USS McCalla ( DD - 488 ) USS " McCalla " ( DD - 488 ) , a " Gleaves " - class destroyer , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Bowman H . McCalla , who served during the Spanish - American War and would eventually attain the rank of Rear Admiral . " McCalla " was laid down 15 September 1941 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co . , Kearny , New Jersey ; launched 20 March 1942 ; sponsored by Mary MacArthur ( Mrs . Arthur MacArthur ) , the daughter of R . Adm . McCalla ; and commissioned 27 May 1942 , Lieutenant Commander W . G . Cooper , in command . 1942 . During shakedown " McCalla " undertook her first war assignment , escorting a New York - bound convoy from Cape May , New Jersey , 19 July 1942 . On 3 August , she formally reported at Norfolk for brief antisubmarine ( ASW ) employment along the mid Atlantic coast . Two weeks later she escorted oilers to Aruba and continued on to the Pacific , reporting to Commander , South Pacific Area ( ComSoPac ) 28 September at Nouméa . " McCalla " immediately joined in the campaign for the Solomons . On 7 October she Joined Task Force 64 ( TF 64 ) , Rear Admiral Norman Scott ' s cruiser force , then protecting transports carrying supplies and reinforcements to marines on Guadalcanal . Ordered to search for and destroy enemy ships and landing craft , the force patrolled primarily north of the island . On the nights of 11 and 13 October , they encountered a Japanese force off Cape Esperance under Rear Admiral Aritomo Gotō convoying reinforcements to Guadalcanal . In the ensuing battle both forces accomplished their missions , but the cost to the Japanese was greater . Admiral Gotō was killed , heavy cruiser " Furutaka " and destroyer " Fubuki " were lost , and heavy cruiser " Aoba " was forced to return to Japan for repairs . In addition , as they attempted to rescue survivors the next day , two Japanese destroyers , " Murakumo " and " Natsugumo " , were sunk by aircraft from Henderson Field . Admiral Scott ' s force lost destroyer " Duncan " ( DD - 485 ) , while damage to " Boise " ( CL - 47 ) required navy yard repairs . " McCalla " rescued 195 of " Duncan " ' s crew , and captured three Japanese sailors . As the campaign for Guadalcanal extended , " McCalla " ' s anti - shipping activities continued . On 2 November , she depth charge d an area in which submarine contact had been made . On the 25th , she was cruising off Tassafaronga Point when a number of landing boats were reported maneuvering along the coast ; " McCalla " destroyed 40 of the Japanese craft . 1943 . During the first half of 1943 " McCalla " sailed among the Fiji , New Hebrides , and Solomon Islands performing plane guard , escort and antisubmarine patrol duties . Toward the end of June the New Georgia campaign began . " McCalla " departed Efate on the 26th to escort troop transports to Rendova Island . On the 30th , after the landings , the force was attacked by Japanese aircraft . As the first wave , torpedo plane s , pressed in , " McCawley " ( APA - 4 ) was mortally torpedoed . " McCalla " ' s guns splashed one with two possibles ; in the second wave , dive bomber s , they splashed one and assisted with another kill . She then rescued 98 of " McCawley " ' s crew . By 5 July , " McCalla " was back in the New Georgia area to screen the landing of Marine Raiders at Rice Anchorage . On the 9th , she took part in the bombardment of Munda airfield and then returned to escort and antisubmarine work . At the end of September " McCalla " and " Patterson " ( DD - 392 ) collided , with serious damage to " McCalla " ' s bow . Temporary repairs were effected at Purvis Bay , Florida Island , before she departed for shipyard repairs at Mare Island Naval Shipyard . While en route , she rescued 868 survivors of the torpedoed troop transport SS " Cape San Juan " . 1944 – 1946 . Ready for war duty again by 8 January 1944 , " McCalla " got underway for the South Pacific . A month later she was at Majuro to resume ASW operations and escort assignments in the Marshalls . On 24 April she returned to Pearl Harbor for aircraft carrier group exercises and upon her return to Majuro , 30 May , was attached to fast carrier TF 58 . Until the end of October she operated as a unit in the fast carrier screen , participating in strikes on the Marianas , Bonins , Palaus , Philippines , Formosa , and Okinawa . " McCalla " returned to escort work 24 October and for the next four months conducted convoys between ports on Ulithi , Eniwetok , Pelelieu , Manus , and Leyte . At Leyte in mid - February 1945 she commenced interisland escort duties in the Philippines , extending her range to the Netherlands East Indies in June . Early in July she received her last World War II assignment , mopping - up operations in the western Carolines . On the 22nd , she got underway for Portland , Oregon , arriving 9 August for overhaul preparatory to deactivation . By the end of January 1946 she was en route to Charleston , South Carolina . There she decommissioned 17 May and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . " McCalla " received 10 battle star s for World War II service . TCG " Giresun " ( D 345 ) . Recommissioned 11 December 1948 , " McCalla " prepared for transferring to the Turkish Navy . She took several short cruises up and down the Atlantic coast with a nucleus Turkish crew aboard for training purposes . Then , in the spring of 1949 she sailed for Turkey where she decommissioned 29 April 1949 , transferred to the Turkish Navy and recommissioned the same day as TCG " Giresun " ( D 345 ) . " Giresun " was stricken and scraped in 1973 .