I believe the Ward was indeed that, USS Ward DD-139 was off coast in the early hours of the dmorning of December 7th before the main air attack happened an fired upon the the Midget submarine tailing a tanker.
It would hypothetically be epic if the devs finally gave the US TT a Wickes class Destroyer in the same update as the Helm is added, being a duo in the first offical shots of US war.
Niche, USS Wickes DD-75 is in game already although represented as the Town class (1940) Destroyer HMS Montgomery G95.
