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52k 55k | The USS Harrison (DD573) was named for Captain Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison, USN, 1823-1870. He was native to Martinsburg, VA. During the Mexican War he saw action in California, in the Civil War aboard CAYUGA, MAHASKA, KAATSKIL, and MINNESOTA, and died aboard CONGRESS in 1870 near Key West. He commanded the lead ship in the Union Navy's run past Forts Philip and James below New Orleans in 1862. | John Chiquoine | |
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38k | An undated view by a shipmate's tourist camera of the generator in the engine spaces, a watch duty fondly remembered. | John Chiquoine | |
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92k | HARRISON alongside LEXINGTON 30 July 1943 transferring injury case. LEX is being escorted to Pearl for the first time. NARA 80G79201. | John Chiquoine | |
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25k | (R-L) USS EDWARDS (DD-619), USS MORRIS (DD-417) and USS HARRISON (DD-573) October 13. 1944, Humboldt Bay New Guinea. Archives # SC 260657. | Dave Schroeder/John Chiquoine | |
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55k | A pilot, apparently in good shape, grasping his way up the cargo net, 1945. Photo by Tom McCann. | Dave Schroeder/John Chiquoine | |
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96k | Bow on view of USS Harrison (DD 573) off Mare Island on 8 Jan 45. | Darryl Baker | |
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90k | Broadside view of USS Harrison (DD 573) off Mare Island on 8 Jan 45. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 24 Nov 44 until 12 Jan 45. | Darryl Baker | |
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106k | Stern view of USS Harrison (DD 573) off Mare Island on 8 Jan 45. | Darryl Baker | |
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124k | January 10 1945 at Mare Island. | Ed Zajkowski | |
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161k | January 10 1945 at Mare Island. | Ed Zajkowski | |
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69k | Forward plan view of USS Harrison (DD 573) at Mare Island on 10 Jan 45. USS Walker (DD 517) is inboard. | Darryl Baker | |
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128k | Amidships looking forward plan view of USS Harrison (DD 573) at Mare Island on 10 Jan 45. | Darryl Baker | |
| 113k | HARRISON alongside MCKEE March 5, 1945, by Combat Photo Unit 6. Archives NNSP 80G 309053. | John Chiquoine | |
| 45k | USS HARRISON bringing bellytanks to BENNINGTON, Spring 1945. Archives 80G322450. | John Chiquoine | |
| 19k | View of a mine detonation by HARRISON'S rifleman, Spring 1945 on TG38.1 operations. | John Chiquoine | |
| 37k | Night exposure of Jap flares over formation, off Okinawa in TG38.1, Spring 1945. Photo by Tom McCann. | John Chiquoine | |
| 33k | View on HARRISON'S bridge wing of Skipper W V Combs and rifleman Jimmy Harper, GM3c, Spring 1945 on TG38.1 operations. | John Chiquoine | |
| 117k | This is HARRISON underway apparently passing BENNINGTON or changing station sometime in April, 1945. The photo was made by the V3S Division on CV20. (NNSP 80GK5103) | John Chiquoine | |
| 27k | A hasty photo moment catching a view of a kamikaze splash close aboard, 6 April 1945. Photo by Chief Fornie Hartsell. | John Chiquoine | |
| 127k | The moment the second kamikaze hits the water close aboard 6 April 1945. Harrison, Sigsbee, and Dashiell were on radar picket for TG38.1. Three kamikazes were shadowing Marine Corsairs returning to Bennington. Photo by Fornie Hartsell. | John Chiquoine | |
| 29k | View from HORNET of HARRISON and kamikaze splash 16 April 1945 in TG 38.1. Archives, NNSP 80G331613. | John Chiquoine | |
| 97k | USS Harrison (DD-573) alongside USS Vicksburg (CL-86) 16 May 1945 in TG38.1. View from USS Schroeder, Joe Mock Collection. Smoke in view in aviation hangar area. | John Chiquoine | |
| 248k | The burial at sea of Charles Ehlenberg, S1c, 29 May 1945. Photo by Tom McCann. | John Chiquoine | |
| 96k | Harrison personnel being transferred to USS Lackawanna (AO40) the day before the second Halsey typhoon, 4 June 1945. Photo by Tom McCann. | John Chiquoine | |
| 52k | View of HARRISON from RINGGOLD 22 August 1945 en route Ulithi. Photo by Dwight Spayth. | John Chiquoine | |
| 108k | HARRISON in TG coming home to East Coast ports one day west of the Canal, 7 October 1945. NARA 80GK6583. | John Chiquoine | |
| 82k | View of HARRISON under the Cooper River bridge, Charleston SC, approaching a Navy Yard berth for decommissioning, 3 November 1945. Distributed to crew. | John Chiquoine | |
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76k | View of the destroyer piers at Charleston Naval Shipyard between July 1950 and August 1954. Harrison (DD573), John Rodgers (DD574), Thorn (DD647), and Winslow (AG127) are identified. Photo from USNI collection. | John Chiquoine | |
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88k | ex-USS Harrison as Mexican Armada Escorte Cuauhtemoc (E01), 24 Dcember 1981, photo by Bill Holzgraf, DD573. | John Chiquoine | |
CDR Carl Malcolm Dalton Jan 25 1943 - ? (Later RADM) CDR Walter Vincent Combs Jr. May 1944 - Feb 1946 (Later RADM)
The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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