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    USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) was a Gleaves-class destroyer in the service of the United States Navy. She was the second Navy ship named in honor of Rear Admiral...
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  • HMS Castleton. USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), a destroyer that served between 1942 and her sinking by Japanese bombers in 1943. USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), a destroyer...
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    after Admiral Aaron Ward - USS Aaron Ward (DD-132), served between 1919 and 1940 and then became HMS Castleton. USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), served between...
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    Archived from the original on 2020-09-24. Retrieved 2020-07-20. "USS Aaron Ward DD-483". Destroyer History Foundation. Archived from the original on 19...
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    destroyer USS Aaron Ward (DD-483). He was promoted to lieutenant commander on June 15, 1942. On April 7, 1943, now in command of Aaron Ward, he was escorting...
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    taking soundings; also near were USS Ortolan (ASR-5) and SC-521. Shortly before the attack came, USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) passed by, escorting LST-U9. Three...
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    March 2016. "USS Aaron Ward DD-483". Destroyer History Foundation. Retrieved 17 October 2012. "United States Ship Abbot (DD 629), 1943-74". USS Abbot. Retrieved...
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  • repaired and was back stateside for permanent work by 15 June 1945. USS Aaron Ward (DD-483) was operating with TF 67.4 of 5 cruisers and 8 destroyers on 13...
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    Silverstone, pp. 126–135 Gardiner and Chesneau, pp. 128–129 USS Gleaves (DD-423) and USS Niblack (DD-424) General Information Book with as-built data at Destroyer...
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    shipwrecks from World War 2, including those from the Pacific Ocean. "USS Hoel (DD 533)". uboat.net. Retrieved July 10, 2023. "SS (John A. Johnson (+1944)"...
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    ships USS Cassin Young (DD-793) - Boston National Historical Park, Charlestown, MA USS Charrette (DD-581) - Thessaloniki, Greece USS Edson (DD-946) -...
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    and planes that sank there during the Guadalcanal Campaign in 1942–43. "USS McKean (i) (APD 5)". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 January 2024. "Enderbury Island...
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    Brown (1861) USS Aaron Ward (DD-132, DD-483, DD-773/DM-34) USS Abadejo (SS-308) USS Abalone (SP-208) USS Abarenda (AC-13/AG-14, IX-131) USS Abatan (AO-92/AW-4)...
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  • She also assisted Wichita (CA-45), England (DE-635), Aaron Ward (DD-483) and Ingraham (DD-694). She departed Okinawa on 15 May for repair service at Ulithi...
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    Destroyer Captain, pp. 144–146; Morison, Struggle for Guadalcanal, p. 249. "USS Barton (DD-599), Benson-class (Bristol-class) destroyer in World War II". destroyerhistory...
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    units. USS Lexington on fire during the Battle of the Coral Sea, 1942 Light cruiser USS Birmingham coming alongside burning aircraft carrier USS Princeton...
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  • "Aaron Ward II (DD-483)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 27 June 2019. The second Aaron Ward...
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  • submarine USS Batfish (SS-310). The torpedoes passed ahead of Batfish. 18 July – The U.S. Navy destroyers USS Hank (DD-702) and USS Wallace L. Lind (DD-703)...
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    behind them at Tulagi, others had not fared as well. Kanawha and Aaron Ward (DD-483) had been struck and sunk. The oiler arrived at Espiritu Santo soon...
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    dragged under. Sakawa sank at 11°37′N 165°29′E / 11.617°N 165.483°E / 11.617; 165.483 in about 200 feet (61 m) of water. The second weapons test, Baker...
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    and patching the hull. However, Deliver was called off to assist USS Hugh W. Hadley (DD-774) which had been struck by three kamikaze aircraft. It wasn't...
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    (Kptlt.) Wolfgang Barten. U-52 was attacked by an American warship, USS Niblack (DD-424), on 10 April 1941. She undertook eight war patrols in the Battle...
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    incidents 3 May: USS Aaron Ward 4 May: HMS Formidable, USS Sangamon 9 May: USS England, USS Oberrender 11 May: USS Bunker Hill, USS Evans, USS Hugh W. Hadley...
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