USS Guard (1857) [SEP] conflict
USS Guard (1857)
USS "Guard" (1857) was a large steamship with powerful 8-inch rifled guns, acquired by the Union Navy during the American Civil War. 
She was placed into service as a storeship and assigned to support the ships blockading the ports of the Confederate States of America. Post-war she was recommissioned several times for various tasks including supporting the American fleet stationed in Europe with supplies and participating in the Darien expedition.
Constructed in Connecticut in 1857.
"National Guard" was
USS Herndon (DD-198)
USS "Herndon" (DD-198) was a in the United States Navy. "Herndon" served in the United States Coast Guard as CG-17. She was later transferred to the Royal Navy as HMS "Churchill and still later to the Soviet Navy as Deyatelny".
USS "Herndon".
The first Navy ship named for Commander William Lewis Herndon (1813–1857), "Herndon" was launched on 31 May 1919 by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, sponsored by Miss