USS McCormick ( DD - 223 ) USS " McCormick " ( DD - 223 / AG - 118 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was named for Lieutenant , junior grade Alexander McCormick , Jr . " McCormick " was laid down 11 August 1919 by William Cramp & Sons ; launched 14 February 1920 ; sponsored by Miss Katherine McCormick , sister of Lieutenant ( jg . ) McCormick ; and commissioned 30 August 1920 , Lieutenant Commander L . C . Scheibla in command . Service history . Following shakedown , " McCormick " served a year with Destroyer Squadron 5 , Pacific Fleet . She then returned to the east coast for deployment with Destroyer Detachment , U . S . Naval Forces in European Waters . There she served in a quasi - diplomatic capacity in the eastern Mediterranean until the spring of 1924 , after successful negotiations for a peace treaty between the Allies and Turkey . The following year , she was assigned to the Asiatic Fleet . Operating from Cavite , she served as flagship for DesDiv 39 , later 14 , in support of the Yangtze River Patrol and South China Patrol until 1932 . On 15 March she was ordered back to the United States and home ported at San Diego , where she decommissioned 14 October 1938 . World War II . The following year , as hostilities in Europe broke out ; " McCormick " was brought out of the Inactive Reserve . Recommissioned 26 September 1939 , she was assigned to Neutrality Patrol in the Atlantic . The entry of the U . S . into the worldwide conflict brought only an increase in antisubmarine activities for the destroyer as she continued her voyages to Iceland and across the Atlantic . Through the end of 1942 , " McCormick " plied the North Atlantic on runs to Halifax , NS Argentia , and Londonderry Port . Shifting southward , 7 February 1943 , she escorted convoys bound for Casablanca . On 12 July , on a return voyage , , providing air cover for the convoy , was relieved by . But before " Santee " departed the area , four U - boat s were discovered in the convoy ’ s vicinity . For the next 4 days , planes from the carriers scouted and destroyed all four : " Santee " , U - 160 on the 14th and on the 15th ; " Core " , on the 13th and on the 16th . On the last date , " McCormick " picked up three survivors from " U - 67 " for later transferral . " McCormick " returned to New York 24 July and continued to escort convoys until 5 December . She then joined , TG 27 . 4 , for a quick voyage to Casablanca and back , before overhaul at New York . The destroyer ’ s next assignment sent her to Natal , Brazil , and then Casablanca , escorting . On 1 April 1944 , she was ordered to Boston , Massachusetts to resume escort and antisubmarine patrol duties . In May , " McCormick " returned to transatlantic convoy duty with a run to North Africa . During the next 4 months , she touched at various ports , including Bizerte , Oran , Cherbourg , Falmouth , Belfast , and Milford Haven . Upon her return to Boston , 1 October , she spent 3 months in convoy and patrol operations off the east coast and in the Caribbean before shifting back to the Casablanca run in January 1945 . Auxiliary service . On 31 March , " McCormick " departed Norfolk for temporary duty with SubRon 3 at Balboa , Panama Canal Zone . On 30 June 1945 , she was reclassified miscellaneous auxiliary , AG - 118 , while at the Canal Zone . Two weeks later , she got underway for overhaul at Boston , arriving 21 July . Still undergoing repairs when peace came , " McCormick " decommissioned 4 October 1945 . Her name was struck from the Navy list 24 October 1945 and her hulk was sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Company , Baltimore , Maryland , 15 December 1946 . As of 2005 , no other U . S . Navy ship has been named " McCormick " .