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United States Navy — Destroyer DD-594

USS Hart (DD-594)

Fletcher-class destroyer

USS Hart (DD-594)
photographed from USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-329116 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — DD-594 The U.S. Navy destroyer USS Hart (DD-594) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 24 March 1945, during the Okinawa operation.

Service

  1. United States Navy4 November 1944 — 31 May 1946302 days of the war
Full service history About 667 words
Fletcher-class destroyer Particulars
Name
USS Hart
Pennant / hull number
DD-594
Namesake
Patrick H. Hart
Builder
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard
Laid down
10 August 1943
Launched
25 September 1944
Commissioned
4 November 1944
Decommissioned
31 May 1946
Struck
15 April 1973
Fate
Sold for scrap, 3 December 1973 (1973)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length
114.6 m (376 ft)
Beam
11.89 m (39 ft)
Draught
5.18 m (17 ft)
Speed
35 knots (64.8 km/h, 40.3 mph)
Range
6,479 nmi (11,999 km)
Complement
273
Main gun
40 mm (1.6 in)

Ezekiel B. Hart entered the Navy as a Midshipman 30 April 1814. He was killed in the action of Commodore Chauncey's squadron on Lake Ontario 26 August 1814.

John E. Hart was appointed a midshipman 23 February 1841. He served on various ships of the fleet, and was appointed Lieutenant Commander July 1862. Commanding Albatross, Hart served in the West Gulf Blockading Squadron during the Civil War and engaged two Confederate steamers in the Red River near Fort De Russey 4 May 1863. He died of fever contracted on duty in the Mississippi River 11 June 1863.

Patrick Henry Hart was born 31 May 1915 in New York City and graduated from the Naval Academy in 1937. Hart served on board Colorado and West Virginia before designated a naval aviator in 1940. Appointed Lieutenant in 1942, he was killed while a member of Torpedo Squadron 3 at the battle of Midway and posthumously received the Navy Cross for heroism in attacking the Japanese carriers during the battle 4 June 1942

Continue to the full service history About 667 words

From the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, compiled by the Naval History and Heritage Command (Hart II (DD-594)). A work of the United States Government, in the public domain.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45 MW)
  • 2 propellers
Armament
  • 5 × 5-inch 38 caliber guns
  • 4 × 40 mm AA guns
  • 4 × 20 mm AA guns
  • 10 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes
  • 6 × depth charge projectors
  • 2 × depth charge tracks

Sister ships

148 more in the class

Sources

  • Facts harvested from USS Hart (DD-594) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Service history reproduced verbatim from Hart II (DD-594) , Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships — public domain, a work of the United States Government.
  • Photograph: photographed from USS Fanshaw Bay (CVE-70) — U.S. Navy photo 80-G-329116 — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons