The destroyer Hurding ( USS Harding (DD-625) ) is an American destroyer of the Gleaves type .
| Hurring destroyer | |
|---|---|
| USS Harding (DD-625) | |
 USS Harding (DD-625) anchored in November 1943 | |
| Service | |
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| Class and type of vessel | Cleves |
| Organization | US Navy |
| Manufacturer | Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding |
| Construction started | July 22, 1941 |
| Launched | June 28, 1942 |
| Commissioned | May 25, 1943 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | November 16, 1945 |
| Status | sold for scrap |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 1630 tons (standard design) 1838 tons (standard) 2572 tons (full) |
| Length | 106.15 m |
| Width | 11.00 m |
| Draft | 4.01 m |
| Engines | 2 screws, 2 steam turbines , 4 boilers |
| Power | 50 000 liters with. |
| Speed | 37.4 knots (full) |
| Sailing range | Fuel reserve 453 tons of oil 6,500 miles (12 knots) |
| Crew | 16 officers, 260 sailors |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 4x 1 127 mm / 38 AU |
| Flak | 4x1 x 12.7 mm machine gun (1936) |
| Anti-submarine weapons | 2 bomb spreaders |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2x5 533 mm TA |
Laid down at Seattle Tacoma Shipbuilding , Seattle July 22, 1941 . Launched on June 28, 1942 , entered service on May 25, 1943 .
Since November 15, 1944, the high-speed minesweeper DMS-28 .
On April 16, 1945, it was severely damaged by a Japanese kamikaze northwest of Okinawa .
Put in reserve on November 2, 1945 . Expelled from the U.S. Navy on November 16, 1945 .
Sold April 16, 1947 and dismantled.