USS Trever (DD-339/DMS-16/AG-110) was a Clemson-class destroyer of the United States Navy in commission from 1922 to 1923 and from 1930 to 1945. Converted to a destroyer minesweeper in 1940, she served in the Pacific throughout World War II, including during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the Guadalcanal campaign, and the New Georgia campaign. Trever was named in memory of Lieutenant Commander George A. Trever. No other U.S. Navy ship has been named Trever. Construction and commissioning Trever was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard in California. She was launched on 15 September 1920, sponsored by Mrs. Bess McMillan Trever (George Trever's widow) and was commissioned on 3 August 1922. Service history After shakedown, Trever was decommissioned in January 1923. She was recommissioned on 2 June 1930, operating from San Diego, California, with the Battle Force. She was reclassified as a destroyer minesweeper and redesignated DMS-16 on 19 November 1940, after which she was based at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941 as part of the Base Force, United States Fleet. World War II 1941 On the morning of 7 December 1941, when Imperial Japanese Navy aircraft attacked Pearl Harbor, Trever was moored in West Loch at Pearl Harbor with the destroyer minesweepers , , and . She engaged the aircraft with her .50-caliber Browning machine guns, was responsible for shooting one down, and contributed with her sister ships to another plane's demise. She hurriedly sortied, putting to sea under the command of the captain of the destroyer , as many commanding officers were not able to reach their ships before they sortied. Trever'''s commanding officer, Lieutenant Commander Dwight Agnew, who had gone to sea on board Wasmuth, was able to rejoin Trever later that day. Trever spent the rest of 1941 and the beginning of 1942 conducting minesweeping operations, local escort missions, and antisubmarine patrols. 1942 On 28 January 1942 Trever was in the Alenuihaha Channel off Maui′s Hana Coast north of ʻUpolu Point, the northernmost point on the island of Hawaii, escorting a two-ship convoy on a voyage from Kahului, Maui, to Hilo, Hawaii, consisting of the 622-ton United States Army Transport and the small cargo ship Kalae with a barge in tow. At dawn, the Japanese submarine I-71 fired two torpedoes at General Royal T. Frank which missed. I-71 then fired a third torpedo that struck the transport, which exploded and sank in less than 30