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	USS Ward (DD-139) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		USS Ward (DD-139) was a 1247-ton Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later APD-16 in World War II.
		Ward was named in honor of Commander James H. Ward, USN, (1806–1861), the first U.S. Navy officer to be killed in action during the American Civil War.
		When the resulting fires could not be controlled, Ward's crew was ordered to abandon ship and she was sunk by gunfire from USS O'Brien (DD-725), whose Commanding Officer, William W. Outerbridge, had been in command of Ward during her action off Pearl Harbor three years before.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USS_Ward (658 words)

	USS Ward
		Ward (Destroyer No. 139) was laid down on 15 May 1918 by the Mare Island Navy Yard; launched in a record 15 days on 1 June 1918, sponsored by Miss Dorothy Hall Ward, and commissioned on 24 July 1918, Comdr.
		Ward, her job completed, headed for the Russell Islands to embark men of the 33d Navy Construction Battalion on the 20th for passage to Nissan Island.
		Ward embarked four officers and 104 enlisted men of the Army's 77th Division on 6 December and sortied for Ormoc Bay, Leyte Island, at 1237 with TG 78.3.
	www.multied.com /navy/destroyer2/Ward.html (5005 words)

	USS Ward DD-139 / APD-16 Ship's History
		WARD and the rest of the APD's were forced to keep moving and leave McKean behind by the fires that attracted more aircraft; their cargo of troops and supplies were too value to risk.
		WARD and her Rangers were part of an advanced task force tasked with taking some of the smaller islands near Leyte to prevent the Japanese from using them to interfere with the rest of the invasion.
		WARD's guns, although improved from those she had carried at the beginning of the war, were too light in power or too slow in firing rate to have enough effect, and the plane, although hit, continued her plunge.
	www.specwarnet.net /USSWard/history.htm (14494 words)

	Navy Times - USS Ward veterans remember start of World War II
		Veterans, their families and government and military officials are remembering the Ward this weekend in anticipation for Wednesday’s observance of the 64th anniversary of the attack, which pushed the country into World War II.
		The Japanese sub sunk by the Ward was one of five launched on Dec. 6, each carrying a two-man crew and armed with two torpedoes.
		The Ward was converted to a high-speed transport at Puget Sound Navy Yard in Washington in 1943.
	www.navytimes.com /story.php?f=1-292308-1393744.php (571 words)

	Ormoc Bay, Leyte: USS Ward (APD-16) Action Report
		The USS Ward (APD16) departed Leyte Gulf at 1330 6 December 1944 as part of The Ormoc Attack Group, Task Group 78.3, under command of Rear Admiral A.D. STRUBLE (CTG78.3) in the USS Hughes.
		It is not known whether or not the guns of the USS Ward damaged the two bombers which crashed in the sea.
		The damage control lockers on the USS Ward were loaded under the galley deck house on both the port and starboard sides.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/logs/APD/apd16-Ormoc.html (3692 words)

	USN Ships--USS Ward (DD-139, later APD-16) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS Ward, a 1247-ton Wickes class destroyer, was built at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California.
		USS Ward was named in honor of Commander James H. Ward, USN, (1806-1861), the first U.S. Navy officer to be killed in action during the Civil War.
		Nearly all of these men had served in Ward since the beginning of the War, and were present when she sank a Japanese midget submarine just outside Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/dd139.htm (1051 words)

	All Hands - December 2000 - USS Ward Fires First Pacific War Shots
		Lookouts on USS Ward (DD 139) noticed a small featherwake at 5 a.m., Dec. 7, 1941, outside the entrance to Pearl Harbor.
		Many of her crew hailed from St. Paul, Minn. Ward's Commanding Officer, Lt. William W. Outerbridge, took charge of the ship less than two days before and was sleeping in a make-shift bunk in the chart house.
		As Ward raced past the submarine at 25 knots, her No. 3 gun, atop the galley deck house amidships, fired shots that went through the conning tower.
	www.mediacen.navy.mil /pubs/allhands/dec00/pg6a.htm (420 words)

	Pearl Harbor - USS Ward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The destroyer USS Ward which was the inshore patrol ship in the vicinity was notified and proceeded to investigate.
		0645: Lookouts on the destroyer USS Ward's bridge notice a small feather wake astern of the auxiliary USS Antares and the raft she is towing.
		As Ward pounded past at 25 knots, number three gun atop the galley deckhouse amidships commenced fire and its round passed squarely through the submersible's conning tower.
	homepage.ntlworld.com /andrew.etherington/articles/level1/pearl_harbor__uss_ward.htm (550 words)

	US Destroyers of Pacific War, 1942
		USS Greer (DD-145) commissioned 31 December 1918, decommissioned 22 June 1922, and was placed in reserve.
		On December 7, 1941 the USS Bagley was moored at the Navy Yard Pearl harbor in a position to fire upon torpedo bombers attacking battleship row and knocked down five before they could launch their destruction.
		USS Benham (DD-397) commissioned 2 February 1939 as the first of her class: 1,500 tons, 4- 5"/38, 16-21"TT, 251 men.
	www.ww2pacific.com /ships3.html (2934 words)

	USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), Gleaves-class destroyer in World War II
		USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), Gleaves-class destroyer in World War II Another fine example of the fighting spirit of the men of our destroyer force,” said Admiral Halsey of the Gleaves- (Bristol-)class destroyer USS Aaron Ward, DD 483.
		Arriving Pearl Harbor 20 December for repairs, Aaron Ward rejoined the fleet 6 February 1943, concurrent with the Japanese evacuation of Guadalcanal.
		Extensively explored since then, she is upright with her bow and stern distorted by impact with the sea floor and with damage still showing from her last fight, but otherwise in remarkably good condition.
	www.destroyerhistory.org /benson-gleavesclass/ussaaronward/index.html (571 words)

	USN Ships--USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS Aaron Ward, a 1630-ton Gleaves class destroyer built at Kearny, New Jersey, was commissioned in March 1942.
		In July, Aaron Ward steamed to the south Pacific, where she served as an escort to both logistics shipping and warships during the difficult campaign to hold Guadalcanal.
		USS Aaron Ward was named in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, USN, (1851-1918), who served actively in the U.S. Navy from 1867 to 1913.
	www.history.navy.mil /photos/sh-usn/usnsh-a/dd483.htm (914 words)

	DANFS: USS Ward (APD-16)
		Within moments, Ward was a ship alive the general quarters alarm routed the men from their bunks and sent them on the double to their action stations.
		The fourth of Ward's boat group, unable to get back to her own ship, was hoisted on board Schley before night retirement, and Schley's boat which had helped to refloat one of Ward's boats, was taken on board Ward.
		As yet disengaged, Ward watched as a Japanese plane was hit by antiaircraft fire from an LST and, trailing a column of smoke, plunged into the sea, nearly in the path of the recently detached and now beach bound LST's.
	www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USN/ships/dafs/APD/apd16.html (5511 words)

	The USS O'BRIEN DD-725
		USS O'Brien (DD-415) was lost as a result of enemy action in 1942.
		After training in the Boston and Norfolk areas, she escorted USS Ticonderoga (CV-14) to the Pacific via the Panama Canal and San Diego for carrier operations with the 3rd Fleet east of the Phillippines.
		Ordered to the 7th Fleet with USS HELENA (CA-75), she provided seacha dn rescue protectionfor carrier aircraft and shore bombardment fire on the east coast of Korea in September.
	members.tripod.com /~USS_Helena_CA75/obrien.html (1407 words)

	USS Aaron Ward DD-483
		Aaron Ward was in the vicinity when USS Wasp was torpedoed on September 15th.
		Coastwatcher Martin Clemens was aboard the Aaron Ward to spot targets.
		On April 7, 1943, the Aaron Ward escorted USS Ward APD-16 and three LSTs from Russell Islands to Savo.
	www.pacificwrecks.com /ships/usn/DD-483.html (816 words)

	Air Power Display: Celebrities
		The USS Ward (DD 139) fired the first shots of the Pacific war from her No. 1 four-inch mount at 6:45am December 7, 1941 after lookouts noticed a small feather wake at 5am that morning.
		Many of the USS Ward's crew hailed from St. Paul, MN and the gun that fired those first shots is on display at the State Capitol.
		Colonel William Bower was pilot of Crew #12, the twelfth bomber to take-off from the deck of the USS HORNET (Shangri-la).
	www.cafsmw.org /airshow/celebrities.html (603 words)

	Swedberg Story (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The USS Condor, one of four minesweepers on patrol, had spotted a submarine close by and notified the Ward by blinker light.
		The Ward's guns shot down 2 of the planes but the third one, on a kamikaze dive, crashed into her empty troop compartment, setting the Ward on fire.
		The order to sink the Ward came from the USS O'Brien, a DD whose Captain was then William W. Outerbridge, who had been Captain of the Ward on December 7, 1941.
	westernwebs.net /pearlharbor/swedberg.htm (2732 words)

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		Ward fought through the South Pacific battles, until December 7, 1944 (ironically), being heavily damaged by air attack, was scuttled by gunfire by U.S.S. O'Brien.
		Ward received one battle star for her service as a destroyer and seven battle stars as a fast transport.
		Craig -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 19) From: CBNJBB62@aol.com Subject: Re: USS Ward DD-139 Dear Josh: The USS Ward DD-139 after Pearl Harbor was converted to a Destroyer Transport-APD and when the war got the Philippines in Late 1944 she was damaged by a kamikaze on Dec 7.1944 so badly that a USN destroyer had to finished her off.
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL0777.txt (2619 words)

	USS Ward DD-139 / APD-16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The USS Ward, DD-139, named after a Civil War hero was the first to fight in the Pacific just minutes before the Pearl Harbor air raid when she attacked and sunk a Japanese midget submarine.
		By a strange twist of fate the Ward was sunk three years to the day later at Ormoc bay on Leyte after being hit by a twin-engined Japanese Kamikaze bomber.
		Even in her death the Ward was a lucky ship in a sense, for she never lost a man in a fight; and in her entire career only one sailor died while serving on her when he was swept overboard and lost in a storm.
	www.specwarnet.net /USSWard (342 words)

	Aaron Ward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The second Aaron Ward (DD-483) was launched 22 November 1941 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co, Kearny, N. J.: sponsored by Miss Hilda Ward, daughter of Admiral Ward, and commissioned 4 March 1942, Commander O. Gregor in command
		On 7 April 1943 while covering LST -449 off Togoma Point, Guadalcanal, Aaron Ward was attacked by six Planes which scored one hit and four "near miss", sinking her after she had scored hits on three of the planes.Casualties were 27 men killed or missing and 59 wounded.
		Aaron Ward seen dockside during her short but illustrious career.
	www.geocities.com /Pentagon/Base/1250/aronward.html (220 words)

	Dive-Oz Discussion Forums - USS Aaron Ward DM34 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		There is just something about the way it is sitting there, up-right, on the bottom with the gun turrets frozen in place with the guns raised etc. It is easy to imagine the crew had trying to defend their ship in it's final battle.
		There were comments with the photos that claimed the divers had along with being great blokes for helping out the islanders had located the USS Aaron Ward and dived her.
		I suspect that the reason Ballard does not mention the Ward is that he was after the deeper wrecks, especially HMAS Canberra, USS Quincy, USS Astoria and USS Vincennes which were lost on the first night of the Battle of Guadalcanal.
	www.diveoz.com.au /discussion_forums/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10797 (2244 words)

	USS Chevalier DD 805
		He was aboard as a machinist in the fl gang when WARD fired the first American shots of WWII and sank a Japanese sub (which was rediscovered in 2002).
		He remained in the crew for the duration of WARD's existence, through its refitting as APD 16 and its scuttling after an aircraft attack on December 7, 1944 in Ormoc Bay.
		Memorable experiences: USS Ward DD 139 firing first shot of US participation in World War II at Pearl Harbor, sinking the Japanese two-man submarine; sinking of the USS Ward three years later, on December 7, 1944, in Ormoc Bay, Philippines.
	www.destroyersonline.com /usndd/info/infdg805.html (592 words)

	USSWardpage (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		This is a photo of the USS Ward gun crew #3 sometime after the "First Shot" at the Japanese submarine on 7 December 1941.
		Three reserve officers and 82 reserve enlisted men of the 47th Division, 11th Battalion, 9th Naval District, serving at the Naval Training Center, St. Paul, Minnesota, were activated on January 25, 1941, specifically for duty on the destroyer USS Ward, then in San Diego.
		The Ward crew served proudly during a number of campaigns throughout the war.
	home.earthlink.net /~larrydev/USSWardpage.html (200 words)

	USA 4"/50 (10.2 cm) Marks 7, 8, 9 and 10 Pictures
		At least USS Hovey DD-208 and probably USS Stockton and USS Long DD-209 had hinged sponsons added around the bow mounting to increase the working space.
		USS Ward was sunk during the war, but this gun survived as it had been removed when Ward was converted to fast transport APD-16
		The mini-submarine attacked by USS Ward (DD-139) and PBY 14-P-1 was found on 28 August 2002 by a team from the Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, not far from the location reported by USS Ward.
	www.navweaps.com /Weapons/WNUS_4-50_mk9_pics.htm (550 words)

	eBay - uss ward, United States, Stamps items on eBay.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		USS William Ward Burrows AP6 1st day postal srv 1940
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	search-desc.ebay.com /search/search.dll?query=uss+ward&newu=1&krd=1 (291 words)

	Navy Region Hawaii News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		On Dec. 7, 1941, the USS Ward and her crew delivered the first shot of the war in the Pacific when she intercepted and sank a Japanese submarine at the entrance to Pearl Harbor, one hour before the Japanese air attack on the island of Oahu.
		On the morning of December 7, 1941, Ward, a World War I destroyer, was conducting a patrol off the entrance to Pearl Harbor when she encountered a Japanese Ko-hyoteki-class midget submarine.
		Continuing its daily routine, lookouts on the Ward’s bridge noticed a small feather wake astern of the auxiliary, between Antares and the raft.
	www.hawaii.navy.mil /NewsPAO/NRHNews_display.asp?story_id=480 (932 words)

	Russell Reetz, Pearl Harbor veteran of USS Ward - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper
		MAPLEWOOD, Minn. — Russell Reetz, a sailor aboard the USS Ward, which is credited with firing the first U.S. shots of World War II at Pearl Harbor, has died.
		He asked her to write a letter to a skeptical admiral he met, because the admiral told him he didn't think it was possible that the Ward's shells could sink a submarine, she said.
		The group helped have the gun from the Ward brought in 1958 to St. Paul, where it sits on the Capitol grounds.
	the.honoluluadvertiser.com /article/2004/Nov/09/ln/ln59p.html (329 words)

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		"A photo of Ward in Lott's booklet distinctly shows her in the solid color scheme dictated by the Measure 11 specifications, whereas if she were in the Measure 1 Dark Gray System, the distinctive light gray mast and funnel tops of that system would be evident.
		The difference between the two colors was really very slight, especially since the ultramarine based blue tended to erode and fade rapidly when exposed to bright sunlight and sea spray.
		Sources: Lott, "USS Ward - The First Shot." Sowinski, "United States Navy Camouflage of the WW2 Era." Palmieri, "USN Camouflage Part I" in Scale Models April 1979.
	smmlonline.com /archives/VOL0014.txt (1189 words)

	WUW USS Aaron Ward (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
		The wreck was relocated in 1994 after remaining hidden from prying eyes since April 7th, 1943 when it sank due to battle damage.
		The surface photo's are of the Aaron Ward or of destroyers of similar class or layout.
		The final layout is more like the one shown in the photo of the USS Caldwell on the next page.
	home.primus.com.au /wayde/wuw/awardnf.htm (425 words)

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