USS Roe ( DD - 24 ) USS " Roe " ( DD - 24 ) was a in the United States Navy during World War I , and later in the United States Coast Guard designated CG - 18 . She was the first ship named for Francis Asbury Roe . " Roe " was laid down on 18 January 1909 by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company , Newport News , Virginia , launched on 24 July 1909 , sponsored by Mrs . Reynold T . Hall , and commissioned on 17 September 1910 , Lieutenant C . H . Woodward in command . United States Navy . Following commissioning , " Roe " conducted exercises in the Norfolk , Virginia area until December with one interruption , a voyage to Newport , Rhode Island , and back in early November . On 17 December , she got underway for Key West and winter exercises in the Gulf of Mexico . With the spring , she returned to Norfolk and until January 1913 remained active off the mid - Atlantic and southern New England sea coasts . From January – April 1913 , she participated in maneuvers in the Caribbean , then , in the fall , operated off New England . On 30 October , she arrived at Philadelphia , Pennsylvania where she was placed in reserve on 3 November . In March 1914 , she was assigned to the newly organized Reserve Torpedo Flotilla and until World War I rotated between reserve and active duty with the Atlantic Fleet . During the late summer and fall of 1914 , she operated off the mid - Atlantic seaboard , and from February – April 1915 , participated in further winter maneuvers in the Caribbean . During the summer , she was off southern New England , and in November , she put into Charleston , South Carolina , where she was given a reduced complement status . In March 1917 , " Roe " was placed in full commission status . With the new month , April , she was assigned to Squadron 2 , Division 5 , Patrol Force and ordered to assist Treasury and Labor Department officials at Wilmington , North Carolina , in preventing the destruction or escape of German merchant vessels . On the 6th , as the United States entered World War I , she sent an armed guard aboard " Hohenfelde " ( see ) . During her service in World War I , she was commanded by Captain William A . Hodgman , who received the Navy Cross for his efforts . At mid - month , " Roe " was transferred to Newport , where she conducted anti - submarine patrols and carried out escort assignments for six months . On 9 November , she sailed for France where for the next year ; she performed coastal patrol and escort duty . On 5 November 1918 , " Roe " departed Brest for the United States . She arrived at New York on 1 December and at midmonth she returned to Charleston where she remained until July 1919 . She then proceeded to Philadelphia , where she was decommissioned on 1 December and berthed with the Reserve Fleet . United States Coast Guard . Designated DD - 24 on 17 July 1920 , " Roe " was activated in 1924 and transferred to the Treasury Department . From 7 June 1924 – 18 October 1930 , she was operated by the United States Coast Guard . Based in Stapleton , New York , she served as part of the Rum Patrol . On her return to the Navy , she was again berthed at League Island where she remained until sold for scrap on 2 May 1934 in accordance with the London Naval Treaty .