The other ship that was with the USS Omaha when the German blockade runner SS Rio Grande was sunk was the destroyer YSS Jouett, named for Civil War naval officer James Jouett.
From Wikipedia
The USS Jouett was a Somers-class destroyer and was laid down 26 March 1936 by Bath Ironworks in Bath, Maine, and launched 24 September 1938, commissioned at Boston, Massachusetts, on 25 January 1939, Commander G.W. Clark in command.
She soon began work on the U.S. Neutrality Patrol along the U.S. east coast and the Gulf of Mexico. She stood out of Pensacola, Florida, on 15 February 1940 as one of the escorts of the USS Tucaloosa (CA-37) carrying President Roosevelt to Panama.
She then had duty at Pearl Harbor from 10 April 1940 until April 1941. She then accompanied the carrier USS Yorktown through the Panama Canal. She then joined a cruiser/destroyer fleet charged with protecting American shipping from German surface and submarine attacks.
On 7 December 1941, the Jouett was in Port of Spain, Trinidad, and immediately began offensive anti-submarine patrols between Brazil and Africa.
--GreGen
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