USS Annoy ( AM - 84 ) USS " Annoy " ( AM - 84 ) was laid down on 3 December 1941 at Portland , Oregon , by the Commercial Iron Works ; launched on 6 April 1942 ; and commissioned on 2 September 1942 , Lt . John A . Parrish in command . World War II Pacific Theatre operations . The newly commissioned minesweeper ' s first assignment took her to the Aleutian Islands to carry out antisubmarine warfare ( ASW ) patrols and escort assignments protecting various vessels as they moved between Unalaska , Adak , and Atka Islands . On 16 September 1943 , USS " Annoy " departed Dutch Harbor to escort and her tow , , to Seattle , Washington , where the convoy arrived on 5 October . The next day , " Annoy " entered the Puget Sound Navy Yard , Bremerton , Washington , for upkeep . The vessel left the yard on 9 November , bound for San Pedro , California . Upon her arrival there , " Annoy " began a month of mine - sweeping and ASW exercises . On 11 December , she began escort duty out of San Francisco , California , to various points in the $ 3 . Among her destinations were Pearl Harbor , Hawaii ; Majuro Atoll , Marshall Islands ; Funafuti , Ellice Islands ; and Tarawa , Gilbert Islands . Pearl Harbor upkeep . USS " Annoy " entered the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard on 16 April 1944 for upkeep . Upon the conclusion of the work , she commenced operations with Submarine Squadron 4 based at Pearl Harbor . The ship served as a screening and escort vessel and acted as a target ship for submarine s during their training routines . Conversion to patrol craft . The name " Annoy " was cancelled on 1 June and the ship ' s classification was changed to PC - 1588 . She was relieved of her training duties on 23 July and got underway for San Francisco . She entered a shipyard at Alameda , California , on 3 August , for availability . The ship emerged on 18 November and , the next day , began the return voyage to Hawaii . Return to the Pacific Theatre . PC - 1588 reached Pearl Harbor on 28 November and was assigned patrol and ASW screening duties for various transport groups training in Hawaiian waters . On 24 January 1945 , she sortied from Pearl Harbor in the screen of Task Group 51 . 5 , bound , via Eniwetok and Guam , for the Volcano Islands . PC - 1588 arrived off Iwo Jima on 20 February . During the next three months , the vessel acted as a control ship for various beaches on Iwo Jima , served as an air - sea rescue ship , operated in ASW screens , and took enemy aircraft under fire on three separate occasions . The ship left Iwo Jima on 28 May to escort a convoy to Saipan . She returned to Iwo Jima on 16 June and resumed her ASW and air - sea rescue duties which she carried out through the end of the war . PC - 1588 escorted two more convoys between Saipan and Iwo Jima — one in September and one in mid - October . On the latter trip , she continued on from Saipan and proceeded via Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor to San Francisco . The ship reached San Francisco Bay on 13 November and immediately began preparations for inactivation . End - of - War deactivation . On 29 January 1946 , PC - 1588 left San Francisco in tow en route to Richmond , California . She arrived there on 3 February and was decommissioned on 8 February 1946 . Her number was struck from the Navy List on 12 March 1946 , and she was transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal on 6 May 1948 . Awards . PC - 1588 received one battle star for her World War II service .