USN · DD
Ward
Photos and infoWickes-class destroyer. On the morning of 7 December 1941 she was patrolling the channel entrance and sank a midget submarine before the air attack. Which mother boat had launched that midget is disputed. She was later the high-speed transport APD-16. A kamikaze hit her off Ormoc on 7 December 1944 and she was lost.
| Class | Wickes class |
|---|---|
| Type | Destroyer (DD) |
| Hull | DD-139 |
| Fate | Sunk. Sank a midget submarine outside Pearl Harbor before the air attack on 7 December 1941. Later the high-speed transport APD-16. A kamikaze hit her off Ormoc on 7 December 1944 and she was lost. |
| Armament (class) | Flush-deck four-piper. Four funnels. |
Laid down, displacement, length, beam, draft, speed, and complement are not stored for each hull, so this table leaves them out.
The armament line is the class drawing, not a measurement of this hull.
USS Ward (DD-139) on 26 February 1919 (NH 63240).jpg. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941-12-07 · outside the entrance; sank a midget before the air attack
