USS Fiske ( DD - 842 ) USS " Fiske " ( DD / DDR - 842 ) was a of the United States Navy , the second Navy ship named for Rear Admiral Bradley A . Fiske ( 1854 – 1942 ) , inventor of the Stadimeter and the aerial torpedo . " Fiske " was launched on 8 September 1945 by Bath Iron Works , Bath , Maine ; sponsored by Mrs . F . E . Ribbentrop ; and commissioned on 28 November 1945 , Commander C . H . Smith in command . Service history . 1945 – 1952 . Joining the Atlantic Fleet , " Fiske " served as an engineering school ship for Destroyer Force , Atlantic , out of Portland , Maine , and made three cruises to the Mediterranean for duty with the 6th Fleet from her home port at Newport , Rhode Island , prior to the outbreak of the Korean War . In addition , she took part in the regular schedule of training operations along the east coast and in the Caribbean where in 1948 she rescued 10 men from a small coastal freighter sinking in the Windward Passage . On 3 January 1951 , " Fiske " sailed from Newport for the Panama Canal and the Far East , reporting on 12 February to the 7th Fleet at Sasebo , Japan for duty in the Korean War . Along with screening carrier task force s , she patrolled off Korea , joined in bombarding shore targets , and escorted shipping from Japan to the action areas . Sailing westward for home , she arrived at Newport from her round - the - world cruise on 8 August 1951 . " Fiske " was decommissioned on 1 April 1952 for conversion to a radar picket destroyer , and accordingly reclassified DDR - 842 on 18 July 1952 . 1952 – 1963 . Recommissioned 25 November 1952 , " Fiske " trained with her new equipment in preparation for her participation in the fall of 1953 in NATO Operation " Mariner , " which took her north of the Arctic Circle . In 1954 she resumed her annual tours of duty in the Mediterranean , serving the carrier task forces of the 6th Fleet as radar picket . Her training operations when assigned to the 2nd Fleet for duty in the western Atlantic and Caribbean included special work in development of anti - submarine warfare , and air defense . Homeported at Mayport , Florida , from August 1960 , " Fiske " joined in NATO exercises north of the Arctic Circle in the fall of 1960 , and at the close of the year , sailed for patrol duty in the Caribbean . In October 1962 " Fiske " returned to Mayport from the Canary Islands where she had positioned herself for astronaut splashdown . On the evening of her arrival back home , and without her full crew , she was ordered to rendezvous with the in the Windward Passage as the Soviets were challenging the United States in the Cuban Missile Crisis . DDR - 842 then joined the 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean Sea in February 1963 . Following this deployment another change of home port to Newport , Rhode Island , took place . 1964 – 1965 . " Fiske " s classification reverted to DD - 842 on 1 April 1964 . Under the command of Cdr . John R . Ewing , " Fiske " underwent a Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization ( FRAM Mark I ) at Brooklyn Navy Yard during 1964 . Among other things , " Fiske " s second forward gun mount , Mount 52 , was removed , and replaced by a pair of triple - mount Mark 32 torpedo tubes . The superstructure was replaced and an Anti - Submarine Rocket ( ASROC ) launcher and launch station was installed between the funnels on the 01 level . Aft of Stack 2 the superstructure was modified to include a Magazine ( on the port side 01 level ) for torpedoes , ASROC rockets and warheads , and depth charges for the DASH ( Drone Anti - Submarine Helicopter ) system , and a hangar starboard side 01 level for the two DASH helos . Aft of this superstructure the remainder of the 01 level was flight deck . Trials began in December 1964 with a period of shakedown cruises between yard visits with several dry - dock periods . In the late winter of 1965 " Fiske " underwent Operational Readiness Inspection at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station , Cuba . After successful completion , she returned to her home port , and the rest of DesRon 12 , at Newport Naval Station , Rhode Island . On Mother ' s Day , 1965 , all leaves and liberties were canceled and an emergency recall was sent out for immediate return to the ship . " Fiske " got underway about 0300 Monday morning , and headed south for the Dominican Republic , where a civil war had broken out . " Fiske " spent approximately one month patrolling the entrance to Santo Domingo Harbor , earning the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal for her efforts . Back in Newport , routine sea periods and a short period detached to Norfolk Naval Station for duty as escort to the newly commissioned , undergoing sea trials during the late summer of 1965 . A relaxed leave and liberty policy was the rule for the next six months as crew changes were made prior to the " Acey Deucy Squadron " ( DesRon 12 ) deploying to Vietnam . Vietnam , 1966 . On 19 January 1966 , " Fiske " cast off all lines , and shifted colors as she got under way for Vietnam . In company with DesRon 12 - comprising DesDiv 121 : ( flagship ) , , " Fiske " , and ( DD - 880 ) ; and DesDiv 122 : , , , and ( DD - 888 ) - " Fiske " sailed south into the Caribbean , and through the Gulf of Mexico , transiting the Panama Canal on 25 January . DesRon 12 then visited San Diego Naval Station for approximately eight hours on 5 February to pick up equipment , then got underway for Hawaii . On 10 February 1966 , " Fiske " and " Dyess " participated in the rescue of the pilot of a small plane that ran out of fuel on the way to Hawaii . The pilot ditched and was picked up by " Dyess " . On 11 February , the Squadron moored at Pearl Harbor Naval Station , Hawaii . After five days in Hawaii , DesRon 12 got underway for the Philippine Islands , crossing the International Date Line on 18 February , as the crews entered the Realm of the Golden Dragon . " Fiske " and the rest of " Acey Deucy Squadron " rounded the northern islands of the Philippine Archipelago on 27 February , and made port at Subic Bay Naval Station , Republic of the Philippines , on 28 February . On 11 March , " Fiske " was underway for her first War Patrol . " Fiske " entered the Combat Zone on 12 March , and the crew qualified on 13 March for an Income Tax Exemption , and the Vietnam Service Medal . On 18 March , the crew qualified for Hostile Fire Pay . The remainder of March , 1966 was spent as escort and plane guard for the , and the ( CVA ( N ) - 65 ) on " Yankee Station " off the " I Corps Operational Area " . Detached from escort duties on 1 April , " Fiske " entered the Gulf of Tonkin for duty as a Search and Rescue ( SAR ) ship , answering the first SAR call on 2 April , an operation involving a pilot and a rescue helicopter from " Enterprise " , though unable to assist , the helicopter with pilot aboard cleared North Vietnamese airspace en route to the " Enterprise " . On the morning of 4 April , while engaged in a SAR patrol , " Fiske " came under fire from a North Vietnamese heavy shore battery . Unable to locate the battery which was apparently masked behind some coastal hills , " Fiske " turned away and resumed her patrol . " Fiske " returned to Subic Bay where , on 21 April , a change of Command ceremony was held , with Cdr . William McKinley , USN , relieving Captain Ewing . After some port time in Subic Bay , " Fiske " was underway once again for another War Patrol . She joined the on 26 April , and operated with her for the next ten days , with two short trips into the Gulf of Tonkin for SAR duty . Leaving " Hancock " , " Fiske " then re - joined " Ranger " , and escorted her to Yokusuka Naval Station , Japan , arriving on 12 May , and not departing until 25 May for her third War Patrol due to casualties to the " Ranger " , and to the . She entered the Combat Zone on 28 May . On 30 May , " Fiske " took up duty outside the Combat Zone as an Anti - Air Warfare Picket ship . On 6 June , " Fiske " relieved of Naval Gunfire Support ( NGFS ) duties and escorted a truck convoy along the Coast Highway approximately 50 miles south to Da Nang , on her fourth War Patrol . By 10 June , " Fiske " was moored for four days of liberty in Hong Kong , British Crown Colony . Departing for her fifth War Patrol on 14 June , " Fiske " arrived off Quảng Ngãi Province for NGFS duty the next day . She fired 119 rounds of 5 inch , 38 caliber ammunition at four target areas , destroying 18 structures , damaging trenches and ten other structures . The next day found " Fiske " on NGFS station off Da Nang , firing 57 rounds at four target areas , including Viet Cong caves , assembly areas , and one VC Observation Post . During a second mission that day an ammunition dump on a hill top was struck by " Fiske ' s " shells , which exploded the top of the hill . 17 June found the " Fiske " supporting the 2nd Battalion , 4th Division , U . S . Marines in " Operation Dodge " in the area of the ancient Vietnamese capital of Huế . During the next four days of " Operation Dodge " , " Fiske " fired night illumination missions . Subsequently , " Fiske " was detached and ordered south to the " III Corps Operational Area " for a mission requiring " Fiske " to transit up the Mekong River nearly to Saigon . The mission was cancelled at the last minute , but not before some hands witnessed nighttime " Arc Light " B - 52 raids , and " Puff " firing its Gatling guns from the air to the ground in the area of the Mekong River delta . After an eight - day port call to Kaohsiung , Formosa , " Fiske " returned to Subic Bay on 5 July . Departing Subic Bay on the 6th , " Fiske " entered the Combat Zone for the sixth and final War Patrol , a short stint as a part of " Operation Market Time " . Departing the Combat Zone later the same day , " Fiske " and the rest of the ships of DesRon 12 began the journey home . 1966 – 1967 . On 8 July , the " Pollywogs " took over the ship , but revenge was taken the very next day . As " Fiske " crossed the Equator at Longitude 106 degrees , 27 minutes East , in the Singapore Strait , the segment of the crew that heretofore had never crossed the equator received justice from those who had : the " Shellbacks " , and were mercifully , and most ceremonially converted from " Pollywogs " to " Shellbacks " after suffering the pains and torments required when entering the realm of King Neptune himself . DesRon 12 headed west , with stops at Penang , Malaysia , then Cochin , India , and Aden Protectorate , British Crown Colony , through the Red Sea ( complete with a desert sandstorm ) , and the Suez Canal . Entering the Mediterranean Sea , she anchored in the port of Piraeus , Greece , the port of Athens . Two more stops in early August , at Barcelona , Spain on the 4th for three days , and Gibraltar , British Crown Colony on the 9th for one day , " Fiske " entered the Atlantic Ocean , last seen in late January , and returned to the welcoming bands and families on the pier at Newport on 17 August . During the cruise , the " Fiske " circumnavigated the world , steaming over 54 thousand miles ( 43 thousand by navigation ) . She spent 210 days away from homeport , 146 of which were at sea . Two days were spent transiting the two canals , Panama and Suez . " Fiske " replenished underway ( UNREP ) on 55 occasions , from Oilers , Refrigerator ships , and Cargo and Ammunition ships , and even completed an " unrep triple play " receiving oil , ammunition , and supplies all at one time from the new . " Fiske " then settled into her routine at Newport for a well - deserved rest , although an all - too - short one . In May 1967 " Fiske " departed Newport , Rhode Island , for an extended Mediterranean cruise . The first stop along the way was a routine service stop at Gibraltar . Next came Malta for Liberty Call . Due to an escalating situation between Egypt and Israel over control of the Suez Canal " Fiske " was ordered to traverse the Suez Canal . After a day in Port Said she formed up with the other ships including the for the trip through the Suez Canal . This occurred at the beginning of the Six - Day War between Egypt and Israel . The purpose of " Fiske " s presence was to protect US shipping interests in the area , assigned to monitor all ship traffic into and out of the Persian Gulf . In some cases boarding these ships as necessary . On occasion the ship was called upon to perform rescue missions when ships ran into trouble , as in one case when a freighter ran aground . " Fiske " remained in the Red Sea , Indian Ocean , and Strait of Hormuz areas until August . Liberty Ports of Call were unusual for US warships . They included Djibouti , French Somaliland ; Massawa , Ethiopia ; Bahrain ; Karg Island , Madagascar ; Diego - Suarez , and Mombasa , Kenya . " Fiske " treated Massawa as her " homeport " away from home . The plan for " Fiske " to return to Newport was to include a stop at Caracas , Venezuela . These plans were quickly changed when the carrier suffered numerous explosions and fires on 29 July 1967 while operating in Vietnam . New orders were to for " Fiske " to rendezvous with " Forrestal " off the coast of South Africa and provide an escort for her to Mayport , Florida . " Fiske " finally returned to Newport , Rhode Island , in September 1967 . 1967 – 1980 . In October 1967 , CDR James S . Brunson ( USN ) assumed command . After a few months " Fiske " was sent to Boston Naval Shipyard for a complete overhaul . She remained in the yards until May or June 1968 . Late summer she again deployed for another Mediterranean cruise returning early in 1969 . " Fiske " completed a six - month Middle East cruise July 1973 to her home port Newport , Rhode Island . She was then reassigned to the Navy Reserve Force , and her homeport moved to the Military Ocean Terminal , Bayonne , New Jersey ( MOTBY ) . " Fiske " made many reserve training cruises up and down the east coast , from Halifax then all the way to Mayport , including a Mediterranean cruise in 1974 . " Fiske " was overhauled again in 1976 and remained in the Naval Reserve force , stationed at Bayonne , New Jersey , ( MOTBY ) . Transferred to Turkey on 5 June 1980 . " Fiske " was stricken from the U . S . Naval Vessel Register on 6 August 1987 . TCG " Piyalepasa " ( D350 ) . The ship served in the Turkish Navy as TCG " Piyalepasa " ( D350 ) , named after Piyale Pasha . The ship was heavily damaged when she ran aground in late 1996 ; she was scrapped in 1999 .