USS McDougal ( DD - 358 ) The second USS " McDougal " ( DD - 358 / AG - 126 ) was a in the United States Navy . She named for Rear Admiral David Stockton McDougal . " McDougal " was laid down by New York Shipbuilding Corporation , Camden , New Jersey , 18 December 1933 ; launched 17 July 1936 ; sponsored by Miss Caroline McDougal Neilson ; and commissioned 23 December 1936 , Commander Robert C . Starkey in command . Pre World War II service . After shakedown , " McDougal " operated directly under the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations until mid - 1937 , when she steamed to the Pacific for duty with the Scouting Force and later the Battle Force . Operating out of San Diego , California , she served as flagship for Destroyer Squadron 9 . As a heavily armed destroyer leader , she took part in type - training , readiness cruises , and battle problems in the eastern Pacific and in the Caribbean operating area . " McDougal " returned to the Atlantic coast with her division in the spring of 1941 to operate along the east coast . Between 5 and 7 August she escorted carrying President Franklin D . Roosevelt to Placentia Bay , Newfoundland , where , from 9 to 12 August , he met British Prime Minister Winston Churchill for the first time to discuss the menace of the Axis Powers and to formulate " common principles " for peace in the postwar world . On 10 August " McDougal " transported President Roosevelt to and from during the only meeting of the two leaders on board the battleship . The President and the Prime Minister completed formulation of the eight - point declaration , embodied in the Atlantic Charter , 12 August ; thence , both British and American ships departed NS Argentia later that day . " McDougal " screened " Augusta " to the coast of Maine 14 August before resuming operation along the eastern seaboard . South Atlantic patrol . Assigned to convoy escort duty in the South Atlantic , " McDougal " steamed for Cape Town , South Africa , from the Caribbean early in December . While battling heavy seas off Cape of Good Hope , she received news of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor . She returned to Trinidad 30 December ; thence , she departed for patrol duty off the South American coast 18 January 1942 . During the next several months she carried out patrol and escort duty between Brazilian and Caribbean ports ; and , following overhaul at Charleston , South Carolina during July and August , she cruised via Caribbean ports to the Panama Canal where she arrived 31 August . Pacific Service . Assigned to the Southeast Pacific Force , " McDougal " began patrol duty along the Pacific coast of Latin America 7 September . During the next 2 years she cruised out of Balboa , Panama Canal Zone , north to Nicaragua and south to the Straits of Magellan . She patrolled the southeast Pacific westward to the Galápagos and Juan Fernández Islands and touched coastal ports in Ecuador , Peru , and Chile . She returned to New York 4 September 1944 . Return to Atlantic . Resuming convoy escort duty 12 September 1944 , " McDougal " sailed for the United Kingdom in the screen of convoy CU 39 . During the next 6 months she made four round trips between New York and British ports ; and , after arriving New York 5 March 1945 with ships of UC 57 , she sailed the same day for overhaul at Charleston . Post World War II and fate . She cruised to Casco Bay 11 to 15 September and began support duty with the Operational Development Force , Atlantic Fleet ( TF 69 ) . Reclassified AG - 126 on 17 September , she carried out experimental operations helping to improve naval gunnery and radar . Her duties during the remainder of 1945 sent her to Boston , Newport , and Norfolk . She arrived in Boston 15 December , thence resumed operations out of Norfolk 29 March 1946 . She steamed to New York 15 to 16 June and decommissioned at Tompkinsville , Staten Island , 24 June 1946 . Assigned to duty as a training ship for the Naval Reserve , " McDougal " was placed in service 13 January 1947 . She operated under control of the 3d Naval District while based at Brooklyn . She was placed out of service 8 March 1949 and sold to H . H . Buncher Company , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , 2 August . Her name was struck from the Navy List 15 August , and she was removed from naval custody 22 September 1949 .