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USS Haraden (DD-585)
USS ''Haraden'' (DD-585), a , was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Jonathan Haraden (1744–1803), a privateer of the American Revolutionary War. The second ''Haraden'' was Ship naming and launching, launched by Boston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts, 19 March 1943; sponsored by Miss Caroline E. Derby, great-great-grandniece of Captain Jonathan Haraden; and ship commissioning, commissioned at Boston 16 September 1943. History ''Haraden'' departed Boston 9 October 1943 for shakedown training off Bermuda, and after its completion joined the aircraft carrier at Boston 30 November for the voyage to the Pacific Ocean theater of World War II, Pacific. She transited the Panama Canal and arrived San Diego 21 December to join Rear Admiral Jesse Oldendorf's Northern Support Group for the Marshall Islands campaign, invasion of the Marshall Islands. Escorting the main attack group of transports, ''Haraden'' arrived in the Marshall Islands, Marshalls on 30 Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Haraden
Jonathan Haradan (November 11, 1744 – November 23, 1803) was a privateer during the American Revolution. Biography Haradan was born in 1744 in Gloucester, Massachusetts. As a boy he worked in Salem for the prominent merchant and future Senator George Cabot. He joined the Massachusetts State Navy in July 1776 as First Lieutenant of the sloop-of-war ''Tyrannicide'', fourteen guns. On board for two years, he captured many prizes, becoming her commander in 1777. The ship was scuttled during the Penobscot Expedition. In 1778, Haraden began his career as a privateersman, commanding the ''General Pickering'', sloop of fourteen guns. On October 13, 1779, he engaged three British privateers off New Jersey simultaneously and captured a twenty-two gun sloop in the Bay of Biscay. When the larger British privateer, ''Achilles'' of forty guns, attempted to recapture the sloop a few days later, Haraden forced it to disengage after three hours' action at close quarters. In 1781, he was brie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |