USS Aaron Ward (DD-132)
USS Aaron Ward | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 & 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) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 35 kn (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Complement | 159 officers and enlisted |
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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.