Keywords: USS Ward (DD-139) afire.jpg 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 Official U S Navy photo http //www history navy mil/our-collections/photography/numerical-list-of-images/nara-series/80-g/80-G-270000/80-G-270773 html 80-G-270773 from the U S Navy http //www history navy mil Naval History and Heritage Command 1944-12-07 U S Navy PD-USGov-Military-Navy USS Ward DD-139 Ormoc Bay Pacific War in December 1944 Photographs taken on 1944-12-07 Battle of Leyte original upload log wikitable date/time username resolution size edit summary ---- 2006-10-29T21 18 26Z User Nevfennas 605×765 68 1Kb <nowiki>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</nowiki> |