the Arctic . " Braine " was launched 7 March 1943 by Bath Iron Works Corp . , Bath , Maine ; sponsored by Mrs . Daniel L . Braine , wife of a grandson of Rear Admiral Braine , and commissioned 11 May 1943 , Commander J . F . Newman , Jr . , in command . Service history . World War II . Departing the United States east coast in the summer of 1943 , " Braine " sailed via San Francisco to Pearl Harbor as an escort for troop transports . She then proceeded directly to Wake Island where she participated in its bombing and bombardment ( 5 – 6 October 1943 ) . Between 1 and 3 November , " Braine " took part in the initial landings in Empress Augusta Bay , Bougainville . During the following two months , she escorted resupply echelons to the Bougainville beachhead . 1944 . On 15 February 1944 , " Braine " participated in the Green Island landing . She steamed into Rabaul Harbor under enemy fire for night shore bombardment of enemy installations ( 24 – 25 February ) . On 20 March , she supported landings on Emirau Island , Bismarck Archipelago . " Braine " spent the ensuing months in escort work and training for the Marianas invasion . On 14 June , she took part in the bombardment of Tinian Island , and received minor damage from a small caliber shell but continued operations in the Marianas until 23 June . After spending almost a month in the United States , she sailed for the Philippines , via Pearl Harbor . " Braine " rendered fire support during the Leyte landings ( 20 October ) , and repelled an enemy air attack on 18 November . 1945 . From 4 to 15 January 1945 , she participated in the Lingayen Gulf landings . " Braine " then proceeded to Manila Bay to support landings on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor ( 14 – 28 February 1945 ) . She served as a radar picket and support ship for the landing forces at Zamboanga and subsequently at Pollack Harbor , Mindanao ( 17 March – 23 April ) . She took part in the Okinawa operations as a radar picket ship ( 16 – 25 May ) . On 27 May , the destroyer was hit in quick succession by two suicide plane s . The first hit forward seriously damaged the bridge , and the second hit amidships blew number two funnel overboard and demolished the amidships superstructure . " Braine " retired to Kerama Retto , Ryukyu Islands , for emergency repairs ; departed 19 June ; and arrived in the United States 19 July 1945 . On 21 July , " Braine " steamed to Boston for repairs and then proceeded to Charleston Navy Yard for inactivation . She was placed out of commission in reserve 26 July 1946 at Charleston . 1951 – 1971 . Recommissioned 6 April 1951 , " Braine " conducted training in the $ 3 and Caribbean and in the spring of 1952 sailed to the Mediterranean for duty with the 6th Fleet . In October , she returned to duty in coastal waters . She joined the 6th Fleet again in May 1953 , and remained until October . Between October 1953 and 2 November 1954 , she underwent a yard period , conducted refresher training in the Caribbean , and local operations in the vicinity of Newport . On 30 November 1954 , she departed for the $ 3 and became a unit of Cruisers - Destroyers Pacific Fleet , in mid - December 1954 . Early in January 1955 , she proceeded to Yokosuka , Japan , and joined Task Force 77 . " Braine " participated in the evacuation of the Tachen Islands in February and later operated on the Formosa patrol . She returned to the west coast 19 June 1955 . " Braine " s next departure from the west coast was on 13 February 1956 , to conduct another Western Pacific cruise . She returned to California 22 July 1956 and operated in the San Diego and San Francisco areas . In 1964 , " Braine " took part in the movie " In Harm ' s Way " . On 17 August 1971 , " Braine " was decommissioned , stricken from the US Navy List , and transferred to Argentina . ARA " Almirante Domecq Garcia " ( D23 ) . The Argentine Navy took possession of " Braine " on 17 August 1971 and renamed her ARA " Almirante Domecq Garcia " ( D23 ) after Admiral Manuel Domecq Garcia . She was sunk as a target on 7 October 1983 at . Awards . " Braine " earned nine battle star s for her World War II service