USS Harder (SS-257) 

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Classification

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Type:  Submarine
Class:  SS 212
Builder:  Electric Boat Co (General Dynamics)
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Characteristics
Length:  312 feet
Beam:  27 feet
Displacement:  2424 tons
# Officers:  6
# Enlisted:  54
Propulsion:  Diesel - Electric
# Propellers:  2
Service
Launched:  8/19/1942
Commissioned:  12/2/1942
Decommissioned:  8/24/1944

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Crew Lists
# Crew listed:  191
# Commission Crew:  71
# Decommission Crew:  0
# with e-mail:  6
# Eternal Patrol:  59
History

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Status:  Lost
Fate:  Sunk by Japanese destroyer 24 Aug 1944. 79 men lost. CDR. Dealey, "a submariner's submariner," was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. Harder received six battle stars for World War II service.
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