USS Herbert ( DD - 160 ) USS " Herbert " ( DD - 160 ) was a " Wickes " - class destroyer . She was named for Hilary A . Herbert ( 1834 – 1919 ) , Secretary of the Navy from 1893 to 1897 . " Herbert " was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation at Camden in New Jersey on 9 April 1918 , launched on 8 May 1919 by Mrs . Benjamin Micou , daughter of the late Hilary A . Herbert and commissioned on 21 November 1919 , Lieutenant Commander E . A . Logan in command . Service history . After shakedown in South Atlantic waters , " Herbert " trained in the Caribbean until 1 May 1920 , returning there 20 July with the Atlantic Fleet destroyer squadron . " Herbert " participated in torpedo practices , antiaircraft drills , and short range battle practice along the east coast . She decommissioned at Philadelphia 27 June 1922 . " Herbert " recommissioned 1 May 1930 and joined the Scouting Fleet at Newport , Rhode Island . For the next 4 years she operated in both East and West Coast waters , playing important roles in annual fleet problems and battle practice . From 16 January 1935 until August 1939 , " Herbert " served as a training ship for Naval Reserves and midshipmen . As war swept across Europe , she sailed to Portugal via the Azores 2 October 1939 and remained there until July 1940 . Returning to the States , the destroyer underwent overhaul and 10 October reported to New London for sound school training . " Herbert " s training kept pace with the steadily intensifying war in Europe as she spent most of 1941 in battle practice , torpedo drills , and antisubmarine work . World War II . With America ' s entry into the war , " Herbert " operated as a convoy escort along the American coast from Key West north to Halifax and Iceland . Guiding virtually defenseless merchant ships through coastal and Caribbean waters patrolled by U - boat s , " Herbert " carried out frequent depth - charge attacks on marauding submarine s . From April through June 1943 she visited Gibraltar and North Africa , as the build - up for the invasion of Sicily intensified . A hunter - killer patrol followed . After a second patrol , " Herbert " escorted a convoy from Bermuda to Casablanca , returning to Charleston 22 November 1943 for conversion to a high - speed transport . Auxiliary service . " Herbert " now APD - 22 sailed for the Pacific , reaching San Diego for amphibious training and continuing on to Cape Sudest , New Guinea , via Pearl Harbor 23 March 1944 . She disembarked troops for the initial invasion at $ 3 , 22 April and then spent a month on convoy escort duty before landing troops for the invasion of Biak Island 27 May . Landings at Warsai in the Cape Sansapor area 30 July followed further patrol and escort duty , and 15 September found " Herbert " off Morotai . Troops landed under naval cover to secure the airfield , which was within easy striking distance of the Philippines , next major step in the island - hopping war across the Pacific . On 17 October , 2 days before the initial landings at Leyte Gulf , " Herbert " landed Rangers on Homonhon Island which controlled the entrance to the Gulf . The destroyer remained in the Philippines , under almost constant Japanese air attack , throughout the rest of 1944 ; and , in January 1945 , landed support troops at Lingayen Gulf . From the Philippines , " Herbert " moved north for escort duty to Iwo Jima , returning to Leyte 18 March 1945 to prepare for the invasion of Okinawa , the largest amphibious operation of the Pacific war . Arriving Okinawa 31 March , the day before the initial landings , " Herbert " took up patrol and escort duties . " Kamikaze " attacks wounded ships all around her , but " Herbert " remained untouched . After two runs escorting convoys from back staging areas up to Okinawa , the destroyer headed home , reaching San Diego 19 June . " Herbert " was decommissioned at San Diego on 25 September 1945 , stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 24 October 1945 and sold for scrap to the Boston Metal Company of Baltimore in Maryland on 23 May 1946 . Awards . " Herbert " received six battle star s for her World War II service .