USS De Haven (DD-469)
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USS De Haven (DD-469), named for Lieutenant Edwin J. De Haven USN (1819–1865), was a Fletcher-class destroyer laid down by the Bath Iron Works Corporation at Bath, Maine on 27 September 1941, launched on 28 June 1942 by Miss H. N. De Haven, granddaughter of Lieutenant De Haven and commissioned on 21 September 1942. De Haven patrolled "The Slot" to intercept ships of the Tokyo Express, and bombarded Kolombangara Island during January 1943. USS De Haven was attacked by a number of enemy Japanese aircraft off Marovo on Guadalcanal on 1 February 1943 and sank with the loss of 167 of her crew.
See USS De Haven for other ships of the same name.