Philip was named for Rear Admiral John Woodward Philip, captain of the battleship Texas (BB-35) at Santiago in 1898. Federal at Kearny laid her down on 7 May 1942, launched her on 13 October, and commissioned her on 21 November under Commander Thomas C. Ragan. She was in the South Pacific in time for the central Solomons.
On the night of 30 June 1943 she bombarded the Shortlands. On 15 August, off Vella Lavella, she fought off air attacks on the landing craft at Barakoma. Through the winter she escorted, shot at aircraft, and bombarded during the Bougainville campaign. In the summer of 1944 she shelled Saipan and Tinian and the small craft offshore. At Mindoro in December she was nicked by friendly anti-aircraft fire during a kamikaze attack and helped save the destroyer Gansevoort after that ship was hit. At Lingayen Gulf in January 1945 she destroyed a suicide boat that got in close. She finished the war supporting the southern Philippines and Borneo. Nine battle stars.
Recommissioned on 30 June 1950 as a hunter-killer destroyer, she made two Korean tours. Five more battle stars. She decommissioned on 30 September 1968, was sold for scrap in December 1971, and sank in a storm on 2 February 1972 while under tow to the breakers.