USS Ward
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Not to be confused with USS Aaron Ward.
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.
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Ward in dazzle camouflage in 1918 (as DD-139) | |
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Name | Ward |
Namesake | James H. Ward |
Builder | Mare Island Navy Yard |
Laid down | 15 May 1918 |
Launched | 1 June 1918 |
Commissioned | 24 July 1918 |
Decommissioned | 21 July 1921 |
Recommissioned | 15 January 1941 |
Reclassified | High-speed transport, APD-16, 6 February 1943 |
Fate | Sunk by kamikaze[1] 7 December 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,247 long tons (1,267 t) |
Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.8 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 11 in (9.4 m) |
Draft | 9 ft 10 in (3.0 m) |
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Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
Complement | 231 officers and enlisted |
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