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When the resulting fires could not be controlled, Ward ' s crew was ordered to abandon ship, and she was sunk by gunfire from O'Brien, whose commanding officer, William W. Outerbridge, had been in command of Ward during her action in Hawaii three years before. In early December 2017, Ward ' s wreckage was located by RV Petrel in 686 ft (209 m ...
USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) was a Gleaves-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy.She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward.She sank on 7 April 1943 in a shoal near Tinete Point of Nggela Sule, Solomon Islands during Operation I-Go.
The third ship named USS Aaron Ward (DD-773/DM-34) in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the service of the United States Navy. She was laid down as an Allen M. Sumner -class destroyer ( DD-773 ) on 12 December 1943 at San Pedro , California by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and launched on 5 May ...
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 then became HMS Castleton. USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), a destroyer that served between 1942 and her sinking by Japanese bombers in 1943. USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), a destroyer minelayer that served in ...
The first ship named in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, USS Aaron Ward (DD-132) was a Wickes-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. In 1940, she was transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Castleton .
The standard Liberty ship (EC-2-S-C1 type) was a cargo ship 441 feet 6 inches (134.57 m) long overall, with a beam of 56 feet 10 + 3 ⁄ 4 inches (17.34 m). It had a depth of 37 feet 4 inches (11.38 m) and a draft of 26 feet 10 inches (8.18 m).
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USS William Ward Burrows was a transport ship that saw service with the United States Navy in World War II. The ship was the former Grace Steamship Company liner MV Santa Rita by Burmeister & Wain and launched in 1929 at Copenhagen, Denmark. As a Grace liner Santa Rita served the New York—South American West Coast trade from 1929 until 1939 ...