USS Jobb ( DE - 707 ) USS " Jobb " ( DE - 707 ) was a of the United States Navy , named after Richard Patrick Jobb , born in McCormick , Washington , on 17 March 1920 . He enlisted in the Navy on 28 February 1942 . He was at Guadalcanal for America ' s first amphibious operation of the Pacific War . Hearing a call of a patrol subjected to enemy fire near the Namara River on 26 January 1943 , Pharmacist ' s Mate Third Class Jobb rushed forward through intense enemy fire to aid the wounded . He continued to dress casualties under fire until he was himself hit and killed . For his courageous devotion to duty , Jobb was posthumously awarded the Silver Star . " Jobb " was laid down at Defoe Shipbuilding Company , Bay City , Michigan , on 20 December 1943 , She was launched on 4 March 1944 , sponsored by Mrs . S . L . Jobb , mother of Pharmacist ' s Mate Third Class Jobb ; and commissioned at New Orleans on 4 July 1944 , with Lieutenant Commander Herbert M . Jones in command . Service history . World War II , 1944 – 1945 . Following her shakedown training off Bermuda , " Jobb " was assigned to a hunter - killer patrol group in the Atlantic . A hurricane forced her back to Norfolk , Virginia from 13 – 15 September , after which she steamed to New York to prepare for Pacific service . " Jobb " sailed on 23 October , and proceeded via the Panama Canal and Bora Bora to $ 3 , where she arrived on 21 November . With the invasion of the Philippines then underway , " Jobb " escorted a convoy to Leyte Gulf on 28 November . She remained at Leyte until 12 December , when she screened a slow tow convoy for Mindoro . The next day , Japanese snooper aircraft appeared , followed by bombers . In the raids of the next few days , " Jobb ' s " gunners shot down at least two of the attackers . After seeing the tows safely to Mindoro , she next sailed via Leyte to New Guinea , where she arrived at Hollandia on 28 December . The ship joined a convoy for newly assaulted Lingayen Gulf on 8 January 1945 ; but , after striking a reef in the Philippines on 16 January , she returned to Leyte Gulf for repair s . Following further work on her propellers at Manus , " Jobb " returned to the Philippines in February to escort convoys carrying troop s and supplies . During these critical months , she protected support convoys to Palawan , Mindoro , and Mindanao as the conquest of the Philippines proceeded apace . " Jobb " departed Morotai on 4 June to take part in the landings at Brunei Bay , Borneo . She patrolled as troops went ashore on 10 June , and captured the strategic bay without opposition . Later in the month , she screened a resupply convoy from Morotai . She arrived at Leyte on 8 July for repairs before conducting anti - submarine patrol between the Philippines and Ulithi until the close of hostilities . Post - war activities , 1945 – 1946 . The veteran ship steamed to Okinawa on 23 August , and in the months that followed , operated between the various island bases in support of the occupation and reorganization of the Pacific area . " Jobb " arrived at Pearl Harbor on 31 December , and reached San Francisco on 9 January 1946 . Decommissioning . She later moved to San Diego , decommissioned there on 13 May 1946 , and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet , berthed at Stockton , California . Awards . " Jobb " received three battle star s for World War II service .