USS Harding (DD-91) [SEP] vessel class
USS Harding (DD-91)
USS "Harding" (DD-91) was a in the United States Navy during World War I. She was the first ship named in honor of Seth Harding.
Launched in 1918, she undertook training exercises off the East Coast of the United States sporadically for several years. In 1919, she escorted a major transatlantic flight of Curtiss NC seaplane. Later that year, she was selected to be converted into a seaplane tender, and was then used to support naval aviator training off Naval Air Station
- Laid down: 12 February 1918
- Launched: 4 July 1918 (List)
- Operator:
- Commissioned: 25 February 1919 (List)
- Status: Sunk near Bougainville on 17 November 1943 (List)
- Operations: World War I convoy escort, Guadalcanal high speed transport
Ships in class USS "Harding".
- Designation: Destroyer No. 91, DD-91
- Builders: (Union Iron Works in San Francisco, California)
- Laid down: 12 February 1918