USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864)

USS Harold J. Ellison (DD-864) was a Gearing-class destroyer commissioned by the United States Navy in 1945, near the end of World War II. Named after Ensign Harold John Ellison, a naval aviator killed during the Battle of Midway, the ship served in both the Atlantic and Pacific Fleets during her lengthy career. She participated in various Cold War operations, including patrols, NATO exercises, and the Cuban Missile Crisis quarantine. After over three decades of service, the Harold J. Ellison was decommissioned in 1983 and subsequently transferred to Pakistan, where she was renamed Shah Jahan.