USS Macomb ( DD - 458 ) USS " Macomb " ( DD - 458 / DMS - 23 ) was a " Gleaves " - class destroyer of the United States Navy , named for Commodore William H . Macomb ( 1819 – 1872 ) and Rear Admiral David B . Macomb ( 1811 – 1927 ) . " Macomb " was laid down 3 September 1940 by the Bath Iron Works Corp . , Bath , Maine ; launched 23 September 1941 ; cosponsored by Mrs . Ryland W . Greene and her sister , Mrs . Edward H . Chew , granddaughters of Commodore William H . Macomb , and commissioned 26 January 1942 , Lieutenant Commander W . K . Duvall in command . World War II . Atlantic service . Following shakedown , she operated off the east coast escorting convoys and aircraft carrier s . These convoy missions took " Macomb " south to the northern coast of South America , east to the West African coast , and north to Newfoundland . Standing out of Boston on 5 July 1942 , " Macomb " escorted a U . S . Army transport and an English ship to Greenock , Scotland , arriving 12 July . She operated between Scotland and Iceland making one round - trip voyage to New York for availability , until 25 September 1942 , when she anchored at Norfolk , Va . Departing Norfolk on 11 October , she screened aircraft carrier anti - submarine patrols in the Caribbean until heading for the north Africa n coast 7 November . Arriving on the 11th , she acted as carrier screen during the landings at Casablanca and returned to Boston after the landings were secure . After overhaul at Boston , " Macomb " again operated as convoy escort along the east coast and in the Caribbean . Following a cruise which took her close to the coast of north Africa , the destroyer commenced operating out of NS Argentia , Newfoundland , on North Atlantic patrol . While on this patrol her convoy and antisubmarine duties took her to Iceland and England . During this early 1943 period , German submarine s were extremely active , sinking many Allied ships with their " wolf pack s " . In August 1943 " Macomb " returned from a tour of duty with the British Home Fleet and operated again off the Atlantic seaboard with only one break until mid - 1944 . On this one exception she made an uneventful cruise to the Azores ; Freetown , Sierra Leone ; Dakar , Senegal ; and Bermuda before returning to Boston in late December . On 20 April 1944 the destroyer got underway for the Mediterranean where she operated off the Algerian coast on antisubmarine duty . On 18 May , just before midnight , she commenced a 72 - hour submarine chase that ended when " U - 616 " was blasted to the surface by " Macomb " ' s depth charge s and then sunk by her guns . In mid - August 1944 she took part in the invasion of southern France , returning to antisubmarine patrol afterward " Macomb " arrived at Charleston Navy Yard 9 November for conversion to a destroyer minesweeper . Pacific service . Redesignated DMS - 23 , 15 November , she joined Mine Squadron 20 ( MineRon 20 ) and , after refresher training , departed for the Pacific 3 January 1945 . Arriving in the western Pacific in mid - March , Mine Squadron 20 Joined Task Group 52 . 2 ( TG 52 . 2 ) and steamed toward Okinawa . They were the first task group to enter Okinawan waters and remained until after the completion of the operations . Only one of the 11 ships in the squadron escaped kamikaze hits , and one , " Emmons " ( DMS - 22 ) , was sunk on 8 April . The squadron suffered some 300 casualties , including over 100 killed . " Macomb " , participating in the entire campaign , shot down many enemy planes . On 27 April , in the early predawn hours , an enemy aircraft raid was picked up by her radar . For an hour " Macomb " fired almost continuously while maneuvering at top speed ; three planes were splashed . Her luck ran out on 3 May during a twilight enemy raid . She downed one Japanese plane but a second came in fast and crashed into her , causing extensive damage . For this campaign , " Macomb " was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for having , " . . . by her own aggressiveness and the courage and skill of her officers and men , contributed essentially to the success of the Okinawa invasion . . . " " Macomb " proceeded to Saipan for battle repairs following the 3 May engagement . Soon after the repairs were completed , the war ' s end was announced . " Macomb " rendezvoused with the 3d Fleet on 13 August en route to the Japan ese home islands . On 29 August , Just ahead of the " Missouri " ( BB - 63 ) and " Iowa " ( BB - 61 ) , she dropped anchor in Tokyo Bay , where she was witness to the formal surrender . Leaving Tokyo Bay on 4 September 1945 , she commenced sweeping mines in the Japanese area , off Okinawa , near the entrance to the Yellow Sea , and in the Chosen Straits . 1945 – 1954 . Departing Sasebo , Japan , on 5 December 1945 , " Macomb " steamed for Norfolk , Va . , and Atlantic Fleet duty . In June , 1948 , Charleston , S . C . , become her home port , and until September 1949 , " Macomb " went on patrols and took part in exercises along the eastern coasts of the United States and Canada and in the Caribbean . On 8 September 1949 , " Macomb " departed Charleston for the first of three brief tours of duty with the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean . She returned to Charleston on 13 October . Her second trip to the Mediterranean came in 1951 , 20 March to 5 October , the third , 22 April to 24 October 1953 . During each cruise " Macomb " participated in the 6th Fleet exercises and operations , lending support to American diplomatic efforts at settling the unstable political situations then existent in many of the Mediterranean countries . JDS " Hatakaze " ( DD - 182 ) . In July 1954 , " Macomb " was placed in reserve . On 19 October she decommissioned and transferred to the Japan ese Government , becoming JDS " Hatakaze " ( DD - 182 ) in the Japanese Maritime Self - Defense Force . The former " Macomb " was returned to U . S . custody in 1969 . She was then sold to the Republic of China on 6 August 1970 , to replace the former " Gleaves " - class destroyer ( which had been damaged after running aground ) as ROCS " Hsien Yang " ( DD - 16 ) . The former " Macomb " was decommissioned in 1972 , struck in 1974 , and was serving as a dockside training ship through 1978 . Battle stars . " Macomb " received five battle star s for World War II service .