USS Ward was laid down as a 1,247-long-ton (1,267 t) Wickes-class destroyer (designated DD-139) in the United States Navy during World War I, later converted to a high speed transport (designated APD-16) in World War II. She was responsible for the first American-caused casualties in the Pacific in World War II when she engaged and sank a Japanese midget submarine before Japanese aircraft arrived in the attack on Pearl Harbor, killing both crewmen on board.
USSWard was laid down as a 1,247-long-ton (1,267 t) Wickes-class destroyer (designated DD-139) in the United States Navy during World War I, later converted...
destroyers USSWard, USS Cooper, the Japanese destroyer Shimakaze, and what is believed to be two Yūgumo-class destroyers. The discovery of the wreck of USS Ward...
USS Aaron Ward may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy: USS Aaron Ward (DD-132), a destroyer that served between 1919 and 1940 and...
Ward Township, Pennsylvania USS Aaron Ward, various United States Navy destroyers USSWard (DD-139), a U.S. Navy destroyer Ward (magic), a word or symbol...
submarine outside of Pearl Harbor which had been sunk by the destroyer USSWard in the first American shots fired in World War II. In 2011, marine scientists...
shipbuilding speed record for a destroyer that still stands, launching USSWard in just 17+1⁄2 days in May–June 1918. Mare Island was selected by the Navy...
battleship Musashi in 2015. In 2017, at Allen's direction, Petrel found USS Indianapolis, USSWard, the wrecks of the Battle of Surigao Strait and the Battle of...
The USS Liberty incident was an attack on a United States Navy technical research ship (spy ship), USS Liberty, by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft...
August 1945), 8 killed USS Gilmer (APD-11) USS Humphreys (APD-12) USS Sands (APD-13) USS Schley (APD-14) USS Kilty (APD-15) USSWard (APD-16), sunk by Kamikaze...
Harbor on 7 December 1941. Navy reserve sailors from Minnesota aboard the USSWard fired the first U.S. shots of World War II by sinking a Japanese mini-submarine...
Naval Militia were manning the USSWard at the entrance of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Sailors on the USSWard fired at a Japanese minisub attempting...
friendly fire from nearby ships in the anchorage USSWard was scuttled by destroyer USS O'Brien (DD-725) USSWard (DD-139) fired the first shot at Pearl Harbor...
The Battleship USS Iowa Museum is a maritime museum located at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, Los Angeles, California, United States. The museum's...
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