Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

APD-16 USS Ward (ex DD-139)

• High-Speed Transport (ex Wickes Class Destroyer:
• Displacement: 1060-1090 tons
• Length: 314'4"
• Beam: 30'6"
• Draft: 8'8"
• Speed: 35 knots
• Armament: 4 4"/50, 1 3"/23, 6x3 21" torpedo tubes; or 6 3"/50, 1 3"/23, 6x3 21" torpedo tubes
• Complement: 149
• Geared turbines with twin screws, 26,000 h.p.
• Built at Mare Island Navy Yard and commissioned as DD-139 24 July 1918
• Converted to High-Speed Transport at Puget Sound Navy Yard, and reclassified APD-16 6 February 1943

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Ward
• Deck Log: December 1941
• After Action Report: Pearl Harbor Attack
• Account of Lyle C. Perkins, Radioman
• After Action Report: Ormoc Bay, P.I. (loss of Ward by kamikaze attack)

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(As DD-139)

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