USS Ward DE 243

USS WARD DE 243

April 1946 - At sea in the mid-Pacific. Bound for Pearl Harbor and
return to the USA for decommissioning.
USS WARD DE 243 in foreground and USS OTTERSTETTER DE 244 in distance.

Photo taken from aboard sister ship USS TOMICH DE 242

Photo submitted by Neal Dyste
Aboard USS TOMICH DE 242 April 1945 until Decommissioning June 1946
"I served as First Assistant, then Chief Engineer. I went on inactive duty in
July 1946 and was in Reserve until final discharge in May 1955"