USS Ward DD-139 | Red Army Screaming

Posted on December 7, 2019December 8, 2019 by Erik Chipchase

While
patrolling Pearl Harbor Entrance on Sunday, December 7, 1941, the
U.S.S. Ward attacked an unidentified submarine in the Restricted Area
off the Harbor.
A dispatch by voice transmission was sent to Commandant, Fourteenth Naval District at 0645 which stated:

“We have attacked, fired upon, and dropped depth charges on a submarine operating in defensive sea areas.”

Posted on July 23, 2019July 28, 2019 by Erik Chipchase

USS Ward DD 139, Dazzle.

Posted on December 7, 2018December 7, 2018 by Erik Chipchase

USS Ward (DD-139) engaged & sank a Japanese midget submarine attempting to enter Pearl Harbor on the morning of 7 December 1941.

Ward was sunk by Japanese Kamikaze Attack off Leyte December 7 1944.