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| Keywords: document text Lot-5372-1: USS Ward (DD 139, later APD-16) construction and launching at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 1918. Shown: List of the men who built the destroyer. Launched on June 1, 1918, she was commissioned on July 24, 1918. Ward was redesignated as APD-16 in February 1943. USS Ward (DD 139) fired the first shots of WWII on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. During the Battle of Ormoc Bay, December 7, 1944, Ward was attacked by Japanese kamikazes and was damaged. USS O’Brien (DD 725) scuttled the ship. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress (2016/06/03). Lot-5372-1: USS Ward (DD 139, later APD-16) construction and launching at Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 1918. Shown: List of the men who built the destroyer. Launched on June 1, 1918, she was commissioned on July 24, 1918. Ward was redesignated as APD-16 in February 1943. USS Ward (DD 139) fired the first shots of WWII on December 7, 1941, when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor. During the Battle of Ormoc Bay, December 7, 1944, Ward was attacked by Japanese kamikazes and was damaged. USS O’Brien (DD 725) scuttled the ship. Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels Collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress (2016/06/03). | ||||
