USS Myles C . Fox ( DD - 829 ) USS " Myles C . Fox " ( DD / DDR - 829 ) was a in the United States Navy during World War II and the years following . She was named for Myles C . Fox , a USMC lieutenant who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for actions during World War II . " Myles C . Fox " was laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation , Bath , Maine on 14 August 1944 , launched on 13 January 1945 ; sponsored by Mrs . James C . Fox , mother of Lieutenant Fox ; and commissioned at Boston on 20 March 1945 , Comdr . John S . Fahy in command . Service history . 1945 – 1949 . After Caribbean shakedown and training off New Jersey , " Myles C . Fox " sailed on 5 July 1945 for the Panama Canal , San Diego , and Hawaii , arriving Pearl Harbor on the 28th . She departed Pearl Harbor on 10 August for the Marshall Islands , receiving word en route of cessation of hostilities . After calling at Eniwetok , she continued to Japan , anchoring in Tokyo Bay on 9 September to begin duty screening carriers providing air cover for the occupation landings on Japan . The destroyer served in the occupation until sailing for Saipan on 8 January 1946 . On 25 March , she headed from the Marianas for San Diego with veterans aboard for transportation home . Arriving 11 April , she operated along the west coast until 6 January 1947 , when she sailed for the Far East , arriving Yokosuka on the 25th . In ensuing months she called at principal ports of Japan with missions to Korea , China , Okinawa , and Hong Kong . On 19 July " Myles C . Fox " and with British escort ship saved the crew and passengers of SS " Hong Kheng " after the passenger ship had run aground on Chilang Point some 8 miles north of Hong Kong . Six motorboats , two from each warship , and two skiffs from Hong Kong , made 76 trips to rescue some 1 , 800 survivors . " Myles C . Fox " departed Yokosuka on 23 September and reached San Diego on 8 October . After west coast operations and overhaul , she made another Far Eastern cruise , 2 October – 23 December 1948 , operating principally in the ocean approaches to Tsingtao , China , with fast carrier forces . She then operated out of San Diego until sailing on 2 May 1949 for a new home port , Newport , Rhode Island . She had been redesignated a radar picket destroyer ( DDR - 829 ) on 18 March 1949 . 1950 – 1959 . Following arrival Newport on 23 May 1949 , the ship served in the North Atlantic for a year before getting underway from Norfolk on 3 May 1950 for the Mediterranean . Her 6th Fleet operations included simulated attack problems with submarine s and other fleet readiness exercises . She visited ports of France , Italy , Turkey , Trieste , Greece , and Spain , cleared Gibraltar on 1 October , and returned to Newport on the 10th . Repairs in New York Naval Shipyard , convoy exercises to Bermuda , and tactics in the Virginia Cape area kept her busy until 20 March 1951 when she put to sea with a carrier striking force that reached Gibraltar on 6 April . She returned from this Mediterranean cruise to Newport on 4 October . After working on the east coast for almost a year , she stood out from Newport on 26 August 1952 with a fast carrier striking force built around and . This cruise took her to Greenock , Scotland , and thence into the Norwegian Sea as a unit of the NATO force . She visited ports of the British Isles before proceeding by way of Lisbon to the Mediterranean for another tour with the powerful 6th Fleet , returning Newport on 4 February 1953 . On 8 June 1953 " Myles C . Fox " left Norfolk on a midshipman cruise that included good will calls at Rio de Janeiro and Cartagena , Colombia . She debarked the midshipmen at the Naval Academy on 5 August and returned to Newport . For the next two years she operated on the east coast and in the Caribbean . She departed Newport on 2 May 1955 for the Mediterranean . After three months with the 6th Fleet , she returned to Newport on 25 August . 1960 – 1969 . During the ensuing years , " Myles C . Fox " continued this pattern of service , alternating operations on the east coast and in the Caribbean with 6th Fleet deployments . In 1961 she won the Battle Efficiency " E " , and in 1964 her home port was changed to Boston . That year the ship underwent FRAM I overhaul and modernization , and she was redesignated DD - 829 on 1 April . Following her FRAM I overhaul , on 1 July 1965 , Fox experienced a catastrophic fire in Radio Central . After repairs at the Boston Naval Shipyard , in June 1965 the Fox was dispatched to help support U . S . efforts to oppose a Cuban led insurgency in the Dominican Republic . The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal was authorized as recognition for this Cold War campaign . On 9 August 1965 , Fox deployed to the Mediterranean Sea for operations with the Sixth Fleet On 6 March 1966 , Fox was assigned to the Gemini 8 recovery team and stationed in the eastern Atlantic . While off the coast of Africa , she sped to the aid of Swedish freighter M / V " Palma " which was on fire . For three days firefighting teams battled the blaze before and arrived to lend a hand . The combined efforts of these U . S . Navy ships finally extinguished the flames , and " Palma " resumed steaming under her own power . After DASH qualifications off the Virginia Capes , the destroyer operated along the east coast until getting underway for the Far East on 4 October . Steaming via the Panama Canal , Hawaii , Japan , and the Philippines , the destroyer arrived off the coast of North Vietnam on 7 January 1967 . While in the war zone " Myles C . Fox " delivered numerous fire support missions against enemy ground forces and installations . Her guns also damaged three enemy junks and two sampans . She headed home on the second half of a round - the - world cruise 20 February and arrived Newport from Suez and Gibraltar 25 April . " Myles C . Fox " operated on the east coast and in the Caribbean during most of 1967 . She entered Boston Naval Shipyard on 26 September for overhaul through 1 January 1968 . 1969 – 1979 . The ship entered the Boston Naval Shipyard for a regular overhaul on 26 Dec 1967 where the DASH capability was removed . Upon completion of overhaul in Jan 1968 , the ship proceeded to Guantanamo Bay , Cuba for refresher training . Upon completion she deployed to the Mediterranean and returned to the US in Oct 1968 . In Jan 1969 the ship participated in the Apollo 11 program by taking the astronaut quarantine trailer on sea trials from Norfolk Va . The trailer was used by the astronauts in July 1969 when they returned from the moon . In March she deployed to the Indian Ocean visiting ports in Africa , Madagascar , India , Pakistan , Iran , etc , returning in Sept 1969 . training in June and after return to Newport she departed for participation in UNITAS XI in South American waters . For the next 5 . 5 months extensive training was conducted with South American navies of Venezuela , Brazil , Argentina , Uruguay , Peru , and Columbia . The operation was capped by a return passage through the Panama canal . The ship returned to Newport on Dec 1970 . Shipyard for her regular overhaul period . After overhaul completion the ship departed for Guantanamo Bay , Cuba for refresher training . After completion and return to Newport the ship departed for the Middle East on 7 Jan 1972 where she operated for 4 months . On 2 May 1972 the ship arrived off the coast of Viet Nam and for the next 2 months provided naval gunfire support in the south and spearheaded surface strikes into North Vietnamese waters . On 10 Aug the ship was awarded its second Battle Efficiency " E " and on 14 Aug returned to Newport . distillate and in July was transferred to the Naval Reserve Force ( NRF ) , changing homeport to Brooklyn , NY . training the Naval Reserve component of the Navy . In Feb 1978 the ship departed Brooklyn for selected refresher training in Cuba . Upon completion in March she returned to Brooklyn and during that time was assigned numerous duties with elements of the second fleet . " Myles C . Fox " was decommissioned on 1 October 1979 after serving 34½ years . She was sold to Greece in 1980 and cannibalized for spare parts ; the ship was scrapped in 2003 .