The Ward was a Wickes-class destroyer, named for Commander James Harmon Ward, the first U.S. Navy officer to be KIA during the American Civil War. She was laid down on May 15, 1918, launched on June 1 ...

Edward D. Bowden was killed when Japanese torpedoes and bombs hit the USS California in the 1941 attack, according to the ...

Gun, which sits on the south end of the Capitol Mall near the Veterans Service Building, was installed as part of Minnesota’s centennial celebration. The USS Ward Gun Number Three, which was manned by ...

On December 7, 1941, the faint glow of dawn painted the sky as Captain Outerbridge stood on the bridge of USS Ward. The atmosphere on the ship was charged, as each crew member recognized the perilous ...

The Japanese Navy included five Type A midget submarines in the Pearl Harbor raid of 7 December 1941. Transported on board large I type submarines, the midgets were launched near the entrance to Pearl ...

It seemed like a good idea at the time, but it was a little more difficult than first imagined. In 1958, there was an effort to bring the anchor of the USS Oklahoma, which had sunk during the attack ...

Families of sailors assigned to the USS Pearl Harbor wait on the pier as the ship returns to its homeport in San Diego on Oct ...

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) in Falmouth reported Friday that oil from the USS Arizona has never stopped ...