USS Harder (SS-568)

USS Harder (SS-568)

USS Harder (SS-568), a Tang-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the harder, a fish of the mullet family found off South Africa.

Her keel was laid down by the Electric Boat Company in Groton, Connecticut, on 30 June 1950. She was launched on 3 December 1951 sponsored by Kay Logan Cole, the widow of Lieutenant S.M. Logan, executive officer of Harder (SS-257) lost during World War II. Harder was commissioned on 19 August 1952 with Commander R.B. Laning in command.