USS Forrest (DD-461/DMS-24), was a of the United States Navy. Namesake Dulany Forrest entered the Navy as a midshipman on 22 May 1809. He served on the frigates and . Attached to the Lake Erie Station in the War of 1812, Acting Lieutenant Forrest was severely wounded while serving on the flagship in the Battle of Lake Erie on 10 September 1813. His action won him commendation from Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. Following the war he served on and and commanded schooners and in the campaign against West Indies pirates. Lieutenant Forrest died while in command of the store ship in the Caribbean on 1 October 1825. Construction and commissioning Forrest was launched on 14 June 1941 by Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Miss Eileen F. Thomson, 14, of Chappaqua, New York, a great-grandniece of Lt. Forrest. The ship was commissioned on 13 January 1942. She was reclassified DMS-24 on 15 November 1944. Service history 1942, including Operation Torch Forrest sailed from Boston 15 June 1942 for NS Argentia, Newfoundland, to augment the escort of the aircraft carrier , with whose force she returned to Newport on 22 June. On 1 July she sailed with the Ranger group for the coast of West Africa, where the carrier flew off Army aircraft for the burgeoning base at Accra. Returning to Norfolk on 5 August, Forrest served in training operations, submarine searches, and coastal escort duty until 21 October, when she arrived at Bermuda to join the Ranger group for the invasion of North Africa. She screened air operations covering the landings at Safi, Casablanca, and Fedhala from 8 to 12 November, then served in an antisubmarine patrol in advance of an incoming convoy until 18 November. Forrest escorted a convoy to a point off Norfolk, then turned back to Bermuda to rendezvous with the cruiser with whom she returned to Norfolk 30 November. 1943 Between 2 December 1942 and 27 March 1943, Forrest twice crossed the Atlantic screening Ranger to an ocean launching point off Casablanca as well as serving on coastal and Gulf of Mexico escort duty. After training in Casco Bay, Maine, she joined the Ranger group for patrol duty out of Argentia, Newfoundland, between 17 May and 24 July, then replenished at Boston for the crossing to Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands. From this base of the British Home Fleet, the Ranger group patrolled in search of German naval