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''Harwood'' alternated operations along the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast]] and in the Caribbean Sea with the [[United States Second Fleet|2nd Fleet]] with deployments to the Mediterranean Sea with the [[United States Sixth Fleet|6th Fleet]], underwent an extensive [[Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization]] (FRAM) overhaul at the [[New York Naval Shipyard]] between 2 May 1961 and 2 February 1962. |
''Harwood'' alternated operations along the [[East Coast of the United States|east coast]] and in the Caribbean Sea with the [[United States Second Fleet|2nd Fleet]] with deployments to the Mediterranean Sea with the [[United States Sixth Fleet|6th Fleet]], underwent an extensive [[Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization]] (FRAM) overhaul at the [[New York Naval Shipyard]] between 2 May 1961 and 2 February 1962. |
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''Harwood'' was decommissioned and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 February |
''Harwood'' was decommissioned and stricken from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 1 February 1973, transferred to the [[Turkish Navy]] on 17 December 1973, and renamed '''TCG ''Kocatepe'' (D 354)'''. The ship was sunk in [[Friendly fire|error]] by Turkish aircraft on 22 July 1974, mistaking it for a Greek vessel during [[Turkish invasion of Cyprus|Turkish landings]] on [[Cyprus]]. Sixty-seven Turkish marines and members of her crew were killed in the incident. |
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[[File:Harwood (DDE-861) underway.jpg|thumb|left|USS ''Harwood'' (DDE-861) in 1960.]] |
[[File:Harwood (DDE-861) underway.jpg|thumb|left|USS ''Harwood'' (DDE-861) in 1960.]] |
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Revision as of 16:07, 25 October 2016
 USS Harwood (DD-861).
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USS Harwood |
| Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California |
| Laid down | 29 October 1944 |
| Launched | 22 May 1945 |
| Commissioned | 28 September 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 1 February 1, 1973 |
| Stricken | 1 February 1, 1973 |
| Fate | Sold to Turkey, 17 December 1973 |
 Turkey | |
| Name | TCG Kocatepe |
| Acquired | 17 December 1973 |
| Identification | D 354 |
| Fate | Sunk in error by Turkish aircraft, 22 July 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 3,460 long tons (3,516 t) full |
| Length | 390 ft 6 in (119.02 m) |
| Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft 4 in (4.37 m) |
| Propulsion | General Electric geared turbines, 2 shafts, 60,000 shp (44,742 kW) |
| Speed | 36.8 knots (68.2 km/h; 42.3 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 nmi (8,300 km) at 20 kn (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Complement | 336 |
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USS Harwood (DD/DDE-861) was a Template:Sclass- of the United States Navy. She was named for Commander Bruce L. Harwood USN (1910–1944) who was twice awarded the Navy Cross, and killed in action during the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
Harwood was laid down by the Bethlehem Steel Corporation at San Pedro in California on 29 October 1944, launched on 22 May 1945, by Mrs. Bruce Lawrence Harwood, widow of Commander Harwood and commissioned on 28 September 1945.
Harwood alternated operations along the east coast and in the Caribbean Sea with the 2nd Fleet with deployments to the Mediterranean Sea with the 6th Fleet, underwent an extensive Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization (FRAM) overhaul at the New York Naval Shipyard between 2 May 1961 and 2 February 1962.
Harwood was decommissioned and stricken from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 February 1973, transferred to the Turkish Navy on 17 December 1973, and renamed TCG Kocatepe (D 354). The ship was sunk in error by Turkish aircraft on 22 July 1974, mistaking it for a Greek vessel during Turkish landings on Cyprus. Sixty-seven Turkish marines and members of her crew were killed in the incident.
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References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entries can be found here and here.
External links
- Photo gallery of USS Harwood at NavSource Naval History
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1974 | |
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- Gearing-class destroyers of the United States Navy
- Ships built in Los Angeles
- 1945 ships
- Cold War destroyers of the United States
- Vietnam War destroyers of the United States
- Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Turkish Navy
- Gearing-class destroyers of the Turkish Navy
- Shipwrecks in the Mediterranean
- Maritime incidents in 1974
- Friendly fire incidents
- Destroyers sunk by aircraft
- Turkish invasion of Cyprus
- Wars involving Cyprus