AARON WARD DD 132

Ship Name and Designation History

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Wickes Class Destroyer Keel Laid 1 August 1918 - Launched 10 April 1919 USS AARON WARD Destroyer No. 132 Commissioned 21 April 1919 USS AARON WARD DD-132 Redesignated (DD) 17 July 1920 - Decommissioned 17 June 1922 Recommissioned 24 May 1930 - Decommissioned 1 April 1937 Recommissioned 30 September 1939 - Decommissioned 9 September 1940 HMS CASTLETON I-23 (British Naval Service) Transferred to Great Britain 9 September 1940 ( Famous Fifty) Struck from Naval Register 8 January 1941 Broken up for scrap 1947

Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, USN

 

Naval Covers

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1. USS Aaron Ward DD-132 Covers Page 1    (1930-1940)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

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Post Office Established 23 April 1921 - Disestablished 30 June 1922

NO POSTMARKS REPORTED

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Post Office Reestablished 25 May 1930 - Disestablished 8 January 1937

 

Locy Type 3as

1932-07-17

Cachet by Harry Ioor

 

Locy Type 3 (B-BBT)

1933-02-12

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Locy Type 3s

1930-03-05

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Locy Type F "Mare Island / California" USCS Postmark Catalog Illus. CD-1

1932-09-21

Mare Island Naval Shipyard, North Bay Stamp Club

 

Locy Type LDC 3 (B-BBT) "SAN DIEGO / CALIFORNIA"

1937-04-01

Last Day in Commission. R/S cachet.

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Post Office Reestablished 17 November 1939 - Disestablished 4 September 1940

 

Locy Type FDR 3 (A-BBT)

1939-11-17

First Day of Postal Service

 

Locy Type 3 (A-BBT) "KEYWEST / FLORIDA"

1940-08-02

Cachet by Mae Weigand

 

Locy Type 9x

1940-03-16

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Other Information

NAMESAKE - Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, USN (10 October 1851 - 5 July 1918).
Aaron Ward was born on 10 October 1851 in Philadelphia, Pa. Following graduation from the United States Naval Academy in 1871, he was ordered to USS California on the Pacific station. He next served in USS Brooklyn in the West Indies from 1873 to 1874, before reporting to USS Franklin on the European station. Ward served a tour of duty at the Naval Academy from 1876 to 1879. Next, he served with the USF Constitution training squadron in 1879 through 1882. Ward was occupied with various professional duties at the torpedo station in Newport, R.I., and the New York Navy Yard through 1885. From 1885 to 1888 he was stationed in USS Hartford and USS Monongahela on the Pacific station. Between 1889 and 1894, Ward served as naval attaché in Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg. He sailed with USS New York in the West Indies and Brazil until 1894, and in USS San Francisco in the Mediterranean through 1896. During the Spanish-American War, Ward commanded USS Wasp. Commended for gallantry, he was advanced to lieutenant commander for conspicuous service at the Battle of Santiago. He then commanded USS Panther for a year in the West Indies, followed by service as chief of staff to the Asiatic station commander. From 1901 to 1908, Ward commanded USS Yorktown, USS Don Juan de Austria, and USS Pennsylvania successively. He served for one year as supervisor of the harbor at New York before becoming an aide to the Secretary of the Navy in 1909. In 1910 Ward was promoted to rear admiral. In 1911 he became second in command of the Atlantic Fleet. Rear Admiral Ward retired on 10 October 1913. He died on 5 July 1918, and is buried in Greenwood Cemetery, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Three ships of the US Navy have been named in his honor; USS Aaron Ward DD-132, USS Aaron Ward DD-483 and USS Aaron Ward DD-773/DM-34.

 

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