USS Aaron Ward (DD-132) [SEP] vessel class
USS Aaron Ward (DD-132)
The first ship named in honor of Rear Admiral Aaron Ward, USS "Aaron Ward" (DD-132) was a in service with the United States Navy. In 1940, she was transferred to the Royal Navy and renamed HMS "Castleton".
Service history.
Service history As USS "Aaron Ward".
She was laid down on 1 August 1918 at Bath, Maine by the Bath Iron Works, launched on 10 April 1919, sponsored by Mrs. Washington Lee Capps, the
of 1917. He was first posted to the cruiser USS "North Carolina", which was convoying troops across the Atlantic Ocean. After WWI ended, he remained in the permanent navy, serving at sea aboard the destroyers USS "Aaron Ward" (DD-132), USS "Aulick" (DD-258), and USS "Brooks" (DD-232) in the Middle East. He was commanding "Brooks" on his return to the U.S., then was put in command of the USS "Bulmer" (DD-222).