USS Hart (DD-594)
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USS Hart (DD-594) at sea on 24 March 1945.
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| 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 |
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| Class and type: | Fletcher class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons |
| Length: | 376 ft 6 in (114.7 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft 8 in (12.1 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft 9 in (5.4 m) |
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| Speed: | 35 knots (65 km/h) |
| Range: | 6500 nm @ 15 kn (12,000 km @ 28 km/h) |
| Complement: | 273 |
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USS Hart (DD-594), a Fletcher-class destroyer, was the second ship of the United States Navy of that name, in honor of Lieutenant Patrick H. Hart (1912–1942), who posthumously received the Navy Cross for heroism during the Battle of Midway.
Hart, originally designated Mansfield and renamed Hart 21 March 1944, was launched 25 September 1944 by Puget Sound Navy Yard; sponsored by Lieutenant Hart's mother, Mrs. Emma Hart; and commissioned 4 November 1944, Commander W. D. Coleman in command.
Hart conducted her regular shakedown cruise off California and during her training participated in experimental high-speed refueling exercises with Kaskaskia. From 12–23 December, the destroyer refueled at sea some 50 times under all conditions of sea and weather gaining vital information on how to improve this key wartime operation. Ending her regular shakedown on 31 January 1945, the ship departed on 19 February for Pearl Harbor. From 27 February to 3 March she escorted Intrepid in gunnery and aircraft operations, departing for Ulithi on 5 March.
Arriving at Ulithi 16 March, Hart joined the assembled task forces for the Okinawa operation. From 24 March to 12 April, the ship was assigned as part of the screen for escort carriers furnishing close air support for the landings and preinvasion neutralization of neighboring Japanese air strips. Detached on 12 April, she assumed duty as an escort for transports for 2 days and then commenced protective patrol duties during landings near Okinawa.
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