USS Haraden (DD-585)
Haraden in October 1943 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 & 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 |
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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.