Commander Samuel Dealey took USS Harder out of Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for the submarine's first war patrol in Jun 1943. All six of her war patrols would be deemed successful, and Commander Dealey would be known for his aggressiveness in seeking out Japanese shipping, sinking several Japanese destroyers (including Minazuki, Hayanami, Tanikaze, and others) in addition to a number of merchant ships. Her most successful war patrol was her fifth, during which she sank or heavily damaged four destroyers. On 24 Aug 1944, while attacking two Japanese destroyers off Dasol Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands together with wolfpack mate USS Hake, Harder was depth charged and sunk by coastal defense ships CD-22 and PB-102, the latter of which was the former USS Stewart captured by the Japanese at Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies in 1942
Commander Samuel Dealey took USS Harder out of Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for the submarine's first war patrol in Jun 1943. All six of her war patrols would be deemed successful, and Commander Dealey would be known for his aggressiveness in seeking out Japanese shipping, sinking several Japanese destroyers (including Minazuki, Hayanami, Tanikaze, and others) in addition to a number of merchant ships. Her most successful war patrol was her fifth, during which she sank or heavily damaged four destroyers. On 24 Aug 1944, while attacking two Japanese destroyers off Dasol Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands together with wolfpack mate USS Hake, Harder was depth charged and sunk by coastal defense ships CD-22 and PB-102, the latter of which was the former USS Stewart captured by the Japanese at Surabaya, Java, Dutch East Indies in 1942
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Entered the service from Pennsylvania.
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