Haraden was named for Jonathan Haraden, a Massachusetts privateer captain of the Revolutionary War. Boston Navy Yard laid her down on 9 November 1942, launched her on 19 March 1943, and commissioned her on 16 September.
She did carrier and escort work across the central Pacific. On 13 December 1944, in the Sulu Sea with escort carriers bound for Mindoro, four Japanese planes attacked. Her guns helped knock down three. The fourth, already trailing smoke, crashed into her side, wiped out the forward engine room, and wrecked the topside. Fourteen men were killed and 24 wounded. She lay dead in the water until Twiggs (DD-591) came alongside. She got underway on her after plant, landed her casualties at San Pedro Bay the next day, and reached Puget Sound on 14 January 1945.
Repaired, she was at Jinsen, Korea, on 8 September 1945 and stood by the occupation landings off Taku Bay at the end of the month, with calls at Chefoo, Shanghai, and Tsingtao. She decommissioned on 2 July 1946, was struck on 1 November 1972, and was sunk as a target in November 1973. Five battle stars.