USS Stansbury ( DD - 180 ) USS " Stansbury " ( DD – 180 ) was a " Wickes " class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II . She was named for John Stansbury . " Stansbury " was laid down on 9 December 1918 by Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation , Union Iron Works at San Francisco , launched on 16 May 1919 , sponsored by Miss Mary Eleanor Trevorrow , and commissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard on 8 January 1920 , Commander J . W . Lewis in command . Service history . " Stansbury " served with the Pacific Fleet for over two years during which time she received the designation DD - 180 . On 27 May 1922 , she was decommissioned and berthed at San Diego . She remained inactive for more than 12 years , but the onset of World War II in September 1939 necessitated her reactivation along with that of many of her sister ships . Accordingly , " Stansbury " was recommissioned at San Diego on 29 August 1940 , Lieutenant Commander R . N . McFarlane in command . From there , she moved to the Mare Island Navy Yard to begin her conversion to a high - speed minesweeper . In October , she proceeded to Norfolk , Virginia , where the conversion was completed . On 19 November , she was redesignated a destroyer minesweeper , DMS - 8 . World War II . " Stansbury " was assigned to the Atlantic Fleet from October 1940 to December 1943 . She spent her first year in the Atlantic in minesweeping exercises , in coastwise escort duties , and in conducting maneuvers in the Caribbean Sea . On 30 June 1942 , while escorting from Norfolk to Bermuda , she attacked a German U - boat with depth charge s . A rough sea and rescue operations for survivors of the torpedo ed merchantmen handicapped her during the unsuccessful attack . However , her humanitarian effort proved successful , for on 1 July , she pulled into Bermuda with 390 survivors embarked . The destroyer minesweeper set out from Norfolk on 24 October 1942 to join Task Force ( TF ) 34 , the North Africa invasion force . " Stansbury " was assigned to Mine Squadron ( MinRon ) 7 of the Center Attack Group for the landings . The group ' s assault area was at Fedala just up the coast from Casablanca . The ships arrived off the objective area on 7 November . " Stansbury " and the other minesweepers made an exploratory sweep of the approaches and then she joined the screen in patrolling the transport area . On 15 November , was torpedoed , but thanks to the efforts of " Stansbury " , , and she remained afloat throughout the night and was beached at Casablanca the following morning . The destroyer minesweeper returned to Hampton Roads , Va . , on 26 December 1942 . For the next year , she plied the eastern coastal waters of the United States and the North Atlantic as far east as Iceland . On 4 December 1943 , " Stansbury " transited the Panama Canal and joined the Pacific Fleet . She conducted minesweeping exercises off the coast of California for about a month ; then stood out of San Diego on 13 January 1944 and headed west with TF 53 . The task force reached Lahaina Roads , in the Hawaiian Islands , on 22 January and sailed for the Marshalls the following day . " Stansbury " operated in the antisubmarine screen both during the voyage to Kwajalein and during the assault itself . She remained in the vicinity from 1 to 7 February , and then joined an amphibious group in returning to Funafuti in the Ellice Islands . On 13 February , she sailed to Noumea , New Caledonia , arriving on the 20th . For almost four months , " Stansbury " made the South Pacific circuit , screening numerous amphibious and logistics groups . She visited the Solomons and New Hebrides groups , New Britain , and escorted part of the Admiralty Islands assault force to its objective in mid - April . She returned to the central Pacific , in May , at Eniwetok . On 10 June , she and nine other destroyer minesweepers departed Eniwetok and , three days later , rendezvoused off Saipan with TF 58 , Vice Admiral Marc Mitscher ' s Fast Carrier Task Force . The minesweepers swept off the west coast of the island while TF 58 covered them . After about five hours of clearing mines , they retired and joined an advance bombardment group from TF 53 . " Stansbury " helped screen the big warships from enemy submarine s until the arrival of the initial invasion forces on 15 June , then she joined in a bombardment of Guam . Returning to the vicinity of Saipan and Tinian , she provided fire support for the troops ashore until 26 June when she headed back to Eniwetok . On 21 July , after almost four weeks absence , she returned to the Marianas with TF 53 to support the recapture of Guam . For a week , she screened the task force from submarines and performed picket patrol for the amphibious units . On 28 July , she returned to Eniwetok as part of the escort for a transport group . On 7 August , the destroyer minesweeper got underway from Eniwetok for San Francisco , via Pearl Harbor . She reached her destination on 26 August and entered the yard of the General Engineering & Dry Dock Co . Her overhaul was completed on 17 January 1945 , and " Stansbury " sailed to San Diego , arriving the following day . There she reported for duty with the San Diego Shakedown Group . For the remainder of the war , she served as a training ship for the Fleet Operational Training Command , Pacific Fleet . Her designation was changed from DMS - 8 to AG - 107 on 5 June 1945 . In September 1945 , " Stansbury " transited the Panama Canal again and headed for Norfolk , Va . She was decommissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 11 December 1945 , and her name was struck from the Navy list on 3 January 1946 . Her hulk was sold to Luria Bros . Co . of Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , on 26 October , and she was scrapped on 25 January 1947 . Awards . " Stansbury " was awarded three battle star s during World War II . As of 2004 , no other ship in the United States Navy has borne this name .