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52k 55k | Captain Napoleon Bonaparte Harrison, USN, was born in Martinsburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), 19 February 1823, and was appointed Midshipman 26 February 1838. Serving in California during the Mexican War in Portsmouth, he was a volunteer in the expedition to rescue Kearny's command, and spent five days en route from San Francisco to Monterrey in a small boat carrying despatches. In 1862 Harrison commanded Cayuga at the passage of Forts Jackson and St. Philip, leading the battle line past the forts and upriver to New Orleans. He later commanded Mahaska in the James River Flotilla, Minnesota in the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron, and various ships in the South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. After the fall of Charleston in 1865 Harrison served at Navy Yard, Portsmouth, N.H. Following the Civil War, he taught at the Naval Academy and in 1870 took command of his last ship, Congress. Captain Harrison died 27 October 1870 at Key West, Florida. | John Chiquoine | |
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38k | An undated view by a shipmate's tourist camera of the generator in the engine spaces, a watch duty fondly remembered. | John Chiquoine | |
 
 USS Harrison during the later stages of her construction on ways#5, at Consolidated Steel, Orange TX between September and December 1941. NA 19N1267887 to 126892. | John Chiquoine | |||
 USS Harrison is portside to the fitting out pier at Consolidated Steel Corp, Orange Texas, during the week of 11-18 October 1942. On her far side USS Claxton is facing the Sabine River. NA 19GC/dd580 folder. | John Chiquoine and Dave Schroeder | |||
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125k | Launching view at shipways 5 at Consolidated Steel, Orange TX, May 4 1942. Capt Brown Taylor collection. | John Chiquoine | |
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132k | From the builders' views of Harrison in the Sabine Pass, Feb 1943. Close up of deck detail just after commissioning; smoke tanks, depth charges, hoists, fantail 40mm, single mid-ship 20mm, no mid-ship 40mm. NARA 19N41652. | John Chiquoine | |
   
| 112k 100k 125k 112k | Four views of Harrison while departing Sabine Pass area on or about 8 Feb 1943. She is shown as m22 in the builder's configuration right out of Consolidated Steel at Orange, Texas. She has a twin forty on the fantail and none mid-ships. At Galveston a couple days later she was painted m21. NA 19N41650-1, 19N41653-4. | John Chiquoine | |
 USS Harrison under the Cooper River bridge, Charleston NSY in ms21 26 April 1943 having just completed mods to the 20mm and 40mm batteries and changes of the funnel platforms. NA 19N44984, 44986, 44988. | John Chiquoine | |||
 Additional views of the USS Harrison at Charleston NSY 28 April 1943. | Mike Mohl | |||
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92k | HARRISON alongside LEXINGTON 30 July 1943 transferring injury case. LEX is being escorted to Pearl for the first time. NARA 80G79201. | John Chiquoine | |
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120k | Harrison refueling June 1944 while screening amphibious group back to Eniwetok from postponed Guam assault. This is a rare view of Chenango's camouflage scheme. Photo by Tom McCann. | John Chiquoine | |
| 127k | Harrison's flying bridge detail while underway in the summer of 1944. Photo by T.McCann. | John Chiquoine | |
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124k | While on fire support station off Agana, Guam, a wounded marine being brought aboard in a Stokes Stretcher from an amphibious control boat. Photo is described as being July 21 or 22, 1944. | John Chiquoine | |
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105k | View of shell casings piling up the deck while on fire support station off Agana, Guam, 21-30 July, 1944. | John Chiquoine | |
  
| 111k 44k 175k | Three views of Harrison at the destroyer base pier, Humboldt Bay, New Guinea, 31 Aug 1944. Photos by Harold Rabbass of NCB113. She is in a six 40mm and eleven 20mm configuration, and had just been painted in camouflage 3d on Aug 17-20 at Espiritu Santos. Lower view is also NA 80G 354201. | John Chiquoine | |
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55k | A pilot, apparently in good shape, grasping his way up the cargo net, 1945. Photo by Tom McCann. | Dave Schroeder/John Chiquoine | |
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274k | View of mid-ship activity while refueling from USS Bennington, between January 26 and April 30, 1945. Photo by V3S Div. | John Chiquoine | |
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96k | Bow on view of USS Harrison (DD 573) off Mare Island on 8 Jan 45. | Darryl Baker | |
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90k | Broadside view of USS Harrison (DD 573) off Mare Island on 8 Jan 45. She was in overhaul at Mare Island form 24 Nov 44 until 12 Jan 45. | Darryl Baker | |
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106k | Stern view of USS Harrison (DD 573) off Mare Island on 8 Jan 45. | Darryl Baker | |
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124k | January 10 1945 at Mare Island. | Ed Zajkowski | |
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161k | January 10 1945 at Mare Island. | Ed Zajkowski | |
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69k | Forward plan view of USS Harrison (DD 573) at Mare Island on 10 Jan 45. USS Walker (DD 517) is inboard. | Darryl Baker | |
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128k | Amidships looking forward plan view of USS Harrison (DD 573) at Mare Island on 10 Jan 45. | Darryl Baker | |
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161k | USS Harrison refueling alongside USS Idaho on January 21 1945 while escorting from Long Beach to Pearl Harbor. Photo by Fred Schneider RM2c. | John Chiquoine | |
| 233k | View of shipboard activity, Mount Three, Mount 45, after torpedo blast shield, and ECM mast, between February and August 1945. Photo by A R Chiquoine. | John Chiquoine | |
| 113k | HARRISON alongside MCKEE March 5, 1945, by Combat Photo Unit 6. Archives NNSP 80G 309053. | John Chiquoine | |
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184k | Mine detonation sometime in the Spring of 1945, while operating with TG38.1 or 58.1. | John Chiquoine | |
| 45k | USS HARRISON bringing bellytanks to BENNINGTON, Spring 1945. Archives 80G322450. | John Chiquoine | |
| 19k | View of a mine detonation by HARRISON'S rifleman, Spring 1945 on TG38.1 operations. | John Chiquoine | |
| 37k | Night exposure of Jap flares over formation, off Okinawa in TG38.1, Spring 1945. Photo by Tom McCann. | John Chiquoine | |
| 33k | View on HARRISON'S bridge wing of Skipper W V Combs and rifleman Jimmy Harper, GM3c, Spring 1945 on TG38.1 operations. | John Chiquoine | |
| 117k | This is HARRISON underway apparently passing BENNINGTON or changing station sometime in April, 1945. The photo was made by the V3S Division on CV20. (NNSP 80GK5103) | John Chiquoine | |
| 71k | Harrison as seen from Bennington operating in screen, April 1945. Nara 80GK5107. | John Chiquoine | |
| 127k | The moment the second kamikaze hits the water close aboard 6 April 1945. Harrison, Sigsbee, and Dashiell were on radar picket for TG38.1. Three kamikazes were shadowing Marine Corsairs returning to Bennington. Photo by Fornie Hartsell. | John Chiquoine | |
| 90k | Another view of the kamikaze action. | John Chiquoine | |
| 29k | View from Hornet of Harrison and kamikaze splash 16 April 1945 in TG 38.1. Archives, NNSP 80G331613. | John Chiquoine | |
| 120k | USS Harrison is seen alongside USS Vicksburg shifting cargo and ammo, 29 April 1945 while in TRG38.1. Photo courtesy of Frank Romano and Jeff Herne. | John Chiquoine | |
| 137k | USS Harrison sending over a load of belly tanks to USS Bennington in TG58.1, April 1945. The full frame version, 80G322450. | John Chiquoine | |
| 97k | USS Harrison (DD-573) alongside USS Vicksburg (CL-86) 16 May 1945 in TG38.1. View from USS Schroeder, Joe Mock Collection. Smoke in view in aviation hangar area. | John Chiquoine | |
| 248k | The burial at sea of Charles Robert Ehlenberg, S2c, USNR, 29 May 1945. Ehlenberg had died aboard Harrison earlier the same day. Photo by Tom McCann. | John Chiquoine | |
| 96k | Harrison personnel being transferred to USS Lackawanna (AO-40) the day before the second Halsey typhoon, 4 June 1945. Photo by Tom McCann. | John Chiquoine | |
   
| 153k 101k 167k 139k | Views of typhoon conditions as seen from the flying bridge at mid-morning of 5 June 1945, from the W. Fairhurst collection. | John Chiquoine | |
| 52k | View of Harrison from Ringgold (DD-500) en route Ulithi, 22 August 1945 . Photo by Dwight Spayth. | John Chiquoine | |
| 109k | View in an anchorage of shipboard activity and gig alongside, reportedly in September 1945. Photo by Tom McCann. USS Williamson (APD-27) is seen in next berth astern. | John Chiquoine | |
| 154k | Harrison in TG coming home to East Coast ports one day west of the Canal, 7 October 1945. NARA 80GK6583. | John Chiquoine | |
| 158k | Harrison in the outer approaches of Boston Harbor returning from WestPac, 17 October 1945. Harrison and John Rodgers were due to participate in public open ship activities at pier1 South Boston Naval Annex for Navy Day 1945. Shipmates had not seen a real liberty port for nine months. | John Chiquoine | |
 
| 82k 79k | Views of Harrison under the Cooper River Bridge, Charleston SC, approaching a Navy Yard berth for decommissioning, 03 November 1945. Distributed to crew. | John Chiquoine | |
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105k | USS Harrison in drydock at Charleston Naval Shipyard starting off her deactivation work in company with LCI-954 and USS Dashiell, 06-12 Dec 1945. From a shipmate's tourist box camera. | John Chiquoine | |
| 74k | Tin Cans in this Wando River nest being de-activated, February and March 1946. The four nearest in view L to R are USS Murray (DD-576), USS Harrison (DD-573), USS Schroeder (DD-501) and USS Sigsbee (DD-502). B Sulzer collection. | John Chiquoine | |
| 108k | As above. | John Chiquoine | |
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76k | View of the destroyer piers at Charleston Naval Shipyard between July 1950 and August 1954. Harrison (DD-573), John Rodgers (DD-574), Thorn (DD-647), and Winslow (AG-127) are identified. Photo from USNI collection. | John Chiquoine | |
| 155k | Commemorative ship's patch. | John Chiquoine | |
| On Mexican Service |
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88k | Mexican Armada Escorte Cuauhtémoc (E 01), 24 December 1981. Photo by Bill Holzgraf, DD573. | John Chiquoine | |
| Commanding Officers | ||
| 01 | CDR Carl Malcolm Dalton (USNA 1927) | 25 January 1943 - 27 April 1944 |
| 02 | CDR Walter Vincent Combs, Jr. (USNA 1936) | 27 April 1944 - February 1946 |
| 01 | LCDR James Mahoney USN | February 1946 - 01 April 1946 |
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The contact listed, Was the contact at the time for this ship when located. If another person now is the contact, E-mail me and I will update this entry. These contacts are compiled from various sources over a long period of time and may or may not be correct. Every effort has been made to list the newest contact if more than one contact was found.
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