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W2W - USS WARD Commemorative Station - May 7, 2019
« on: April 09, 2019, 04:53:39 PM »

The South East Metro ARC (SEMARC) commemorates the USS Ward, which fired the first shots in the War of the Pacific, sinking a Japanese mini-sub at the entrance to Pearl Harbor. The responsible gunnery crew of the Ward consisted of naval reservists from St. Paul, MN. The sub was sunk a few hours before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The gun used by the crew is placed as a memorial on the State Capitol grounds in St. Paul.

Date: May 7, 2019
Time: 1300Z - 2100Z (0800 CDST - 1600 CDST)
Bands/Modes: 40M and 20M: CW & SSB; 17M: FT-8

Certificates: www.semarc.org two weeks after the event.
USS Ward Info: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ward_(DD-139)
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