USS Trever ( DD - 339 ) USS " Trever " ( DD - 339 / DMS - 16 / AG - 110 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy . She was named in memory of Lt . Cmdr . George A . Trever . History . " Trever " was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard . She launched on 15 September 1920 , sponsored by Mrs . Bess McMillan Trever ( George Trever ' s widow ) and was commissioned on 3 August 1922 , Lieutenant H . E . Snow in command . After shakedown , " Trever " was taken out of commission between January 1923 and June 1930 . The ship was recalled to active duty on 2 June 1930 , operating out of San Diego with the Battle Force . She was reclassified as a high - speed minesweeper and redesignated DMS - 16 on 19 November 1940 , after which she was based at Pearl Harbor in 1941 as part of the Base Force , United States Fleet . World War II . " Trever " was actively involved in naval operations in the Pacific throughout World War II . 1941 . On the morning of 7 December 1941 when Imperial Japan launched its aircraft in the attack on Pearl Harbor , " Trever " was moored in West Loch with the minesweeping ships " Zane " ( DMS - 14 ) , " Wasmuth " ( DMS - 15 ) , and " Perry " ( DMS - 17 ) . She engaged the aircraft with her . 50 - caliber Browning machine guns was solely responsible for shooting one down , and contributed ( with her sister ships ) to another plane ' s demise . She extremely hurriedly sortied to sea , under the command of the captain of " Henley " ( DD - 391 ) , as many commanding officers were not able to reach their ships before sortie . " Trever " ' s commanding officer , Lt . Cmdr . Agnew , who had gone to sea on board the " Wasmuth " , was able to rejoin his ship later that day . " Trever " spent the rest of the year , and beginning of the next , conducting minesweeping operations , local escort missions and antisubmarine patrols . 1942 . After escorting a convoy from Honolulu to California " Trever " was refitted at " Mare Island " , with her guns replaced by 3 - inch antiaircraft ( AA ) guns and 20 mm Oerlikon cannons . " Trever " next saw action in the first US amphibious assault of the war against the Solomon Islands with the aim of securing Guadalcanal . At first she screened transports and then joined the bombardment of a Japanese shore battery on the island of Gavutu ; she scored a direct hit and the battery was destroyed . Later she used her AA guns to drive off bombers that had attacked transport ships . The following day " Trever " shot down four twin - engined Mitsubishi G4M " Betty " bombers . On that evening , 9 August , a Japanese cruiser force conducted a surprise attack on the allied ( US and Australian ) fleet , now known as the Battle of Savo Island . The outcome was a very heavy defeat for the allies , with 4 cruisers sunk and one severely damaged . However , the Japanese fleet did not press its advantage and the vulnerable transports supporting the invasion escaped unscathed . As a result of the battle the Allied warships withdrew and the transports retreated to New Caledonia ( whose withdrawal " Trever " helped to screen ) . The invasion was subsequently supported by high - speed transports , including " Trever " herself . Her first mission was from Espiritu Santo to Guadalcanal , loaded with reinforcements and supplies for the hard - pressed marines . After hastily unloading she retired toward Nouméa , arriving there on 22 September . After escorting a further high - speed convoy to replenish land forces engaged on the Solomons she was deployed to search for survivors of the Battle of Cape Esperance , fought on the night of 12 October . During the day ' s search , " Trever " took on board 34 enemy survivors , including three officers . One raft of eight refused to surrender and put up a fight , giving " Trever " no recourse but to destroy it and its occupants . " Trever " then transferred her prisoners to the transport " McCawley " and headed back to Espiritu Santo escorting the returning transports . After completing another resupply mission , on 25 October , " Trever " had been expecting orders to bombard Japanese positions along Guadalcanal ' s coast . However , an intercepted message informed Lt . Cmdr . Agnew of " Trever " that three Japanese destroyers were approaching , apparently to bombard the airstrip at Henderson Field . Two choices were open to Lt . Cmdr . Agnew , who was commanding the task unit ( " Trever " and " Zane " ) . One was to head for the Maliala River to join " Jamestown " ( PG - 55 ) and the damaged " McFarland " ( AVD - 14 ) which were both well camouflaged . By following this plan , " Zane " and " Trever " , both uncamouflaged , might attract the Japanese into the area and raise a strong possibility of the destruction of all four highly vulnerable American ships . Accordingly , the ships attempted the alternative , a dash for safety . The two old minecraft got underway and accelerated as fast as possible to clear the area . Some fifteen minutes later the Japanese destroyers ' silhouettes came over the horizon , hull - down and travelling at high speed . The American ships could only manage and the Japanese , making , gained rapidly and opened fire with their guns while still out of range of the Americans ' 3 - inch armament . The first enemy shells overshot and sent up fountains of water several hundred yards ahead of the minecraft ; the next salvo fell some astern . The American ships used evasive action and returned fire from their guns as Japanese salvos exploded into nearby sea . The Japanese then hit " Zane " amidships , killing three men . Agnew now decided that his ships ' best chance of survival would come from attempt to make a high speed transit of shoal - studded Niella Channel . Just as the Americans were changing course , the Japanese broke off the action , perhaps remembering their primary mission . After continuing resupply runs through January 1943 , " Trever " then steamed to Australia for overhaul , arriving at Sydney on 27 January . 1943 . She returned to Espiritu Santo on 28 February before calling at Wellington , New Zealand , on 31 May . Returning to escort duties , she accompanied " LST - 343 " from Lunga Roads to the Russell Islands on 20 June 1943 . After nightfall , a twin - float Japanese biplane — a " washing machine Charlie " — came over and dropped bombs on the two ships , sending them to general quarters and provoking a return fire from " Trever ' s " 20 - millimeter guns . The old destroyer minesweeper next took part in operations in the New Georgia campaign . On the 29th , Rear Admiral George H . Fort raised his flag on " Trever " as Commander , TG 31 . 3 . That night , in company with " Schley " ( APD - 14 ) , " McKean " ( APD - 5 ) , and seven infantry landing craft ( LCIs ) , " Trever " departed Wernham Cove , Russell Islands . At daybreak the next morning , the APDs launched their landing boats . The troops landed at Oliana Bay , taking the Japanese defenders by surprise . Later that day , with the objective secured , Rear Admiral Fort disembarked at Renard Sound ending " Trever " ' s brief role as flagship . On 5 July , American forces attacked at Kula Gulf to occupy Rice Anchorage and thus to prevent Japanese reinforcements from reaching Munda from Vila . " Trever " transported infantry and joined bombardment and transport groups in the assault . On 5 August , " Trever " joined " Honolulu " ( CL - 48 ) , which had lost her bow to a " long - lance " torpedo during the Battle of Kolombangara , and escorted the damaged cruiser from Espiritu Santo to Pearl Harbor . On 19 August , " Trever " got underway to escort an east - bound convoy to San Francisco . After a month ' s overhaul at Mare Island , " Trever " steamed for Pearl Harbor on 8 October and touched there briefly before heading for Guadalcanal . On 11 November , she joined the screen for " American Legion " ( AP - 35 ) and escorted her to Empress Augusta Bay . Later that month , " Trever " took part in the landings at Cape Torokina , Bougainville . 1944 . " Trever " devoted the next year to escort missions and target towing duty in the South and Central Pacific . Perhaps the highlight of this service came in October 1944 when she joined the screen for torpedoed cruisers " Houston " ( CL - 81 ) and " Canberra " ( CA - 70 ) and escorted them safely to Ulithi . On 18 December , as she was escorting a convoy toward the Western Carolines , " Trever " was caught in a typhoon . Visibility dropped to zero due to torrential rains , with mountainous waves and winds . At 16 : 30 , a man making emergency repairs topside was washed overboard , and " Trever " immediately began a search for the missing sailor . Two hours later , she picked up her man : bruised , battered , and in shock — but alive . The following day , " Trever " put into Guam and transferred her injured seaman to the naval hospital on shore . On 22 December , she reached Eniwetok . On 24 December , she and Army transport Santa Isabel got underway for Hawaii , arriving at Pearl Harbor on the last day of 1944 . " Trever " reached the Naval Repair Base , San Diego and began overhaul on 9 January 1945 . 1945 . Upon completion of her repairs , she headed for Oahu on 25 March 1945 . For the remainder of the war , " Trever " operated out of Pearl Harbor , where she had entered the hostilities with Japan four years before . On 4 June 1945 , she was reclassified as a miscellaneous auxiliary and designated as AG - 110 . On 22 September 1945 , she departed Pearl Harbor for the last time and steamed to San Diego . After repairs , she proceeded via the Panama Canal Zone to Norfolk , Virginia , where she arrived on 21 October 1945 . She was decommissioned on 23 November 1945 , struck from the Navy list on 5 December 1945 , and sold for scrapping on 12 November 1946 . Honors . " Trever " received five battle star s for her World War II service . As of 2010 , no other ship has been named " Trever " .