The McCall spent most of November 1944 off Leyte supporting land operations there. She sortied 27 December to Lingayen Gulf to support the Luzon invasion. In mid-January 1945 she was attached to TG 78.12 for transport convoy escort duty and on the 28th for fire support duties.
From February to March the McCall was off Iwo Jima screening transports and providing shore bombardment, harassing and illumination fire services.
On 27 March, she departed for Pearl Harbor and then to the west coast to San Diego, arriving 22 April. Within a week she got underway for a scheduled overhaul in New York where her yardwork was completed by 4 August and was undergoing exercises at Casco Bay when Japan surrendered.
Two months later, she entered Norfolk Navy Yard where she was decommissioned. 30 November 1945 and struck from the Navy Register 28 January 1947 and sold for scrapping in 1948.
The McCall was quite the busy ship during World War Ii and received nine Battle Stars.
--GreGen
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