made one trip to Casablanca in February 1943, and on 28 April 1943, began overhaul at the New York Navy Yard. At sea again in May, Simpson escorted a convoy from New York to Curaçao in the West Indies, and then made two round-trip voyages between Curaçao and Londonderry Port, Northern Ireland. On 29 August 1943, Simpson joined an escort carrier task group centered on and escorted a convoy from Bermuda to Casablanca. The task group then carried out antisubmarine patrols off the Azores. The group joined a westbound convoy on 22 September but resumed antisubmarine sweeps after a submarine was reported near the Azores on 26 September. Simpson returned to the United States on 12 October but was back in the Azores conducting additional patrols between 28 October and 9 December 1943. Simpson was designated on 1 December 1943 for conversion to a mode of fast transport, APD-27, but was replaced in January 1944 by , whose conversion was in turn cancelled. Resuming her convoy duties, Simpson escorted for over three months from 29 December 1943 to 9 April 1944 as she carried troops up and down the U.S. East Coast. During the remainder of 1944 and early 1945, Simpson escorted new heavy combatant ships on shakedown and training exercises along the U.S. East Coast. Among the ships she served were battleships and , cruiser , and carriers and . Convoys escorted Disposal Simpson was reclassified a miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-97, effective 23 May 1945. All her armament was removed, and she was fitted with racks for exercise torpedoes and a winch for handling towed targets. She arrived at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on 16 June 1945 and provided training services there for nearly a year. On 11 May 1946, the veteran ship arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard for inactivation. Struck from the Navy list on 19 June 1946, Simpson was sold on 21 November 1946 to Northern Metals Company, Philadelphia, for scrapping. References External links http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/221.htm Clemson-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United States World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States World War II auxiliary ships of the United States Ships built by William Cramp & Sons 1920 ships