USS Ward (DD-139)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament 12 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
4 × 4 in (102 mm) guns
gptkbp:beam 31 ft 8 in (9.65 m)
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Wickes-class
gptkbp:commissioned 24 July 1918
gptkbp:convertedTo High-speed transport in 1943
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:crewComplement 101 officers and enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 21 July 1921
gptkbp:displacement 1,154 tons
gptkbp:draught 9 ft 2 in (2.79 m)
gptkbp:fate Sunk by kamikaze attack
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USS Ward (DD-139)
gptkbp:hullNumber APD-16
DD-139
gptkbp:laidDown 15 May 1918
gptkbp:launched 1 June 1918
gptkbp:length 314 ft 4 in (95.83 m)
gptkbp:locationSunk off Ormoc Bay, Leyte, Philippines
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:James_Harmon_Ward
gptkbp:notableAction Sank a Japanese midget submarine
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Pearl_Harbor
7 December 1941
Fired first American shot in World War II
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:propulsion Steam turbines
gptkbp:recommissioned 13 January 1941
gptkbp:renamed APD-16 (high-speed transport)
gptkbp:service gptkb:World_War_I
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 35 knots
gptkbp:struck 7 February 1945
gptkbp:sunkBy 7 December 1944
Japanese kamikaze aircraft
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Arleigh_Burke-class_destroyer
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5