That would be the USS Ward a World War I vintage Destroyer.
The USS ward was the ship that fired the first American shots during the attack on Peal Harbor
It was the USS Ward who fired the first shots to a Japanese midget subs in the early morning of December 7, 1941 before the Japanese Imperial Army attack and bombed pearl Harbor.
jeffery pluckinson
The US was first attacked at Pearl Harbor by the Japanese.
Yes. Pearl Harbor is located on the southern coast of O'ahu, Hawaii.
No, America wanted to stay out of it; but joined when Pearl Harbor was bombed. Americe actually fired the first shot during the Pearl Harbour conflict when they spotted a jap sub in the waters of the Harbour.
There were no American aircraft carriers in Pearl Harbor when it was attacked on December 7, 1941.
The attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The "Battle of Pearl Harbor."
1961
First of all, Pearl Harbor was and still is a part of country (we never declared war on Pearl Harbor). Second, I assume you're asking when we declared war on Japan BECAUSE of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Pearl Harbor was attacked on December 7, 1941. Roosevelt declared war on December 8th.
The USN Destroyer USS Ward fired upon and sunk a Japanese Mini-Submarine (Midget Sub) before the air attack began.
Confederates fired on Ft. Sumter in Charleston Harbor.