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'''USS ''Agerholm'' (DD-826)''' was a [[Gearing class destroyer|''Gearing'' class]] [[destroyer]] in the United States Navy. She was the only ship named for Harold Crist Agerholm ([[January 29]],[[1925]]-[[July 7]],[[1944]]), a Private First Class in the [[US 2nd Marine Division|Second Division]] of the [[United States Marine Corps]]. He was killed during the assault upon [[Saipan]], and posthumously awarded the [[Congressional Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor]].
 
''Agerholm'' was laid down on [[10 September]] [[1945]] at [[Bath, Maine]], by the [[Bath Iron Works]], launched on [[30 March]] [[1946]], sponsored by Mrs. Rose Agerholm, mother of Pfc. Agerholm; commissioned on [[20 June]] [[1946]], Comdr. Frank D. Schwartz in command.