USS Harveson DER-316

USS Harveson
DE/DER-316 (Edsall Class)

Builder: Consolidated, Orange Texas Laid Down: March 9, 1943 Launched: May 22, 1943 Commissioned: Oct 12, 1943 Decommissioned: May 9, 1947 Commissioned: Feb 12, 1951 as DER-316 Decommissioned: Jun 30, 1960 Fate: Stricken October 1, 1972

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The Edsall Class as Constructed

Displacement: 1,253 Tons (Standard) 1,602 Tons (Full Load) Length: 306 Feet Overall - 300 Feet at Waterline Beam: 36 Feet 7 Inches Draught: 10 Feet 5 Inches (mean) Machinery: 2-Shaft Fairbanks Morse Diesels Performance: 6,000 bhp for 21 knots Bunkerage: 320 Tons Range: 10,800 Nautical Miles at 12 knots Guns: Three 3-inch; Two 40 mm; Ten 20 mm Torpedoes: Thre 21-inch

Subj: USS Harveson DER-316
Date: 03/21/2000
From: Archie M. Mustard

Some time ago, I submitted information regarding an Edsall Class DE, the USS HARVESON (DE 316) I served aboard in 1959-1960 when she had been converted to the FIRST Radar Picket Escort Vessel, i.e. USS HARVESON (DER 316). The site, Destroyers Online, identifies this ship as the "Harveston." This is incorrect.

The USS Harveson was named for Lieutenant (jg) Herold Aloysius Harveson, who was killed in action on December 7, 1941, while serving in USS Utah at Pearl Harbor.

In August, 1957, she was assigned to Escort Squadron Seven based at Pearl Harbor with the mission of manning Pacific early warning stations defending the continental United States from surprise attack --- The Pacific Barrier Patrol.

Attached and submitted is a photo of the USS HARVESON (DER 316) leaving Pearl Harbor for patrol in 1959. I hope you will be able to correct the information on the site and use the photo.

Thank you,

Archie M. Mustard, Lt(jg), USNR (ret.)

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