USS Aaron Ward (DM-34)
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For other ships with the same name, see USS Aaron Ward.
The third ship named USS Aaron Ward (DD-773/DM-34) in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward was a Robert H. Smith-class destroyer minelayer in the service of the United States Navy.
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United States | |
Name | Aaron Ward |
Namesake | Aaron Ward |
Builder | Bethlehem Shipbuilding, San Pedro, California |
Laid down | 12 December 1943 |
Launched | 5 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 28 October 1944 |
Decommissioned | 28 September 1945 |
Fate | Sold for scrap 1946 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Robert H. Smith-class destroyer |
Displacement | 2,200 tons |
Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
Beam | 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m) |
Draft | 18 ft 10 in (5.74 m) |
Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
Complement | 363 officers and enlisted |
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She was laid down as an Allen M. Sumner-class destroyer (DD-773) on 12 December 1943 at San Pedro, California by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding and launched on 5 May 1944, sponsored by Mrs. G. H. Ratliff. The ship was redesignated a destroyer minelayer, DM-34, on 19 July 1944, and commissioned on 28 October 1944.