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0631601	58k	Herold Aloysius Harveson was born on 07 August 1913 at Lake Charles, La. to Avery B. and Rose (Meche) Harveson. His father died in 1917 and his mother later married Theophilus L Herlong. He graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy on 03 June 1937. After serving in USS Louisville (CL 28) and on the staff of the Pacific Fleet Scouting Force, Lt.(jg) Harveson was assigned to USS Utah (AG 16) on 19 August 1941 as First Division Officer. Operating out of Pearl Harbor, the aged ex-battleship, converted to a target ship, served the fleet as the major antiaircraft training ship, as well as a key to developing carrier air-to-ship attack tactics. During the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor on 07 December 1941, the Japanese launched two aerial torpedoes at Utah. Both torpedoes struck the port side of Utah. She had overturned and sunk by 0812. Like so many of her crew, Lt. Harveson gave his life in the opening moments of the war and was awarded the Navy Cross; Purple Heart; American Defense Service Medal; and World War II Victory Medal posthumously. By an Act of Congress Harveson was promoted one grade following his demise. USS Harveson (DE 316) (1943-1960) was the first ship to be named in his honor. (Left: Photo from the U.S. Naval Academy Yearbook; The Lucky Bag, Class of 1937.)     (Right: U.S. Navy Photo Courtesy of the USS Utah Association thanks to William Hughes)		Bill Gonyo Downey, Cal. Assoc. Researcher Navsource
0631614	267k	10 July 1944: off Brooklyn, N.Y. - Three port side views of Harveson taken in Lower New York Harbor. From 27 June till 06 July Harveson was at the New York Navy Yard Annex in Bayonne, N.J. for crew rest, repairs, and alterations. After conducting overnight exercises in Block Island Sound, she returned to the 35th Street Pier in Brooklyn (the present day South Brooklyn Marine Terminal) on the 8th to load stores. On 10 July she departed New York as a unit of Escort Division 22 to escort Convoy CU 31 to Londonderry, Northern Ireland. (U.S. Navy photo #NH 91561 from the Naval History and Heritage Command; courtesy of  Mike Smolinski) (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-316 19-N-72449 from the National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Md.; courtesy of  Chris Wright) (U.S. Navy photo #CP-DE-316 19-N-72450 from the National Archives and Records Administration, courtesy of  Chris Wright)		Ed Zajkowski Narvon, Pa.
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0631602	106k	19 June 1950: San Francisco, Cal. - Forward plan view of USS Harveson (DE 316) at Mare Island on the day she started conversion to DER. She completed her conversion on 01 March 1951. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-316 6409-6-50)		Darryl Baker PNCM, USNR (ret.) Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum
0631603	159k	19 June 1950: San Francisco, Cal. - Aft plan view of Harveson at Mare Island on the day she started conversion to DER. She completed her conversion on 01 March 1951. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-316 6412-6-50)
0631604	109k	12 February 1951: San Francisco, Cal. - Senior officers at the commissioning ceremonies of USS Harveson (DER 316) at Mare Island. Mare Island's commander Capt. B. E. Manseau, is the second officer from the left in the back row. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-316 8175-2-51)
0631615	441k	08 March 1951: San Francisco, Cal. - Port quarter view of Harveson at Mare Island. (Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo #NY9-8505-3-51)
0631605	155k	09 March 1951: San Francisco, Cal. - Aft plan view of Harveson at Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-316 8512-3-51)
0631606	159k	09 March 1951: San Francisco, Cal. - Forward plan view of Harveson at Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-316 8509-3-51)
0631607	102k	09 March 1951: San Francisco, Cal. - Broadside view of Harveson off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-316 8504-3-51)
0631608	78k	09 March 1951: San Francisco, Cal. - Stern view of Harveson off Mare Island. (U.S. Navy photo #DE-316 8509-3-51)
0631611	49k	May 1957: A U.S. Navy Lockheed WV-2 Warning Star (became the EC-121K after 1962) flying over the radar picket escort destroyer USS Harveson (DER 316) in 1957. Both were the key elements of the "Pacific Barrier Forces" in the late 1950s. (Photo from U.S. Navy Naval Aviation News May 1957 issue		Bob Hurst Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
0631609	89k	1959: Pearl Harbor, Hi. Harveson leaving port.		Archie M. Mustard Lt.(jg), USNR (ret.)
0631610	258k	1950's: from the photo album of Admiral John DeLargy, Harveson's eighth CO		Rick Palmer

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