USS Frazier  USS "Frazier" (DD-607) was a "Benson"-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War II. She was named for Daniel Frazier, a US Navy sailor who served in the First Barbary War. "Frazier" was launched 17 March 1942 by Bethlehem Steel Corporation, San Francisco, California; sponsored by Mrs. Richard McCullough; and commissioned 30 July 1942, Lieutenant Commander Frank Virden in command. "Frazier" arrived at Noumea, New Caledonia, 9 December 1942 in the escort for a group of troop transports. She served on escort and patrol in the South Pacific for the next 4 months, guarding transports to Guadalcanal, patrolling off Espiritu Santo, and covering escort carriers as they patrolled the waters between Efate and the Solomon Islands. On 18 March 1943, "Frazier" departed Efate bound for Pearl Harbor and a rendezvous with a task force assigned to operate in the Aleutian Islands. After firing in the preinvasion bombardment, "Frazier" covered the landings on Attu 11 May 1943, and patrolled off that island and Kiska, Alaska. On 12 May, she sighted two periscopes and opened gunfire on who dived quickly but not before "Frazier" had scored hits on the periscopes. Immediately gaining sonar contact, the destroyer began a depth charge attack which brought air bubbles, oil, and debris to the surface. Two more attacks ensured the submarine was sunk. Early in the foggy morning of 10 June, with Lieutenant Commander Elliot M. Brown in command, she made two separate attacks on radar contacts which were believed to be submarines. In the second attack, the destroyer's guns fired for five minutes as she pursued her target until its radar echo merged with land echo of Kiska. Late that night and again on the morning of 11 June, "Frazier" dropped depth charges on two different underwater contacts, but was unable to determine the results of these attacks; it is likely she sank "I-9" in one of them. On 2 and 12 August, she fired shore bombardment on Kiska, then covered the unopposed landings of 15 August. She continued to screen large combatants in the Aleutians until early September, when she began a brief overhaul at Puget Sound. "Frazier" sailed to Wellington, New Zealand, to join the escort for transports assigned to the Gilbert Islands operation.