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DD-573 USS HARRISON


Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign - NART

CLASS - FLETCHER As Built.
Displacement 2924 Tons (Full), Dimensions, 376' 5"(oa) x 39' 7" x 13' 9" (Max)
Armament 5 x 5"/38AA, 4 x 1.1" AA, 4 x 20mm AA, 10 x 21" tt.(2x5).
Machinery, 60,000 SHP; General Electric Geared Turbines, 2 screws
Speed, 38 Knots, Range 6500 NM@ 15 Knots, Crew 273.
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Consolidated Steel, Orange TX June 25 1941.
Launched May 4 1942 and commissioned January 25 1943.
Decommissioned April 1 1946.
Stricken May 1 1968.
To Mexico August 19 1970, renamed Cuauhtemoc.
Fate Stricken 1982 and scrapped.

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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
Harrison 38kAn undated view by a shipmate's tourist camera of the generator in the engine spaces, a watch duty fondly remembered.John Chiquoine
Harrison 92kHARRISON alongside LEXINGTON 30 July 1943 transferring injury case. LEX is being escorted to Pearl for the first time. NARA 80G79201.John Chiquoine
Harrison 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
Harrison 55kA pilot, apparently in good shape, grasping his way up the cargo net, 1945. Photo by Tom McCann.Dave Schroeder/John Chiquoine
Harrison 96kNavy Photo 260-45, bow on view of USS Harrison (DD 573) off Mare Island on 8 Jan 45.Darryl Baker
Harrison 90kNavy Photo 263-45, 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
Harrison 106kNavy Photo 265-45, stern view of USS Harrison (DD 573) off Mare Island on 8 Jan 45.Darryl Baker
Harrison 69kNavy Photo 293-45, forward plan view of USS Harrison (DD 573) at Mare Island on 10 Jan 45. USS Walker (DD 517) is inboard.Darryl Baker
Harrison 128kNavy Photo 295-45, amidships looking forward plan view of USS Harrison (DD 573) at Mare Island on 10 Jan 45.Darryl Baker
Harrison 113kHARRISON alongside MCKEE March 5, 1945, by Combat Photo Unit 6. Archives NNSP 80G 309053.John Chiquoine
Harrison 45kUSS HARRISON bringing bellytanks to BENNINGTON, Spring 1945. Archives 80G322450.John Chiquoine
Harrison 19kView of a mine detonation by HARRISON'S rifleman, Spring 1945 on TG38.1 operations.John Chiquoine
Harrison 37kNight exposure of Jap flares over formation, off Okinawa in TG38.1, Spring 1945. Photo by Tom McCann.John Chiquoine
Harrison 33kView on HARRISON'S bridge wing of Skipper W V Combs and rifleman Jimmy Harper, GM3c, Spring 1945 on TG38.1 operations.John Chiquoine
Harrison 117kThis 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
Harrison 27kA hasty photo moment catching a view of a kamikaze splash close aboard, 6 April 1945. Photo by Chief Fornie Hartsell.John Chiquoine
Harrison 127kThe 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
Harrison 29kView from HORNET of HARRISON and kamikaze splash 16 April 1945 in TG 38.1. Archives, NNSP 80G331613.John Chiquoine
Harrison 97kUSS 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
Harrison 248kThe burial at sea of Charles Ehlenberg, S1c, 29 May 1945. Photo by Tom McCann.John Chiquoine
Harrison 96kHarrison personnel being transferred to USS Lackawanna (AO40) the day before the second Halsey typhoon, 4 June 1945. Photo by Tom McCann.John Chiquoine
Harrison 52kView of HARRISON from RINGGOLD 22 August 1945 en route Ulithi. Photo by Dwight Spayth.John Chiquoine
Harrison 108kHARRISON in TG coming home to East Coast ports one day west of the Canal, 7 October 1945. NARA 80GK6583.John Chiquoine
Harrison 82kView of HARRISON under the Cooper River bridge, Charleston SC, approaching a Navy Yard berth for decommissioning, 3 November 1945. Distributed to crew.John Chiquoine
Harrison 76kView 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
On Mexican Service
Harrison 88kex-USS Harrison as Mexican Armada Escorte Cuauhtemoc (E01), 24 Dcember 1981, photo by Bill Holzgraf, DD573.John Chiquoine

USS HARRISON DD-573 History
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information

Contact Name: John Chiquoine
Address: 323 Wellington Road, West Chester, PA 19380
Phone: (610)692-2627
E-mail: dd573@aol.com


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