USS Livermore ( DD - 429 ) USS " Livermore " ( DD - 429 ) , a " Gleaves " - class destroyer , was the 1st ship of the United States Navy to be named for Samuel Livermore , the first naval chaplain to be honored with a ship in his name . Originally planned as " Grayson " , DD - 429 was renamed " Livermore " 23 December 1938 ; laid down 6 March 1939 by Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine ; launched 3 August 1940 ; sponsored by Mrs . Everard M . Upjohn , a descendant of Chaplain Livermore ; and commissioned 7 October 1940 , Lieutenant Commander Vernon Huber in command . Pre World War II . Launched in the aftermath of the fall of France , " Livermore " , after a brief training period , was assigned 29 April 1941 to the neutrality patrol . With ships like aircraft carrier " Wasp " ( CV - 7 ) and sister destroyers , she escorted as far as Iceland convoys bound for England . There ensued a shadowy undeclared war with Nazi wolfpack s . She was on convoy duty with " Kearny " ( DD - 432 ) when the latter was torpedoed 17 October . The hazards of this duty for Livermore also included a temporary grounding 24 November during a storm and having a friendly battery on Iceland fire across the ship . 1942 . The attack on Pearl Harbor and full U . S . participation in World War II enlarged the scope of her actions . On 7 April 1942 " Livermore " departed New York for the first of many transatlantic escort missions . Completing her second voyage to Greenock , Scotland , 27 June , she began coastal patrol and convoy duty southward into the Caribbean . " Livermore " arrived off Mehdia , French Morocco , 9 November for the north African invasion and was assigned antisubmarine , antiaircraft , and fire support duties . Five days later , the invasion force successfully established ashore , she sailed for Norfolk , arriving 26 November . 1943 - 1944 . The year 1943 began with patrol duty off Recife , Brazil , and concluded with a series of five voyages from 14 April to 17 January 1944 between New York and Casablanca , French Morocco . Her departure from Hampton Roads on 24 January foreshadowed a prolonged stay in the Mediterranean Sea . Two days earlier Allied forces had landed at Anzio , Italy . " Livermore " arrived off this embattled beachhead 5 March . She provided both antiaircraft protection and shore bombardment support . After rotation to the convoy run between Oran , Algeria , and Naples , Italy , she participated in the initial landing in southern France on 16 August . While supporting minesweeper s on Cavallaire Bay with gunfire , " Livermore " was hit by a shore battery . The damage was slight , and her guns silenced the enemy guns . " Livermore " continued on duty in the western Mediterranean until 26 October when she steamed out of Oran for overhaul in New York Navy Yard . End of World War II and fate . The war ended in Europe while " Livermore " was on the third of a new series of escort crossings between the east coast and Oran . Completing her last transatlantic voyage 29 May , she prepared for duty in the Pacific . Though she departed New York 22 June , V - J Day found her still training at Pearl Harbor . She reached Japan on 27 September escorting transports carrying soldiers of the Army ' s 98th Division for occupation duty . Her stay in the Orient was relatively brief ; for , after several voyages between Saipan , the Philippines , and Wakayama , Japan , " Livermore " sailed 3 November for the Aleutians . At Dutch Harbor and Attu Island , Alaska , she embarked dischargees for passage to Seattle and San Francisco . Completing this duty 22 December 1945 , she proceeded to the east coast , arriving Charleston , S . C . , 18 January 1946 . Designated for use in the Naval Reserve Training Program , she was placed in commission , in reserve 1 May 1946 . " Livermore " then decommissioned and was placed " in service " 24 January 1947 , and was assigned to Naval Reserve training in the 6th Naval District . She was reassigned to the 1st Naval District on 15 March 1949 . While making one of her training cruises . she ran aground off southern Cape Cod on 30 July 1949 . Refloated the next day she proceeded to Boston and was placed out of service 15 May 1950 and inactivated . She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 19 July 1956 . From 1956 to late 1958 , her hull was used for spare parts and experimental purposes . During this time , she was anchored off Indianhead , Maryland . Upon conclusion of the experiments " Livermore " was sold 3 March 1961 to Potomac Shipwrecking Co . , Pope ' s Creek , Maryland . She was towed away for scrapping 17 April 1961 . " Livermore " received three battle stars for World War II service .