Borie also earned distinction in her final battle with U-405 in November 1943, exchanging small arms fire with and ramming the surfaced U-boat, although she was crippled during the engagement and thereafter scuttled by friendly ships.

In April 1920, Borie joined the United States Naval Detachment in Turkish Waters for service in the Black Sea.

She remained in the Pacific on normal destroyer duty until late 1939, when she transited the Panama Canal to join the Neutrality Patrol.

Borie completed three patrols with Card's group, providing valuable support for sister ships in the pursuit and sinking of German U-boats.

The Presidential Unit Citation was awarded to Task Group 21.14 for actions during these three patrols: For extraordinary performance during anti-submarine operations in mid-Atlantic from July 27 to October 25, 1943.

At a time when continual flow of supplies along the United States–North Africa convoy route was essential to the maintenance of our established military supremacy and to the accumulation of reserves, the CARD, her embarked aircraft and her escorts pressed home a vigorous offensive which was largely responsible for the complete withdrawal of hostile U-boats from this vital supply area.

Later, when submarines returned with deadlier weapons and augmented anti-aircraft defenses, this heroic Task Unit, by striking damaging blows at the onset of renewed campaigns, wrested the initiative from the enemy before the actual inception of projected large-scale attacks.

[3]In late October 1943, TG 21.14 went out for a fourth patrol, searching for a reported refueling concentration of U-boats around a Milchkuhe (Milk Cow) tanker sub in the North Atlantic.

Though U-256 made it home badly damaged, Hutchins believed the target to be sunk, and signalled Card: "Scratch one pig boat; am searching for more."

Borie engaged U-405 (a Type VIIC U-boat) hours before dawn, at 49°00' N., 31°14' W.[5] There were 15-foot (4.6 m) seas, with high winds and poor visibility.

Borie's crew had a limited number of small arms, however, and the German deck mounts were completely open and had no protection.

In the extended and bitter fighting that ensued, several German sailors were killed in desperate attempts to man the submarine's deck weapons.

U-405's tighter turning radius effectively prevented Borie from bringing her superior broadside firepower to bear, and her skipper, Korvettenkapitän Rolf-Heinrich Hopmann, did a masterful job of maneuvering his badly damaged boat with his remaining crew.

The submarine did attempt to speed away, and Borie switched her searchlight back on and turned to bring her broadside guns and a depth charge thrower to bear.

[6] The survivors were observed firing star shells: Borie's crew believed this to be a distress signal, and maneuvered in an attempt to recover them from their rubber rafts, as they approached 50–60 yards (46–55 m) off the port bow.

Borie attempted to reach her scheduled rendezvous with the rest of the Card Task Group, planned for shortly after sunrise.

She had sustained severe underwater damage along her entire port side, including both engine rooms, as the two ships were pounded together by the sea before separating.

The most critical damage was the compromised hull; but steam and water lines had separated, and most of the freshwater for the boilers had been lost, compounding the drive system problems.

[6] At about 1100, the communications officer restarted the Kohler emergency radio generator with a mixture of Zippo lighter fluid and alcohol from a torpedo; a distress call was sent, a homing beacon was set up and, after some delays due to poor visibility, Borie was spotted by a Grumman TBF Avenger from Card.

Card was 10 miles away, but Goff and Barry were close by as the crew abandoned Borie; on orders from the Task Group commander, the ship was not scuttled at that time.

Despite the sporadic machine gun and small arms fire from U-405, none of Borie's crewmen had been killed during the engagement, although several were wounded.

But due to 44 °F (7 °C) water, 20-foot waves, high winds and severe exhaustion, three officers and 24 enlisted men were lost during the rescue operation.

[6] Still, the ship remained afloat through the night; Goff and Barry attempted to sink the wreck at first light, but torpedoes went astray in the heavy seas.

[4] The coup de grace was delivered on the morning of 2 November by a 500 lb (227 kg) bomb dropped by a TBF Avenger from VC-9 on Card.

[4] Borie received three battle stars for her World War II service as well as the Presidential Unit Citation for her actions in the Card group.