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Namesake
0558504	15k	Jonathan Haraden was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, 11 November 1744, and joined the Massachusetts State Navy in July 1776 as First Lieutenant of the sloop Tyrannicide. Sailing with her for 2 years, he captured many prizes, and rose to command her in 1777. In 1778, Haraden left the state navy for a career as a privateersman, commanding General Pickering. He simultaneously engaged three British privateers off New Jersey in October 1779, and captured a 22-gun sloop in the Bay of Biscay. When British privateer Achilles, of three times his force, attempted to recapture his prize a few days later, Haraden fought a fierce action at close quarters for 3 hours, forcing the larger ship to sheer off. Captured briefly by Admiral Rodney in the West Indies in 1781, Haraden escaped and sailed privateer Julius Caesar in 1782. In June of that year fought off two British vessels of equal force at the same time. His health declined steadily after the close of the War for Independence, and he died at Salem, Mass., 23 November 1803.		Bill Gonyo
USS Haraden (DD-183)
0518301	87k	USS Haraden (Destroyer No. 183) at Spalato, Dalmatia (now Split, Croatia) in 1919. Photographed by R.E. Wayne. Naval History and Heritage Command photo NH 53628		Jim Flynn/Robert Hurst
0518307	86k	RPPC of Haraden off the Rock of Gibraltar, 1919.		Tommy Trampp
0518308	89k	Moored with several other destroyers off Charleston, SC, circa 1920-1921.		Dave Wright
0518302	88k	Haraden underway in Cape Cod Canal, July 1940.		George R. Baird
On Canadian Service
HMCS Columbia, manned by the RCN, served locally at Halifax, NS, until January 1941 when she came to Devonport for a brief refit, thereafter joining the 4th Escort Group until mid-1941. On the formation of the Newfoundland Escort Command, Columbia's low operational radius and Canadian naturally led to her return to Canadian waters, and she was thereafter based at Halifax, NS. She did well to remain in service until 1944, but the end came when she struck a cliff in bad weather at Moreton Bay, Newfoundland on 25 February 1944. Technically, she did not ground, as she never touched bottom, but the impact crushed the ship's bows and she was towed to St John's, where she lay unrepaired until July 1944. Then, minus her damaged bows, she was hulked at Liverpool, NS, as a static fuel and ammuntion depot for ships under repair. Paid off from this duty on 12 June 1945, the hulk was sold for scrap 07 August 1945. (History thanks to Robert Hurst.)
0518306	28k	Undated, location unknown. Courtesy of http://www.readyayeready.com		Robert Hurst
0518303	64k	The "Town" class destroyer HMCS Columbia underway, date and location unknown.		Robert Hurst
0518304	67k	HMCS Columbia minus her bow while hulked at Liverpool, NS, circa 1944. RCN photo		Robert Hurst

LCDR Richard Henry Booth    Jun 7 1919 - Oct 1919

LT Louis Calott Farley    Oct 1919 - Jul 11 1920 

CDR Stephen Doherty    Jul 11 1920 - Jul 27 1922

(Decommissioned July 27 1922 - December 4 1939)

LT William Ernest Verge    Dec 4 1939 - Sep 24 1940


Under British Command


LCDR Somerville Wentworth Davis, RN    Sep 20 1940 – May 13 1942

LCDR George Hay Stephen, RCNR    May 14 1942 – March 17 1943

LCDR Bernard Dodds Leitch Johnson, RCNR    Mar 18 1943 – Nov 20 1943

LCDR Robert Aubern Stuart MacNeil, RCNR    Nov 24 1943 – March 30 1944

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