and then Casablanca, escorting . On 1 April 1944, she was ordered to Boston, Massachusetts to resume escort and antisubmarine patrol duties. In May, McCormick returned to transatlantic convoy duty with a run to North Africa. During the next 4 months, she touched at various ports, including Bizerte, Oran, Cherbourg, Falmouth, Belfast, and Milford Haven. Upon her return to Boston, 1 October, she spent 3 months in convoy and patrol operations off the U.S. East Coast and in the Caribbean before shifting back to the Casablanca run in January 1945. Convoys escorted Auxiliary service On 31 March, McCormick departed Norfolk for temporary duty with SubRon 3 at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone. On 30 June 1945, she was reclassified miscellaneous auxiliary, AG-118, while at the Canal Zone. Two weeks later, she got underway for overhaul at Boston, arriving 21 July. Still undergoing repairs when peace came, McCormick decommissioned 4 October 1945. Her name was struck from the Navy list 24 October 1945 and her hulk was sold for scrapping to Boston Metals Company, Baltimore, Maryland, 15 December 1946. As of 2005, no other U.S. Navy ship has been named McCormick. The USS Lynde McCormick DDG(8), a Charles F. Adams-Class destroyer was commissioned June 3, 1961. It was named after Admiral Lynde D. McCormick. References External links http://www.navsource.org/archives/05/223.htm Clemson-class destroyers World War II destroyers of the United States Ships built by William Cramp & Sons 1920 ships