USN · DE
AfloatBuckley-class destroyer escort, DE-678. 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. Commissioned on 31 August 1943. Lieutenant Commander Kendall E. Read was her first commanding officer. Pacific service took her around Manus, Luzon, Lingayen, and Iwo Jima. The Navy credited her with 3 battle stars.
| 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. |
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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.
USS Harmon (DE-678) underway, circa in August 1943 (80-G-45162).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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