Haraden in October 1943
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Haraden |
Namesake | Jonathan Haraden |
Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 9 November 1942 |
Launched | 19 March 1943 |
Commissioned | 16 September 1943 |
Decommissioned | 2 July 1946 |
Stricken | 1 November 1972 |
Fate | Sunk as a target, November 1973 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Fletcher-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,050 tons |
Length | 376 ft (115 m) |
Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
Draft | 17 ft 9 in (5.41 m) |
Propulsion | 60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers |
Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Range | 6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) |
Complement | 329 |
Armament |
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USS Haraden (DD-585), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Haraden (1744–1803), a privateer of the American Revolutionary War.
The second Haraden was launched by Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 19 March 1943; sponsored by Miss Caroline E. Derby, great-great-grandniece of Captain Jonathan Haraden; and commissioned at Boston 16 September 1943.