Casualty List

Navy US Navy
Type Destroyer
Class Fletcher 
Pennant DD 585 
Built by Boston Navy Yard (Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 
Laid down 09 Nov 1942 
Launched 19 Mar 1943 
Commissioned 16 Sep 1943 
End service 2 Jul 1946 
History Haraden entered the Sulu Sea 13 December 1944, and were attacked that day by four Japanese aircraft. Haraden assisted in downing three of the raiders, but the fourth banked left and dived for the destroyer. Trailing smoke from hits by Haraden's gunners, she crashed into the destroyer's side, putting her forward engine room out of commission and severely damaging her topside.
Decommissioned 2 July 1946.
Stricken 1 November 1972.She was sunk as a target November 1973.




















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