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Hull Number: DE-573

Launch Date: 12/18/1943

Class: BUCKLEY

BUCKLEY Class

Namesake: WILLIAM HARGOOD

WILLIAM HARGOOD

Wikipedia (as of 2024)

The still-unnamed ship was laid down as the U.S. Navy destroyer escort DE-573 by Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Inc., in Hingham, Massachusetts, on 27 October 1943. Allocated to the United Kingdom, she received the British name Hargood

Disposition:

Returned to the United States 23 February 1946. Stricken 12 April 1946. Sold to Northern Metal Co., Tacony, Pa., and removed 7 March 1947 for scrapping.

Ship History

USS HARGOOD DE-573 Ship History

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, April 2016

Hargood (DE-573) was launched by the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Mass., 18 December 1943. Designated for transfer to Great Britain under lend-lease, she was delivered to the Royal Navy and commissioned 7 February 1944. Hargood served through the rest of the war as an escort vessel in the North Atlantic and off the Normandy beachhead, and was returned to the United States 23 February 1946. Struck from the Navy List 12 April 1946, she was sold to Northern Metal Co., Tacony, Pa., and removed 7 March 1947 for scrapping.