USS Renshaw ( DD - 499 ) USS " Renshaw " ( DD / DDE - 499 ) , a , was the third ship of the United States Navy of that name , in honor of Commander William B . Renshaw . " Renshaw " was laid down 7 May 1942 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Company in Kearny , New Jersey ; launched on 13 October 1942 , sponsored by Miss Dorothy Lillian Renshaw ; and commissioned on 5 December 1942 , with Lieutenant Commander C . F . Chillingworth in command . South Pacific , 1943 – 1944 . Following shakedown , " Renshaw " reported to the Pacific Fleet in the spring of 1943 , and protected transports in the Solomon Islands area . On 2 July 1943 , she participated in the bombardment of the Vila Stanmore and Shortland Island areas in Kula Gulf , coming under the fire of enemy shore batteries . From 21 to 25 November , she pounded East Island in Empress Augusta Bay with 200 rounds of 5 inch ammunition . Sorum and Makatawa on northeast Bougainville next felt her blows , and she then proceeded north of Buka Island for an offensive sweep between Buka and Green Islands . On the morning of 20 January , she retired southward with her task unit to give fire support to the landings on Bougainville Island itself . During landings in the New Britain - New Ireland area , " Renshaw " dealt considerable damage to enemy airfield installations while coming under the fire of shore batteries . On 13 March the ship was in the Empress Augusta Bay area where she bombarded enemy positions in the jungles east of the beachhead held by Allied forces . After a short period of amphibious training at Pearl Harbor , " Renshaw " led a force of LST s to the Marianas Islands . At first assigned to the outer destroyer screen , she later closed the Tinian beach to provide star shell illumination and fire support for troops ashore who were undergoing a heavy counterattack . Philippines , 1944 – 1945 . In November 1944 , while operating with a destroyer division bombarding enemy installations in the Ormoc Bay area and conducting anti - shipping sweeps in the waters westward of Leyte , " Renshaw " spotted on the surface . " Renshaw " and accompanying destroyers , , immediately commenced fire and , after a brief one - sided duel during which the submarine returned fire with small caliber weapons , the enemy vessel was destroyed . After a turnaround in San Pedro Bay , " Renshaw " and other units of her task group made a high - speed run to Ormoc Bay in an effort to intercept enemy transports reported unloading there . However , only a single Japanese vessel , a large wooden barge , was found , which " Renshaw " took under fire and destroyed while she came under air attack . On 31 December 1944 , " Renshaw " sortied with a task unit en route to screen a large transport formation assigned to land troops in the Lingayen Gulf area on 9 January 1945 . Despite repeated air attacks during the voyage through the Sulu and South China Seas , the powerful invasion armada reached its objective without serious damage . While in the Mindanao Sea , on 21 February 1945 , " Renshaw " was struck by a torpedo from an enemy submarine , about 10 feet ( 3 m ) below the waterline , flooding the fireroom s . The ship lost all power , a large section of the hull was warped by the explosion , and bulkheads and decks were fractured . Even though 19 men were killed and 20 injured , within a matter of minutes , damage control parties had the flooding reduced by half . Through their efforts the main propulsion machinery suffered no damage . She managed to get under way again , and was escorted to San Pedro Bay by . Temporary repairs were made in April by the ship ' s crew and men from the destroyer tender and the repair ship . " Renshaw " then proceeded under her own power from the forward area to the Todd Pacific Shipyard in Tacoma , Washington , where permanent repairs were completed early in October 1945 . On Navy Day , 27 October 1945 , in New York Harbor , President Harry S . Truman reviewed the greatest victory parade in naval history from " Renshaw " . 1949 – 1970 . " Renshaw " decommissioned in February 1947 and was attached to the U . S . Atlantic Reserve Fleet . During 1949 and 1950 , she was converted to a specialized antisubmarine vessel and recommissioned in June 1950 as DDE - 499 . During the Korean War , " Renshaw " had two tours of duty in the Far East , May to November 1951 and November 1952 to June 1953 , in which she served as an escort , patrol , search and rescue , and bombardment vessel . Subsequently , " Renshaw " served in the Pacific Proving Grounds , February to May 1954 , during Operation Castle , rendering patrol and air control services for Joint Task Force 7 . This was followed by a short tour in the Far East from June to August 1954 where " Renshaw " rescued a British airman from the sea while acting as plane guard for the Royal Navy carrier , and also participated in a hunter - killer exercise with a force composed of United States and Canadian ships . On 8 August 1955 , " Renshaw " sailed for her fourth tour in the Far East , spending most of her time in hunter - killer exercises and task force operations . She subsequently made additional Far Eastern deployments from Pearl Harbor , October 1956 to May 1957 , December 1957 to May 1958 , February 1959 to July 1959 , and April 1960 to October 1960 . In 1960 , " Renshaw " received Weapon Alpha , a new anti - submarine weapon , and on 17 December 1961 , recovered the nosecone of " Discoverer 36 " . She made a further WestPac deployment in 1962 . On 7 August 1962 she was redesignated a destroyer and resumed the hull number , DD - 499 . On 3 October , " Renshaw " participated in the recovery of Project Mercury astronaut Commander Walter M . Schirra . Spending most of 1963 operating out of Pearl Harbor , " Renshaw " deployed to WestPac again in November 1963 , returning 6 months later . In 1964 " Renshaw " took part in the movie " In Harm ' s Way " . On 3 March 1965 , " Renshaw " , in company with other units of Destroyer Division 252 , departed Pearl Harbor on short notice to augment destroyer forces for the rapidly expanding naval commitments in the South China Sea . During April and May , she served in surveillance roles and in support of carrier striking force operations . In June she was on Taiwan patrol , returning to Vietnamese waters in July , where she remained until September before steaming via Japan for Pearl Harbor . In October and December " Renshaw " served as an alternate recovery ship in Project Gemini . Her 11th WestPac tour began 5 July 1966 . She participated in anti - submarine operations , as an aircraft carrier rescue destroyer , in special operations with in the Tonkin Gulf , and in special operations and patrol duties in the Taiwan Strait . DesDiv 252 returned to Pearl Harbor 16 December 1966 . " Renshaw " remained in the Hawaiian area throughout 1967 . She departed Pearl Harbor 8 April 1968 for WestPac where she provided escort services for the fast carrier attack forces on Yankee Station in the Tonkin Gulf . In September " Renshaw " returned to Pearl Harbor . In June 1969 she sailed for WestPac and Yankee Station where she rescued one pilot from the water . In December 1969 , she returned from the Far East to Pearl Harbor . " Renshaw " decommissioned on 14 February 1970 and was struck from the Navy List the same day . She was sold for scrapping in October 1970 to Zidell Explorations , Inc . . " Renshaw " earned eight battle star s for World War II service ; five battle stars for Korean War service ; and six battle stars for Vietnam War service . See also . See USS " Renshaw " for other ships of the same name .