File:USS Ward (DD-139) afire.jpg
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Summary
| Description | The U.S. Navy high-speed transport USS Ward (APD-16) afire after she was hit by a Kamikaze in Ormoc Bay, Leyte, on 7 December 1944. She sank later in the day. Exactly three years earlier, on the morning of 7 December 1941, while on patrol off Pearl Harbor, Ward fired the first shot of the Pacific War. |
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| Source | Official U.S. Navy photo 80-G-270773 from the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command |
| Author | U.S. Navy |
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This file is a work of a sailor or employee of the U.S. Navy, taken or made as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, it is in the public domain in the United States.
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Original upload log
| date/time | username | resolution | size | edit summary |
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| 2006-10-29T21:18:26Z | User:Nevfennas | 605×765 | 68.1Kb | USS Ward (DD139 /APD 16) burning after being hit by Kamikaze. December 7th 1944 USS Ward (DD139 /APD 16) brennt nach Kamikazetreffer. 7. Dezember 1944 Source: http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-w/dd139.htm |
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| current | 20:36, 24 September 2009 | | 605 × 741 (62 KB) | wikimediacommons>Common Good | Losslessly cropped caption bar |
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