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Harmon

Class	Buckley class
Type	Destroyer escort (DE)
Hull	DE-678
Builder	Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts
Launched	1943-07-25
Commissioned	1943-08-31
Fate	Afloat. Her commissioned service ended on 25 March 1947. She went to the breakers later.
Armament (class)	Turbo-electric destroyer escort. Three 3-inch guns, one funnel, and one torpedo mount.
Command	Read, Kendall E. Commanding officer from 31 August 1943

Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.

The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.

Harmon, hull DE-678, belonged to the Buckley class of destroyer escorts. The name honors Mess Attendant Leonard Roy Harmon. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy, Massachusetts, laid her down on 31 May 1943 and launched her on 25 July 1943. The Navy commissioned her on 31 August 1943. Her first commanding officer was Lieutenant Commander Kendall E. Read.

Her Pacific duty took her to Manus, Luzon, Lingayen, and Iwo Jima. She was credited with 3 battle stars.

Her commissioned service ended on 25 March 1947. She went to the breakers later.

The pictures on this page are the originals.