USS Talbot ( DD - 114 ) USS " Talbot " ( DD - 114 ) was a " Wickes " - class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I and later designated , APD - 7 in the World War II . She was the second ship named in honor of Silas Talbot . " Talbot " was laid down on 12 July 1917 at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , by William Cramp & Sons ; launched on 20 February 1918 ; sponsored by Miss Elizabeth Major ; and commissioned on 20 July 1918 , Lieutenant Commander Isaac Foote Dortch in command . Service history . " Talbot " stood out of New York on the 31st and steamed to the British Isles . She made three more round - trip voyages to England and , in December , called at Brest , France . In 1919 , she joined the Pacific Fleet and operated with it until 31 March 1923 when she was decommissioned at San Diego . On 17 July 1920 , the ship was designated DD - 114 while in reserve . " Talbot " was recommissioned on 31 May 1930 , and joined Destroyer Squadron ( DesRon ) 10 of the Battle Force at San Diego . She remained with Battle Force until 1937 when she went to Hawaii to support Submarine Force , Pacific Fleet , for a year . In 1939 , she served with the Battle Force and the Submarine Force . In 1940 and 1941 , the destroyer was based at San Diego . World War II . The day after the Japan ese attack on Pearl Harbor , " Talbot " got underway in the screen of and headed for Hawaii . She arrived at Pearl Harbor exactly a week after the Japanese raid , patrolled off the islands for 10 days , and returned to San Diego . In February 1942 , the ship joined the Patrol Force of the 12th Naval District and escorted convoys along the Pacific coast . Late in May , " Talbot " stood out of Puget Sound to escort , , and to Alaska . They arrived at Dutch Harbor on 2 June and were subjected to a small and unsuccessful air attack the next day . With the exception of three escort trips back to Seattle , the destroyer performed patrol and escort duty in Alaskan waters for the next seven months . On 31 October 1942 , the ship was reclassified a high - speed transport and redesignated APD - 7 . " Talbot " departed Dutch Harbor on 31 January 1943 to be converted by the Mare Island Navy Yard into a small but fast troopship . The work , enabling " Talbot " to transport 147 combat troops , was completed on 15 March . The next day , the high - speed transport got underway for Hawaii , and she arrived at Pearl Harbor the following week . On 2 April , she headed for Espiritu Santo to join Transport Division ( TransDiv ) 12 . For two months , the APD participated in training exercises with her division and also escorted ships to New Caledonia , New Zealand , Australia , and Guadalcanal . In mid - June , she joined Task Group ( TG ) 31 . 1 , the Rendova Attack Group , for the invasion of New Georgia . She and were to capture two small islands that controlled the entrance to Roviana Lagoon from Blanche Channel . The two ships embarked troops of the 169th Infantry Regiment at Guadalcanal , and , on the 30th , they were off their assigned beaches when the assault began . Heavy rains obscured the islands , and " Zane " ran aground at 0230 . After landing her troops and supplies without opposition , " Talbot " attempted to pull the minesweeper free but failed . Then , arrived and pulled " Zane " free while " Talbot " provided air protection . During the operation , enemy aircraft could be seen attacking the main landing force . On the night of 4 July , the ship and six other high speed transports arrived off Rice Anchorage . During the landing of assault troops the next morning , a Japanese " long - lance " torpedo sank , one of the destroyers of the bombardment group . " Talbot " returned to Guadalcanal to prepare for the occupation of Vella Lavella . On 14 August , she sortied with TG 31 . 5 , the Advance Transport Group of the Northern Landing Force . The assault forces went ashore from the destroyer transports the next morning , unopposed . However , two hours later , the Japanese began air attacks against the ships and kept up the raids throughout the day . Nevertheless , the American fleet suffered no damage and claimed to have shot down 44 of the enemy planes . The high - speed transport next devoted over a month to escorting smaller ships and carrying supplies to various islands in the Solomons . Late in September , she joined Admiral George H . Fort ' s Southern Attack Force for the conquest of the Treasury Islands . Eight APD ' s and 23 smaller landing ships were loaded with troops of the 8th New Zealand Brigade Force . The smaller ships departed Guadalcanal on 23 October and 24 October , and the faster destroyer transports left on the 26th . On the 27th , the troops landed on Mono and Stirling islands , and the transports had cleared the area by 2000 . On 3 November , " Talbot " called at Noumea to embark reinforcements for troops who , two days before , had landed on the beaches of Bougainville at Empress Augusta Bay . She arrived on the 6th , disembarked her soldiers , loaded 19 casualties and screened a group of LSTs to Guadalcanal . On the 11th , she was back at the beachhead with a resupply echelon . Four days later , she got underway for Guadalcanal . The high - speed transport loaded troops , ammunition , and rations ; held a practice landing ; and headed for Bougainville . On the 16th , the destroyer transport and her five sister ships rendezvoused with a group of LSTs and destroyers . At 0300 , a Japanese snooper dropped a flare astern of the convoy . It was followed by enemy bombers which attacked for almost an hour before hitting and setting her afire . Although under constant air attack , " Talbot " s boats rescued 68 crew members and 106 marine passengers from the stricken ship . APD - 7 continued to Cape Torokina and arrived there in the midst of another air attack . She landed her troops and headed for Guadalcanal . After her engines were overhauled at Nouméa in December , the ship made a round - trip to Sydney . On 8 January 1944 , she departed New Caledonia for Espiritu Santo to pick up a convoy and escort it to Guadalcanal . She arrived off Lunga Point on the 13th and patrolled between there and Koli Point for two weeks . On the 28th , the fast transport embarked elements of the 30th New Zealand Battalion and a group of intelligence and communications specialists of the United States Navy and headed for the Green Islands to participate in a reconnaissance in force . On the night of 30 January , the destroyer transports landed the raiding party ; withdrew from the area ; and returned the next night to pick them up . " Talbot " disembarked the New Zealanders at Vella Lavella and the Navy men at Guadalcanal . On 13 February , " Talbot " reembarked New Zealand troops and sortied with TF 31 , the Green Islands Attack Group . She was off Bara - hun Island on the 15th and launched her part of the assault wave . She then shuttled reinforcements and supplies from Guadalcanal to the Green Islands . On 17 March , the transport loaded elements of the 2d Battalion , 4th Marines , at Guadalcanal and sailed with the amphibious force to the St . Matthias Islands . The Marines peacefully occupied Emirau on 20 March , and " Talbot " returned to Purvis Bay . She headed to New Guinea on 4 April to participate in practice landings with the 168nd Army Regimental Combat Team ( RCT ) . Two weeks later , she loaded 145 men of that regiment and sortied with TG 77 . 3 , the Fire Support Group , for the assault on Aitape . On the 22nd , " Talbot " landed her troops ; shelled Tumleo Island ; and returned to Cape Cretin . She escorted resupply echelons to the landing area until 10 May when the transports were released by the 7th Fleet . " Talbot " joined the 5th Fleet at Guadalcanal on the 13th and began training with underwater demolition teams . On 4 June , she joined a convoy to the Marshalls and arrived at Kwajalein on the 8th . Two days later , the high - speed transport joined TG 53 . 15 of the Southern Attack Force and got underway for the Marianas . However , she collided with during an emergency turn ; and the resulting flooding of several of her compartments forced her to return for repairs . " Talbot " got underway two days later , rejoined the group southeast of Saipan , and was off the beaches there on the 15th , D - Day . During the first days of the operation , she screened the bombardment group . On the 17th , she captured a survivor of a wrecked Japanese boat . The ship developed engine trouble and anchored in the transport area where an enemy plane dropped a stick of bombs off her port bow , but caused no damage . She transferred her underwater demolition team to and joined a convoy for Hawaii . She was then routed back to San Francisco for an overhaul that lasted from 11 July to 28 August . " Talbot " returned to Pearl Harbor early in September and steamed onward to Eniwetok and Manus . She embarked Underwater Demolition Team No . 3 on 12 October and sortied with TG 77 . 6 , the Bombardment and Fire Support Group , for Leyte . On the 18th , her swimmers made a daylight reconnaissance of the waters between San Jose and Dulag . Although opposed by enemy machine - gun and mortar fire , the team reembarked with no casualties . The transport departed with a convoy and arrived at Seeadler Harbor on the 27th , where she transferred the demolition team to on the last day of the month . " Talbot " headed toward Oro Bay , joined , escorted her to Cape Gloucester , and returned to Seeadler Harbor on the 8th . Two days later , she was anchored there , only some 800 yards from , when that ammunition ship suddenly exploded and showered her with over 600 pounds of metal and debris . The transport was holed in several places and some crew members were injured . " Talbot " s boats searched for survivors but found none . On 15 December 1944 , after the high - speed transport ' s damage had been repaired at Manus , " Talbot " got underway and proceeded , via Aitape , to Noemfoor Island to participate in amphibious exercises with the 158th RCT . On 4 January 1945 , she embarked troops and sortied with Task Unit 77 . 9 . 8 for Lingayen Gulf . The ship landed reinforcements at San Fabian the following week and continued on to Leyte . She embarked troops of the 11th Airborne Division on the 26th and headed for Luzon with a convoy . On 31 January , she disembarked the troops as the second wave against Nasugbu and steamed to Mindoro . She loaded mortar and rocket boats and delivered them to Leyte . On 14 February , the high - speed transport embarked units of the 151st Infantry Regiment and steamed to Bataan . She landed the troops at Mariveles Harbor the next morning and returned to Subic Bay . On the 17th , she took a load of reinforcements to Corregidor . The transport escorted a convoy back to Ulithi and remained there for several weeks before being ordered to Guam . " Talbot " and proceeded to Parece Vela to conduct a survey of the reef and determine the feasibility of erecting a radio , weather , and observation station there . She returned to Guam on 20 April and reached Ulithi the next day . On 22 April , " Talbot " joined a convoy bound for Okinawa . Five days later , she began antisubmarine patrols south of Kerama Retto and then , on the 30th , joined a convoy for Saipan . She returned to Kerama Retto and served as a picket ship from 22 May to 6 June when she went back to Saipan . From the Marianas , the high speed transport was routed to Eniwetok , Hawaii , and the United States . " Talbot " arrived at San Pedro on 6 July and was to be reconverted into a destroyer . Her classification reverted to " DD - 114 " on 16 July . However , a Board of Inspection and Survey recommended that she be inactivated . " Talbot " was decommissioned on 9 October and struck from the Navy list on 24 October 1945 . She was sold to the Boston Metals Company , Baltimore , Maryland , on 30 January 1946 and scrapped . Awards . " Talbot " received eight battle star s for World War II service .