Allied Warships

USS Harmon (DE 678)

Destroyer Escort of the Buckley class

Navy	The US Navy
Type	Destroyer Escort
Class	Buckley
Pennant	DE 678
Built by	Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S.A.)
Ordered	29 Oct 1942
Laid down	31 May 1943
Launched	25 Jul 1943
Commissioned	31 Aug 1943
End service	25 Mar 1947
History	Decommissioned 25 March 1947. Stricken 1 August 1965. Sold 30 January 1967 and broken up for scrap.

Commands listed for USS Harmon (DE 678)

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	Commander	From	To
1	Lt. Kendall Endicott Read, USNR	31 Aug 1943	15 Jan 1944
2	Townsend U. Weekes, USNR	15 Jan 1944	12 May 1945
3	Robert W. Steel, USNR	12 May 1945	Oct 1945

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Notable events involving Harmon include:

23 Dec 1943
Around 0600L/23, HMAS Stuart (Lt.Cdr. N.A. Mackinnon, RAN) departed Brisbane to make rendezvous with the submarine tender USS Orion (T/Capt. C.S. Isgrig, USN) and her current escort USS Harmon (Lt.Cdr. K.E. Read, USNR).

Rendezvous was effected in position 26°32'S, 156°16'E around 1800K/23.

USS Harmon then parted company and set course for Noumea.

HMAS Stuart and USS Orion arrived at Brisbane around 1020L/24. (1)

7 Nov 1944
USS Blenny (Cdr. W.H. Hazzard, USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Tills (Lt.Cdr. J.L. Brooks, USNR), USS Harmon (Lt.Cdr. T.U. Weekes, USNR), USS ATR-26 (Lt. J.H. Kelly, USN) and USS Spikefish (Cdr. N.J. Nicholas, USN).

18 May 1945
USS Dentuda (Cdr. J.S. McCain, Jr., USN) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Harmon (Lt. R.W. Steel, USNR).

15 Jul 1945
USS Catfish (Lt.Cdr. W.A. Overton, USNR) conducted exercises off Pearl Harbour together with USS Harmon (Lt. R.W. Steel, USNR), USS Seagull and USS Stickleback (Cdr. H.K. Nauman, USN).