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DD-773 / DM-34 Aaron Ward


Robert H Smith Light Mine Layer: Laid down, 12 December 1943 as Aaron Ward (DD-773), an Allen M Sumner Class Destroyer, at Bethlehem Steel Co., San Pedro CA.; Launched, 5 May 1944; Reclassified a Light Mine Layer (DM), 19 July 1944; Commissioned USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), 28 October 1944; Decommissioned, 28 September 1945; Struck from the Naval Register July 1946; Final Disposition, sold for scrapping. Aaron Ward (DM 34) earned one battle star and a Presidential Unit Citation for World War II service.

Specifications: Displacement 2,380 t.(lt) , 3370 t.(fl); Length 376' 6"; Beam 40' 10" ; Draft 18' 10"; Speed 34kts; Complement 363; Armament three twin 5"/38 Duel Purpose gun mounts, six twin 40mm gun mounts, eleven 20mm guns, two .50 cal machine guns, two dct, four dcp; Propulsion, four Babcocks and Wilcox boilers, two GEC geared turbines, 60,000SHP at 36.5kts, two shafts, two propellers, Range 3,300 nm at 20kts.
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Aaron Ward 130k 9 September 1945 -
Aaron Ward 100k - Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Aaron Ward 88k - Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
Aaron Ward 131k Kerama Retto, 4 May 1945 showing kamikaze damage.
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USS LCS(L)3 1-130 Association
Aaron Ward 63k Kerama Retto, 5 May 1945. Starboard quarter view of kamikaze damage which occurred a short time before while operating on picket station off Okinawa. The after portion of the ship including her after stack has been almost completely leveled.
US Navy photo # 80-G-330113
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Aaron Ward 38k At Kerama Retto, 5 May 1945 port quarter view of kamikaze damage.
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