concluded her part in that operation and departed Oran in company with her division mates bound for the United States. 1945 Upon her arrival at New York on 3 October, the destroyer resumed operations in American coastal waters. On 21 January 1945, Baldwin put to sea from Norfolk to rendezvous with the cruiser which carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the first leg of the trip to the "Big Three" conference at Yalta. She returned to New York on 27 February and began four months of operations in American waters. During that time, Baldwin escorted to the Panama Canal Zone and operated off the east coast in the antisubmarine screens of the aircraft carriers and . On 24 June, the destroyer sailed from New York on her way to the Pacific. Steaming in company with , she visited Guantánamo Bay in Cuba; Balboa in the Canal Zone and San Diego before arriving at Pearl Harbor on 12 August. A month later, the warship joined Task Force 55 (TF 55) at Okinawa to prepare for the occupation of Sasebo, Japan, and participated in that operation between 20 September and 2 October. By 7 October, Baldwin was at Pusan, Korea, supporting forces sweeping mines along the Chinese and Korean coasts, a task at which she labored for the remainder of 1945. 1946-1961 The ship returned to the United States in January 1946 and operated along the east coast through the spring of that year. She was placed out of commission at Charleston, South Carolina, on 20 June 1946 and remained in reserve there until January 1961 when she was transferred to Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Boston. Later ordered moved to Philadelphia, Baldwin ran aground about southwest of Montauk Point, Long Island, in the early afternoon of 16 April 1961 when the towline parted during the passage to Philadelphia. successfully pulled her free, though one of Windlass crew was killed in an accident. Baldwin was considered not worth repairing. Her name was struck from the Navy List on 1 June 1961, and she was scuttled on 6 June 1961, not far from where she went aground. Awards Baldwin earned three battle stars for her World War II service. References External links history.navy.mil: USS Baldwin photos navsource.org: USS Baldwin hazegray.org: USS Baldwin World War II destroyers of the United States Ships built in Seattle 1942 ships Gleaves-class destroyers of the United States Navy Maritime incidents