Yukari Island

USS Sarsfield (DD-837), a Gearing-class destroyer, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named after Eugene S. Sarsfield, an officer and commander of USS Maddox. He disappeared after the sinking of his ship and was presumed dead on 11 July 1943.Sarsfield was laid down on 15 January 1945 by the Bath Iron Works Co., Bath, Maine and launched on 27 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs.