Two ships of the
United States Navy
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have borne the name USS ''Harder'', named in honor of the
harder, a fish of the
mullet family found off
South Africa
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.
*, was a
submarine
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, commissioned in 1942 and sunk in 1944
*, was a submarine, commissioned in 1952 and struck in 1974
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United States Navy ship names