USS Newman ( DE - 205 ) USS " Newman " ( DE - 205 / APD - 59 ) , a of the United States Navy , was named in honor of Laxton Gail Newman ( 1916 – 1941 ) , who was killed in action during the Japan ese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 . He was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for his actions . " Newman " was laid down by the Charleston Navy Yard on 8 June 1943 ; launched on 9 August 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . J . B . Newman , mother of L . G . Newman AD3 ; and commissioned on 26 November 1943 , Lt . Comdr . W . C . Meyer , USNR , in command . Service history . Following shakedown off Bermuda , " Newman " was assigned transatlantic escort duty . Between 11 February and 29 June 1944 , she crossed the ocean six times . On 30 June , at Staten Island , she commenced conversion to a " Charles Lawrence " - class high speed transport , reporting for shakedown in Chesapeake Bay as APD - 59 on 19 September . At the end of the month she departed Norfolk , Virginia , as flagship of TransDiv 103 , and headed for the Pacific . Arriving at Hollandia on 4 November , she escorted supply convoys between that port and Leyte Gulf until 12 December . Then , at Leyte , she embarked troops of the 24th Division and got underway for her first amphibious operation , the 15 December invasion of Mindoro . Landing her troops with the first waves , she turned back to Leyte , then proceeded to New Guinea to prepare for the initial operations of 1945 . At Noemfoor , she took on troops of the 158th Regimental Combat Team and proceeded back to the Philippines . On the 11th , two days after the initial invasion of Luzon , she landed her troops on the Lingayen beaches under the cover of naval shore bombardment , then provided gunfire support until retiring to escort a convoy back to Leyte , arriving on 15 January . Assignments to amphibious landings , and their support , now increased as the momentum of the war in the Philippines picked up . On 29 January , she participated in landings at San Felipe , Luzon ; on the 30th , on Grande Island in Subic Bay ; on 28 February at Puerto Princesa , Palawan ; on 10 March at Zamboanga , Mindanao ; on 26 March at Talisay , Cebu ; and on 17 April at Parang , Mindanao . In May , she shifted to Morotai and in June and July participated in landings in Borneo at Brunei Bay on 10 June , and Balikpapan on 1 July . On 16 July , she departed the East Indies to return to the Philippines , arriving Leyte the 18th and to Legaspi , Luzon , on the 27th , where she conducted training exercises for combat teams until the end of the war . On 29 August , she steamed to Okinawa , embarked units of the 24th Corps , Army Service Command for transportation to Jinsen , Korea . On 8 September , she landed the occupation forces at Jinsen and then commenced escort duty between Jinsen , Taku and the Philippines . On 26 November , she departed the Far East en route to New York . Arriving there on 9 January 1946 , she steamed south to Green Cove Springs , Florida , joining the 16th ( Inactive ) Fleet on 18 February . Later berthed at Orange , Texas , " Newman " remained a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy List in 1964 . On 15 August 1966 her hulk was sold for scrapping to the Boston Metals Company , Baltimore , Maryland . Awards . " Newman " earned five battle star s during World War II .