USS Hart (DD-594)

USS Hart (DD-594) at sea on 24 March 1945.
History
United States
Namesake	Patrick H. Hart
Builder	Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Laid down	10 August 1943
Launched	25 September 1944
Commissioned	4 November 1944
Decommissioned	31 May 1946
Stricken	15 April 1973
Fate	Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.7 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.1 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.4 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45 MW) 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6500 nm at 15 kn (12,000 km at 28 km/h)
Complement	273
Armament	5 × 5-inch 38 caliber guns, 4 × 40 mm AA guns, 4 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

USS Hart (DD-594), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy of that name, in honor of Lieutenant Patrick H. Hart (1912–1942), who posthumously received the Navy Cross for heroism during the Battle of Midway.