Pisces IV
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Pisces IV is a three-person, battery-powered deep-submergence vehicle, with a maximum operating depth of 2,000 m. The craft was built by Hyco International Hydrodynamics in Vancouver, and is currently
Pisces IV being launched from its support vessel, the R/V Ka‘imikai-o-Kanaloah
USS Ward
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USS Ward was laid down as a 1,247-long-ton Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later converted to a high speed transport in World War II. She was responsible for the f
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…on 28 August 2002, the search for the sub had been ongoing for 61 years. Analysis of the wreck shows that it was brought down by a shell from the USS Ward that breached the sub's conning tower, confirming that the United States fired the first shot in its war with Japan. Today, Pisces IV and its sister…
Ward in dazzle camouflage in 1918 (as DD-139)
A Ko-hyoteki-class two-man submarine
Ward, after being hit by a kamikaze on 7 December 1944. She was sunk by U.S. Navy fire later the same day
Ward's 4-inch gun at the Minnesota State Capitol