USS Robert H . McCard ( DD - 822 ) USS " Robert H . McCard " ( DD - 822 ) was a of the United States Navy , named for United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant Robert H . McCard ( 1918 – 1944 ) , who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry during the Battle of Saipan . Construction . " Robert H . McCard " was laid down by Consolidated Steel Corporation , Orange , Texas , on 20 June 1945 ; launched on 9 November 1945 ; sponsored by Mrs . Robert H . McCard ; and commissioned on 23 October 1946 , Commander E . A . Michael , Jr . , in command . Service history . 1946 – 1958 . Following shakedown off Guantanamo Bay , Cuba , " Robert H . McCard " joined Destroyer Squadron 10 ( Desron 10 ) and was homeported in Newport , Rhode Island . She operated out of Newport until 1955 on the standard employment schedule for destroyers in the Atlantic Fleet . " McCard " was a unit of the 6th Fleet on eight tours of duty in the Mediterranean and also participated in two midshipman cruise s , visiting Caribbean , Canadian , Belgian , and Portuguese ports . Between deployments , the ship had four overhauls in the Boston Naval Shipyard , each being followed by a refresher training period under the supervision of the Fleet Training Group , Guantanamo Bay , Cuba . In December 1955 , " Robert H . McCard " became a unit of Destroyer Squadron 4 , with her homeport in Norfolk , Virginia . Making a ninth and tenth tour of duty with the 6th Fleet , she operated as a unit of the Middle East Force in the Persian Gulf for a month during the ninth tour . Following plane guard duties and type training exercises off the Atlantic Coast , " McCard " participated in a midshipman cruise in June and July 1958 , calling at Portuguese , Danish and Belgian ports . 1959 – 1966 . Returning to type training exercises , an Atlantic Fleet exercise in the Caribbean , Fleet Sonar School duty , and an overhaul , " Robert H . McCard " s homeport was then changed to Charleston , South Carolina . She operated out of Charleston until departing on 6 September 1960 for a NATO exercise , followed by other exercises . From 29 January 1961 to 3 February , she participated in recovery operations for Project Mercury , then departed Charleston on 8 March to join the 6th Fleet . In July she proceeded through the Suez Canal and reported to Commander , Middle East Force , for a six - week patrol of the Red Sea and Persian Gulf area . She returned to Charleston via the Mediterranean on 4 October . Following plane guard duties and type training exercises , " Robert H . McCard " underwent Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization ( FRAM I ) overhaul at Boston . Returning to Charleston on 3 January 1963 , for refresher training during which she searched for the hijacked Venezuelan ship " Anzoategui " , the destroyer then served for two weeks as school ship for the Fleet Sonar School . She next participated in a joint Canadian - United States exercise . " McCard " was deployed with the 6th Fleet from 13 October 1963 to 5 March 1964 and deployed again on 5 January 1965 . In February and March she operated under the Middle East Force , returning to Charleston via the Mediterranean on 7 June . Following further operations off the Atlantic Coast and an overhaul period , " Robert H . McCard " underwent refresher training off Guantanamo Bay then conducted two midshipman cruises , the latter taking her to Wilhelmshaven , Germany . From 29 September 1966 to 31 January 1967 , " McCard " was deployed to the 6th Fleet . 1967 – 1972 . Operating in the western Atlantic , the Gulf of Mexico , and the Caribbean until 5 November , " Robert H . McCard " then transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet . At the end of 1967 , she was serving on " Yankee Station " in the Gulf of Tonkin . In January and February 1968 , she was on plane guard duty for in the Tonkin Gulf , participating in an emergency search and rescue mission on the east coast of Hainan Island . In March she served as plane guard for and in the Tonkin Gulf . In April she provided naval gunfire support off South Vietnam , and on 10 May she departed Japan for return to the east coast of the United States . Operating in NATO exercise " Silvertower " in the North Atlantic in September and October 1968 , " Robert H . McCard " then put into port at Southampton . Following overhaul at Charleston from December to April 1969 , she operated off the Atlantic Coast and in the Caribbean until deploying to the Mediterranean in September . She returned to Charleston from her six months with the 6th Fleet on 28 March 1970 , and remained with the Atlantic Fleet for the duration of 1970 and four months of 1971 . On 15 April 1971 , she sailed eastward from Charleston for another six months ' service in the Mediterranean , returning on 16 October . She stayed in Charleston for the remainder of 1971 and spent the first eight months of 1972 engaged in Atlantic and Caribbean operations . " Robert H . McCard " entered Charleston on 6 September 1972 for a six - month overhaul , at the completion of which she returned to normal operations in the western Atlantic and Caribbean . TCG " Kılıçalipaşa " ( D349 ) . " Robert H . McCard " was decommissioned on 5 June 1980 and transferred to the Republic of Turkey through the Security Assistance Program ( SAP ) that same day . She served with the Turkish Navy as TCG " Kılıçalipaşa " ( D349 ) , named after Kılıç Ali Paşa , an Italian - born grand admiral of the Ottoman Navy ( 1571 – 87 ) . Removed from service in 1998 , the ship was scrapped in 2000 at Aliağa , Turkey .