Is this recent? I feel like there was an article a few days ago that mentioned the main gun from the Ward is in the US and several war survivors who served on the Ward meet there every year. They recovered/brought it to the US in the 70s or so..
Gun was removed from USS WARD when converted to destroyer transport
It was placed at State House in Minnesota, many of the WARD’s crew were reservists from Minnesota
USS Ward gun is on display near the Minnesota state capitol. Presumably the gun was removed when the Ward was converted to a transport ship during the war.