USS Aaron Ward (DD-132)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Aaron Ward.
The first ship named in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, USS Aaron Ward (DD-132) was a Wickes-class destroyer in service with the United States Navy. In 1940, she was transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Castleton.
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USS Aaron Ward | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS Aaron Ward |
Namesake | Aaron Ward |
Builder | Bath Iron Works |
Laid down | 11 August 1918 |
Launched | 10 April 1919 |
Commissioned | 21 April 1919 |
Decommissioned | 17 June 1922 |
Recommissioned | 24 May 1930 (Rotating Reserve) |
Recommissioned | December 1934 (full service) |
Decommissioned | 1 April 1937 |
Recommissioned | 30 September 1939 |
Decommissioned | 9 September 1940 |
Stricken | 8 January 1941 |
Identification | DD-132 |
Fate | Transferred to United Kingdom 9 September 1940 |
United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Castleton |
Acquired | 9 September 1940 |
Commissioned | September 1940 |
Out of service | Paid off in March 1945 |
Fate | Scrapped, 1947 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Wickes-class destroyer |
Displacement | 1,090 long tons (1,107 t) |
Length | 314 ft 4 in (95.81 m) |
Beam | 30 ft 6 in (9.30 m) |
Draft | 8 ft 8 in (2.64 m) |
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Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
Complement | 159 officers and enlisted |
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