Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Destroyer |
Class | Wickes |
Pennant | DD 139 |
Built by | Mare Island Navy Yard (Vallejo, California, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 15 May 1918 |
Launched | 1 Jun 1918 |
Commissioned | 24 Jul 1918 |
Lost | 7 Dec 1944 |
Loss position | 10° 51'N, 124° 33'E |
History | USS Ward was launched in a record 15 days after being laid down. Decommissioned on 21 July 1921 at San Diego, California |
Commands listed for USS Ward (DD 139)
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Commander | From | To | |
1 | Lt.Cdr. Hunter Wood, Jr., USN | 15 Jan 1941 | 5 Dec 1941 |
2 | Lt. William Woodward Outerbridge, USN | 5 Dec 1941 | 1 Jul 1942 |
3 | Lt.Cdr. Robert Holden Wilkinson, USN | 1 Jul 1942 | 10 Nov 1942 |
4 | Frederick von Windegger Lemly, USNR | 10 Nov 1942 | 28 Oct 1944 |
5 | Richard Edwrad Farwell, USNR | 28 Oct 1944 | 7 Dec 1944 |
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