USS Hatfield ( DD - 231 ) USS " Hatfield " ( DD - 231 / AG - 84 ) was a " Clemson " - class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was named for John Hatfield , killed in action 1813 . " Hatfield " was launched 17 March 1919 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation ; sponsored by Mrs . J . Edmond Haugh ; and commissioned 16 April 1920 , Lieutenant N . Vytlacil in command . Service history . After training cruises during the summer , " Hatfield " sailed from Brooklyn , New York 6 September 1920 for Key West , Florida , and continued her exercises along the Atlantic coast for the remainder of 1920 . From 4 January 1921 to 24 April she operated in the Caribbean . " Hatfield " returned to Hampton Roads in time for a review of the fleet by President Warren G . Harding 28 April . She continued maneuvers until 7 November , when she was assigned to the 14th squadron of the Atlantic Fleet . During early 1922 , " Hatfield " operated from Charleston , South Carolina , and on 2 October departed for the Mediterranean to join the U . S . detachment in Turkish waters where she remained on patrol duty until 31 July 1923 , visiting many ports including Smyrna , Jaffa , Beirut , Rhodes , and Varna . Upon return to New York 11 August 1923 , she was assigned to the U . S . Scouting Fleet . For the next 7 years , " Hatfield " maneuvered and drilled along the East Coast , Cuba , Central America , and the Gulf of Mexico . On 15 January 1928 her squadron accompanied President Calvin Coolidge to Cuba and Haiti for the Pan - American Conference . In November 1930 she sailed for Philadelphia , Pennsylvania where she was decommissioned 13 January 1931 . On 1 April 1932 , she was placed in rotating reserve commission and departed 29 June for San Diego , California , her new home port . She operated out of San Diego until 27 April 1936 , when she departed for a cruise that took her to Spain , France , Italy , and Algiers . She sailed for America 9 November 1937 and arrived Charleston in mid - December . " Hatfield " decommissioned 28 April 1938 after 4 months of operations along the East Coast . World War II . She once again recommissioned 25 September 1939 , and was assigned to the Neutrality Patrol until August 1940 . " Hatfield " departed 2 August for the West Coast and was assigned to the defense force of the 13th Naval District . She operated in this area until 11 December 1941 when she sailed for patrol duty in Alaskan waters . In the uncertain early months of the Pacific war , " Hatfield " convoyed merchant ships to Alaskan ports , helping to carry the supplies necessary to establish bases in the North . She continued this vital duty in the bleak and dangerous northern waters until 13 March 1944 , when she returned to Seattle , Washington . " Hatfield " performed antisubmarine duties off Seattle until August and entered Puget Sound Navy Yard in September for conversion to a target - towing vessel . Re - designated AG - 84 , 1 October 1944 , she took up her new duties 25 October at Seattle . For the remainder of her commissioned service , " Hatfield " operated out of Port Angeles , Washington , and San Diego , carrying out the prosaic but necessary duty of towing targets for aircraft bombing practice . She also spent a short time as an underway training ship off San Diego before arriving Bremerton , Washington , 12 November 1946 . " Hatfield " decommissioned 13 December 1946 , ending 26 years of service , and was sold for scrap to National Metal and Steel Corporation , Terminal Island , Los Angeles , California . As of 2005 , no other ship of the US Navy has been named " Hatfield " .