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This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
Wickes Class Destroyer
Keel Laid August 1 1918 - Launched April 10 1919
USS AARON WARD Destroyer No. 132
Commissioned April 21 1919
USS AARON WARD DD-132
Redesignated (DD) July 17 1920
Decommissioned June 17 1922
Recommissioned May 24 1930 - Decommissioned April 1 1937
Recommissioned September 30 1939 - Decommissioned September 9 1940
HMS CASTLETON I-23 (British Naval Service)
Transferred to Great Britain September 9 1940 (Famous Fifty)
Struck from Naval Register January 8 1941
Broken up for scrap 1947
Naval Covers
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie,
for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should
be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).
Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set,
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of
earliest known usage.
A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.
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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contact the Curator or edit this page yourself and add it.
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editing this page.
