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|fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Ward''''' was one of one hundred and eleven [[Wickes Class Destroyer (1917)|Wickes class]] destroyers completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. | |fg=gold|bg=navy}}</div name=fredbot:career>'''U.S.S. ''Ward''''' was one of one hundred and eleven [[Wickes Class Destroyer (1917)|''Wickes'' class]] destroyers completed for the [[U.S. Navy]]. She is most noted for being the ship that first fired on the enemy in World War II, when she discovered and fired upon and sank a Japanese miniature submarine as it attempted to infiltrate Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941. | ||
==Service== | ==Service== | ||
==Captains== | ==Captains== | ||
<div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Ward''" nat="US"> | <div name=fredbot:officeCapt otitle="Captain of U.S.S. ''Ward''" nat="US"> | ||
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==See Also== | ==See Also== | ||
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{{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ward_( | {{WP|https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ward_(DD-139)}} | ||
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| U.S.S. Ward (1918) | |
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| Hull Number: | DD-139 |
| Builder: | Mare Island[1] |
| Laid down: | 15 May, 1918[2] |
| Launched: | 1 Jun, 1918[3] |
| Commissioned: | 24 Jul, 1918[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 21 Jun, 1921[5] |
| Kamikazed: | 7 Dec, 1944 |
U.S.S. Ward was one of one hundred and eleven Wickes class destroyers completed for the U.S. Navy. She is most noted for being the ship that first fired on the enemy in World War II, when she discovered and fired upon and sank a Japanese miniature submarine as it attempted to infiltrate Pearl Harbor on 7 December, 1941.
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