USS De Haven (DD-727)
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 United States
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| Name: | USS De Haven |
| Namesake: | Edwin De Haven |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Laid down: | 9 August 1943 |
| Launched: | 9 January 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 31 March 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | c. 1973 |
| Struck: | 3 December 1973 |
| Fate: | To South Korea 5 December 1973 |
 South Korea
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| Name: | Incheon |
| Namesake: | Incheon |
| Acquired: | 5 December 1973 |
| Struck: | 1993 |
| Identification: | DD-98, then DD-918 |
| Fate: | Stricken and broken up for scrap in 1993. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,200 long tons (2,200 t) |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Draft: | 15 ft 8 in (4.78 m) |
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| Speed: | 34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
| Range: | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement: | 336 |
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USS De Haven (DD-727), an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant Edwin J. De Haven. De Haven served aboard the Vincennes, flagship of the Wilkes Expedition, officially known as the United States Exploring Expedition, from 1839 to 1842. De Haven also served in the Mexican-American War, assisting in the capture of the Mexican schooner Creole. He was placed on the retired list in February 1862. He died at Philadelphia on 1 May 1865.
De Haven was launched on 9 January 1944 by Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, Maine, sponsored by Miss H. N. De Haven; and commissioned on 31 March 1944, Commander John B. Dimmick in command.
De Haven escorted Ranger from Norfolk to Pearl Harbor, arriving on 3 August 1944. She screened a convoy to Eniwetok between 16 and 30 August, and returned to Eniwetok on 5 October. A week later, she got underway for Ulithi to join TF 38. Operating from this base, she screened the fast carriers striking Luzon in support of the invasion of Leyte during November and December. In coordination with the invasion of Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, the force hit Formosa, Luzon, Camranh Bay, Hong Kong, Hainan, and Okinawa in a score of strikes extending from 30 December 1944 to 26 January 1945.
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