destroyer was loaned to the Federal Republic of Germany, and renamed Zerstörer 1. She was returned to United States custody and simultaneously struck from the Navy list on 15 April 1972. The ship was then sold to West Germany on 27 June 1972 for cannibalization and scrapping. The ship was stricken in 1976. She was sunk by as atorpedo target in the Mediterranean on 16 May 1979. References External links navsource.org: USS Anthony hazegray.org: USS Anthony USS Anthony webpage Zerstoerer Z1 webpage (engl.) The History: Fletcher-Class Destroyer of the Federal German Navy (USS "Anthony", renamed Zerstoerer 1, D170) Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy Ships built in Bath, Maine 1942 ships World War II destroyers of the United States Fletcher-class destroyers of the German Navy Ships sunk as targets Maritime incidents in 1979