USS Loy ( DE - 160 ) USS " Loy " ( DE - 160 / APD - 56 ) , a of the United States Navy , was named in honor of Gunner ' s Mate Third Class Jackson Keith Loy ( 1922 - 1942 ) , who was killed in action aboard the off Lunga Point , Guadalcanal on 12 November 1942 . For his actions , Gunner ' s Mate Loy was awarded the Navy Cross . " Loy " was laid down by Norfolk Navy Yard , Portsmouth , Virginia , on 23 April 1943 ; launched on 4 July 1943 ; sponsored by Mrs . Lewis G . Barnes ; and commissioned on 12 September 1943 , Lieutenant commander James V . Bewick in command . Service history . Atlantic , 1943 – 1944 . After shakedown out of Bermuda , " Loy " departed New York on 12 November for convoy escort duty in the Atlantic . During the next three months she made two round - trip runs escorting ships from the Netherlands West Indies to Bizerte , Tunisia , and Algiers , Algeria . Late in March 1944 , she escorted a troop convoy out of Boston to Halifax , Nova Scotia ; thence , she steamed via Casco Bay , Maine , to Norfolk , Virginia where she arrived on 1 April for hunter - killer screening duty . Departing Norfolk on 3 April , " Loy " screened the escort carrier while steaming shipping lanes to the Azores and North Africa . She reached Casablanca , French Morocco , on 29 April ; departed on 3 May ; and resumed screen and submarine search patrols . After returning to New York on 31 May , she resumed convoy escort duty two weeks later . Between 13 June and 8 October , " Loy " made two transatlantic voyages from New York and Norfolk ; thence , she entered Boston Navy Yard for conversion to a " Charles Lawrence " - class high speed transport and was reclassified APD - 56 on 23 October . Pacific , 1945 – 1947 . " Loy " departed Boston on 18 December ; and , after training off the Virginia coast , stood out from New York for Hawaii on New Year ' s Day 1945 , arriving via the Panama Canal and San Diego , on 25 January . Following training exercises with Underwater Demolition Team s ( UDT ) , she sailed for the Philippines on 14 February and arrived Leyte Gulf on 4 March . There , she prepared for the invasion of Okinawa , a campaign which carried American forces to the doorstep of Japan . With UDT - 4 embarked , " Loy " sailed for the Ryukyus on 21 March . While approaching Okinawa on 26 March , she fought off the first of many repeated enemy suicide plane attacks and shot down the attacker . Prior to the invasion , she conducted shore reconnaissance operations and supported shore demolition operations by UDT - 4 . On 29 March , she provided medical and salvage assistance to LSM ( R ) - 188 after a kamikaze crashed her stern . " Loy " boated UDT - 4 off Purple Beach during landings on 1 April . During the next week she supported operations of the UDT and patrolled off Okinawa . After sailing to Kerama Retto on 10 April , she supported demolition operations on Ie Shima from 16 to 23 April . Despite intermittent enemy air attacks , she also continued coastal ASW patrols ; her guns shot down an attacker on the 8th and downed another enemy aircraft on the 16th . Departing Okinawa on 25 April , " Loy " arrived Guam , Marianas on 2 May . From 11 to 15 May she returned to Okinawa as convoy escort and then began station patrols in the anti - aircraft screen . While on patrol on 25 May , she embarked and cared for survivors from after the high speed transport had been hit by a kamikaze . Two days later , she shot down three suicide aircraft during two attacks . The third aircraft exploded close aboard the starboard beam and sprayed the ship with fragments . She suffered 18 casualties and some internal damage . While steaming for temporary repairs at Hagushi , Okinawa , she shot down yet another attacker early on 28 May after the aircraft had narrowly missed her stern . " Loy " proceeded to Kerama Retto on 29 May for additional repairs ; then from 7 to 19 June she steamed via Saipan to Leyte Gulf . She repaired battle damage until 28 July ; operated out of Leyte Gulf until 10 September ; and arrived at Lingayen Gulf , Luzon , on 13 September to escort transports carrying occupation troops to Japan . Departing on 20 September , she arrived at Wakayama Bay , Honshū , the 25th ; and during the next month she served as screening ship in Wakayama Bay . After an escort run to Nagoya and back , she sailed on 31 October for the Philippines . She carried passengers and mail to Nagoya ; refueled at Taku , China ; and reached Manila Bay , Luzon , on 12 November . There she embarked troops for transportation to the United States . " Loy " departed Manila Bay on her homebound " Magic Carpet " run on 19 November . She touched at Samar , Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor and arrived San Diego on 11 November . Decommissioning and sale . She steamed to Norfolk between 14 and 28 December , and on 6 February 1946 proceeded to Green Cove Springs , Florida where she decommissioned on 21 February 1947 and joined the Atlantic Reserve Fleet . Transferred to the Orange , Texas , group in 1961 , she was struck on 1 September 1964 from the United States Naval Vessel Register . She was sold to Boston Metals Company , Baltimore , Maryland , on 15 August 1966 for scrapping . Awards . " Loy " received one battle star for World War II service . External links .