Elsie Murphy and commissioned on 25 July She was part of the anti-submarine screen for the task force as it crossed the Atlantic. The Murphy reached the landing area on 7 November. On 8 November she was used to control the waves of landing craft as they carried out the invasion. She then provided fire support off Point Blondin, and became engaged in an exchange of fire with the Sherkhi battery in which she was hit in the aft engine room and lost 3 dead and 25 wounded.
She was able to stay in action and helped silence the guns at Cape Blondin as well as fighting off an air attack on 9 November. She was then released to return to the United States for full repairs, reaching Boston on 24 November. Once the repairs were completed the Murphy was used to escort convoys moving between New York and Panama and between Norfolk and Casablanca. After the exercises she escorted a force of transports back to Algiers. That evening she was damaged by near misses during a night air attack, which damaged her stern and wounded one man.
After the air raid she patrolled the transport area with the Glennon and Butler. She was then used to provide fire support to the troops fighting on Sicily into early August. They passed through the Straits of Gibraltar early on 10 August and reached Casablanca later on the same day.
Later that day they left Casablanca heading for Brooklyn. Soon afterwards they joined TG This convoy passed through hurricane strength winds on 30 September but all the ships safely reached New York on 1 October. However that evening the Murphy was hit between the bridge and forward funnel by the tanker Bulkoil.
The Murphy split in two, and the forward part sank, drowning 38 men who were trapped below decks. Another men were thrown into the sea, but were rescued by boats from the Glennon, Knight and Jeffers.
