USS Lofberg ( DD - 759 ) USS " Lofberg " ( DD - 759 ) , an , is the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for Gus Brynolf Lofberg , Jr . , who was the commander of the , which was lost in the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal . History . " Lofberg " was laid down 4 November 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co . , San Francisco , California ; launched 12 August 1944 ; sponsored by Mrs . G . B . Lofberg , Jr . , widow of Lieutenant Commander Lofberg ; and commissioned 26 April 1945 , Commander R . O . Beer in command . U . S . S . Lofberg ' s first tour of duty . After shakedown , " Lofberg " departed the West Coast for the war zone . Since the formal surrender of Japan occurred almost 6 weeks before she arrived Tokyo Bay , 13 October , this trim fighting ship turned to occupation duty . First came the clearing of mines from Japanese harbors , then a series of shuttle runs between Okinawa and Shanghai , and finally her return to San Francisco 28 March 1946 with a group of marines embarked at Tsingtao , China . " Lofberg " was now temporarily assigned to the 3rd Reserve Fleet During the next year she restricted her sailing to short 2 - week coastal cruises to train Naval Reserves . On 1 July 1947 " Lofberg " resumed operations with the Pacific Fleet as flagship for DesRon 7 . The Korean War . Three years later the outbreak of the Korean War tested the Navy ' s peacetime stress upon continuous training and physical readiness . On 30 September , under the command of Comdr . R . W . McElrath , " Lofberg " departed San Francisco on the first of three tours of duty in the new war zone . These operations extended over a 3 - year period . Upon her initial arrival in Korean waters she became part of the screen for the fast carriers of TF 77 . Planes from these carriers played an important part in successful evacuations in November and December of U . N . troops from North Korea in the wake of Chinese Communist intervention . Shifted temporarily to TG 96 . 8 , she participated in gunfire support missions first off Korea ' s west coast and then in company with against targets along the eastern coast . As on her two succeeding tours she also took part both in the naval siege of Wonsan , Korea , and the preventive patrolling of the Formosa Straits before returning home on 2 July 1951 . Even after the Korean armistice of July 1953 , " Lofberg " continued to make annual voyages to the Far East to participate in the activities and responsibilities of the 7th Fleet . By the beginning of 1960 she had lost her flagship status to a more modern - type destroyer . Though called upon as a part of the 1961 South China Sea buildup during a new Laotian crisis , this World War II vintage ship soon returned to San Francisco for a FRAM II rehabilitation and modernization . New duties and the Vietnam War . Refurbished on 23 July 1962 , " Lofberg " steamed forth to undergo a refresher training cruise and exercises designed to teach the effective use of her new helicopter flight deck . On 22 September she joined DesDiv 153 , Pacific Fleet , for tactical training as part of an antisubmarine hunter group . The following 19 April , " Lofberg " departed the west coast to begin a new series of Far Eastern tours of duty . " Lofberg " completed her first assignment in time to spend Christmas 1963 at home , but her following voyage lasted from 23 October 1964 until 17 May 1965 . To the familiar Formosa Strait patrol was added in February new duties off the coast of war ravaged South Vietnam . These duties included participation in the coastal barrier patrol initiated to prevent the infiltration of men and supplies from North Vietnam . U . S . S . Lofberg ' s last years . Once home from the newest war zone , " Lofberg " underwent a 3 - month drydock period and in October commenced tactical exercises in the southern California operation area . The destroyer reentered the South China Sea 26 April 1966 , and during the next 6 months served first on Yankee Station and then provided gunfire support to Allied forces ashore . While assigned to the latter duties she participated in operation " Deck House 11 " . Since that time , into 1969 , " Lofberg " had continued to rotate duty with the 1st and 7th Fleets as those arms of the Navy seek to establish and keep peace in the Pacific . Fate . " Lofberg " was decommissioned 15 January 1971 , stricken 1 February 1973 and sold to Taiwan 6 May 1974 for spare parts . " Lofberg " received seven battle star s for Korean service .