USS Harder (SS-257)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Harder.
USS Harder (SS-257), a Gato-class submarine, was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the Harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa. One of the most famous submarines of World War II, she received the Presidential Unit Citation.[6] Her commanding officer throughout her service,[6] the resolute and resourceful Commander Samuel D. Dealey (1906–1944), "a submariner's submariner", was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, as well as four Navy Crosses during his lifetime.[7]
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Builder | Electric Boat Company, Groton, Connecticut[1] |
Laid down | 1 December 1941[1] |
Launched | 19 August 1942[1] |
Sponsored by | Miss Helen M. Shaforth |
Commissioned | 2 December 1942[1] |
Fate | Sunk by enemy vessels off Dasol Bay, Luzon, 24 August 1944[2] |
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Class and type | Gato-class diesel-electric submarine[2] |
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Length | 311 ft 9 in (95.02 m)[2] |
Beam | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m)[2] |
Draft | 17 ft 0 in (5.18 m) maximum[2] |
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Range | 11,000 nmi (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 kn (19 km/h)[5] |
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Test depth | 300 ft (90 m)[5] |
Complement | 6 officers, 54 enlisted[5] |
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