Image: USS Ward (DD-139) afire
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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.
Title: USS Ward (DD-139) afire
Credit: 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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