USS Harding (DD 625)

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	Bristol
Pennant	DD 625
Built by	Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.)
Ordered	16 Dec 1940
Laid down	22 Jul 1941
Launched	28 Jun 1942
Commissioned	25 May 1943
End service	2 Nov 1945
History	Converted to High Speed Minesweeper DMS-28 on 15 November 1944. Heavily damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft on 16 April 1945, 22 of her crew were killed. Decommissioned 2 November 1945. Stricken 16 November 1945. Sold 16 April 1947 and broken up for scrap.

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Cdr. George Goldston Palmer, USN	25 May 1943	4 Sep 1944
2	Lt.Cdr. Donald Brewster Ramage, USN	4 Sep 1944	2 Nov 1945 (1)

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