USS Harmon (DE-678)
id:
uss-harmon-de-678-305-3773644
title:
USS Harmon (DE-678)
text:
USS Harmon (DE-678) was a Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy. USS Harmon was named after Mess Attendant Leonard Roy Harmon, who was posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for his actions on the cruiser USS San Francisco during the Battle of Guadalcanal. USS Harmon was the first warship to be named after an African-American. Harmon was launched 25 July 1943 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Quincy, Massachusetts; sponsored by Mrs. Nau-nita Harmon Carroll, mother of Mess Attendant Harmon;
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
Buckley-class destroyer escort of the United States Navy, in service from 1943 to 1947
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Harmon_(DE-678)
date created:
date modified:
2022-06-12T08:07:43Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q7870019","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q7870019"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/USS_Harmon_%28DE-678%29_underway%2C_circa_in_August_1943_%2880-G-45162%29.jpg","width":5622,"height":4493}
fields total:
13
integrity:
15