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	16k	Bruce Lawrence Harwood was born 10 February 1910 at Claremont, Calif., and enlisted in the Navy 6 June 1935. After training as an aviation cadet at Pensacola, he was commissioned Ensign 7 July 1939 and began flying duty with a torpedo plane squadron. Harwood received the Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism 24 August 1942 during the Solomons campaign. Leading his squadron in an unsupported aerial torpedo raid against a Japanese task force, Lieutenant Harwood pressed home the attack through a bursting hail of fire from hostile AA batteries. Under his leadership, the squadron scored one certain and two estimated hits on an enemy aircraft carrier. Harwood was awarded the Gold Star in lieu of a second Navy Cross for extraordinary heroism as squadron commander 20 September-5 October 1942. Leading an attack group of bombers through adverse flying conditions, Lieutenant Harwood located a force of enemy destroyers landing troops and supplies on Guadalcanal. Despite violent maneuvering by the enemy, he and his men scored at least one and probably more hits. On 4 October Harwood led another attack group of torpedo planes against an enemy light cruiser and three DD's. In spite of bad visibility and heavy AA flre, he pressed home the attack, scoring two positive and one possible hit on the cruiser. The following night he and his bombers again sought the enemy and, flying on instruments through a violent tropical storm to Rekata Bay, bombed shore installations there despite fierce opposition from Japanese fighter planes which swarmed to the attack. Appointed Commander 1 July 1944, Harwood was killed 24 October 1944 when Princeton received bomb hits which triggered a series of fatal explosions. While serving as air officer in Princeton, Commander Harwood had received another Gold Star in lieu of a third Navy Cross. Photo thanks to Gerald Harwood at the USS Harwood Memorial Web Site and is used with their permission and under their copyright.		Bill Gonyo
	40k	Undated, location unknown.		Glenn Heckard
	203k	Undated postcard Copyright © Marine Photos, San Diego, CA.		Mike Smolinski/Richard Miller BMCS USNR RET.
	111k	USS Harwood (DD 861) entering San Francisco Bay with Golden Gate Bridge and another destroyer aft of her. Photo from the collection of the Vallejo Naval and Historical Museum.		Darryl Baker
	64k	USS Harwood (DD-861) Photographed circa Summer-Fall 1945. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo #: NH 107419.		Robert Hurst
	200k	Three views from September 22 45 at Bethl;ehem Steel, San Pedro, 6 days before commissioning.		Ed Zajkowski
	135k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	101k	As above.		Ed Zajkowski
	197k	USS Harwood (DD-861) underway off Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation, San Pedro, California, on 10 October 1945. She is painted in Camouflage Measure 21. Official U.S. Navy Bureau of Ships photo 19-N-90229.		Robert Hurst
	127k	Returning to home port, San Diego. Homeward Bound pennant flying from main mast after 13 months in China, 1947.		-
	173k	Newport R.I. Navy Base between January 1951 and May 1952. From the collection of Eugene Mcfadden PH3 USS Cascade.		Gene Mcfadden
	180k	As above.		Gene Mcfadden
	76k	L-R, USS Keppler (DDE-765), USS Fred T. Berry (DDE-858), USS Norris (DDE-859), USS McCaffery (DDE-860) and USS Harwood (DDE-861 of DesRon 6 steaming through the Caribbean in June 1956.		Robert Hurst
	76k	Scenes from the USS Lloyd Thomas Cruisebook from Jan-Mar 1957. From the collection of Robert Frampton, CAPT (SC), USN (Ret.). In this photo are the USS Lloyd Thomas (DD-764), USS Keppler (DD-765) and the USS Harwood (DD-861).		Robert Hall
	103k	February 3 1960, USN photo 1047285 by Easter, USS Wasp. Starboard bow shot of USS Harwood (DDE 861) underway.		David Buell
	111k	USS Harwood (DDE-861) underway on 16 July 1962, location unknown. Note helicopter pad aft. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command. Photo # 82585.		Robert Hurst
	112k	USS Harwood (DD-861), underway in Maltese waters, circa 1964. Photo courtesy A. & J. Pavia from the 1964-65 Edition of Jane's Fighting Ships.		Robert Hurst
	57k	Chesapeake Bay, July 1964		© Richard Leonhardt
	129k	USS Sierra (AD-18) at San Juan, Puerto Rico, 26 February 1967 with six destroyers alongside including the Basilone (DD-824), Fiske (DD-842), Davis (DD-937), Richard E Kraus (DD-849), Harwood (DD-861), and the Gyatt (DD-712). Taken from the USU Fred T. Berry (DD-858).		© Richard Leonhardt
	82k	USS Fulton (AS-11) and USS Sierra (AD-18) stern to stern at San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 1967 with the USS Davis (DD-937), unknown, USS Harwood (DD-861), USS William C. Lawe (DD-763) and USS Stribling (DD-867) alongside the Sierra.		Sheridan Carey
	209k	USS Harwood [DD-861] docked at Roosevelt Roads Naval Station during Springboard 1970.		Bill Gonyo
	32k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	34k	Ship's patch.		Mike Smolinski
	37k	One of her Squadron patches.		Dave Cupples
On Turkish Service
	112k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	54k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	70k	Undated, location unknown.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	44k	As the TCG KOCATEPE D354. The D354 was sunk in error in 1974 during the war between Turkey and Greece. After the sinking she was replaced by the USS Norris (DD-859) with the same Turkish hull number.		Murat Kurtulmus
	94k	Undated, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	63k	Undated, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	126k	Undated, location unknown.		Cüneyt Demir
	82k	Two views from the turnover c eremony on December 17 1971 including the President of Turkey, Cevdet Sunay		Cüneyt Demir
	71k	As above.		Cüneyt Demir
	69k	USS Harwood DD-861(D354 Kocatepe), USS Forrest Royal DD-872 (D353 Adatepe) and USS Razorback SS-394 razorback (S336 Muratreis) during the Turkish flag raising ceremonies on March 27 1971.		Cüneyt Demir
	83k	As above.		Cüneyt Demir
	136k	The accidental sinking on July 22 1974 off Cyprus.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	160k	As above.		Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	263k	Map of the area where Harwood was sunk.		Cüneyt Demir
	106k	Newspaper article about the sinking.		Cüneyt Demir
	33k	Rescue efforts with either the HMS Brighton or HMS Minerva in the background.		Cüneyt Demir
	50k	Rescue efforts.		Cüneyt Demir

CDR Reid Puryear Fiala    Sep 28 1945 - Sep 1946 (Later RADM)
CDR Robert Leslie Neyman    Sep 1946 - Sep 1947
CDR Gordon A. Uehling    Sep 1947 - 1948
CDR Robert Frederick Sellars    1948 - Oct 1949
CDR Alan George Schnable    Oct 1949 - Oct 1951
CDR Fred Groch Bennett    Oct 1951 - Dec 1952 (Later VADM)
CDR Samuel Alexander Forter    Dec 1952 - Sep 1954
CDR John Edmund Tuttle    Sep 1954 - Nov 1954
LCDR Robert Schenck Day    Nov 1954 - Dec 1954 (Acting)
CDR John Edmund Tuttle    Dec 1954 - 1956
CDR Charles Wilson Smyers Jr.    1956 - 1958
CDR Louis Eugene Voorhees    1958 - 1960
CDR James Wilson Mercer    1960 - 1962
CDR Joseph John Cote    1962 - Jul 1963
CDR Cornelius Ferris Moul III    Jul 1963 - Mar 1965
CDR Richard Turner Whitlock    Mar 1965 - Nov 17 1966
CDR William Sherrod Guthrie    Nov 17 1966 - Sep 1968
CDR Clifford David Hopkins    Sep 1968 - Jun 1970
CAPT Robert Malcolm Marshall    Jun 1970 - Dec 17 1971

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