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.

Mar 16, 2018 · While patrolling Pearl Harbor Entrance on Sunday, December 7, 1941, the U.S.S. Ward attacked an unidentified submarine in the Restricted Area off the Harbor. The facts are as follows: At...

Aug 2, 2023 · The USS Ward was a World War I era “Wickes” class destroyer that saw service in that war in both the Atlantic and Pacific. She was named in honor of Commander James Harmon Ward, USN, the first U.S. Navy officer to be killed in action during the American Civil War.

Dec 7, 2017 · -- Seventy-six years after the attack on Pearl Harbor, researchers are sharing rare underwater images of the USS Ward, the U.S. Navy destroyer that fired the first American shots in World War II. The Ward has rested on the ocean floor near Ponson Island in the Philippines since it came under attack by kamikazes later in the war.

The Wickes-class destroyer, USS Ward (Destroyer #139) was quickly built at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, for World War I. Following her service in the Atlantic, she supported the...

Dec 2, 2016 · Destroyer USS Ward (DD 139) sank a Japanese midget submarine (launched from mother submarine I-20) attempting to gain access to the harbor a little over an hour before the air raid commenced (but an hour after the Japanese strike had already launched.)

Dec 13, 2024 · The Ward was a Wickes -class destroyer, named for Commander James Harmon Ward, the first U.S. Navy officer to be KIA during the American Civil War. She was laid down on May 15,...

Ward sank at 1130 on 7 December 1944, in Ormoc Bay between Poro Island and Apali Point. Her name was struck from the Navy list on 20 January 1945. Ward earned one battle star for World War II services as a destroyer and eight as a fast transport.

Dec 6, 2017 · The USS Ward was a Wickes-class destroyer that fired the first American shot in WWII at 6:40 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, 1941. She engaged a Japanese submarine before the attack on Pearl Harbor, successfully sinking her opponent.

Dec 8, 2011 · The Lieutenant and veteran of 14 years of service had taken command of the elderly destroyer USS Ward (DD 139) less than 24 hours before she began her weekend Anti-Submarine patrol of the entrance to Pearl Harbor.