sentences:  He served in various capacities on ships and ashore, including 3½ years on the China Station (1937–40) aboard the heavy cruiser .In 1940-41 he was Executive Officer of the destroyer , and on December 5, 1941 he was appointed as the captain of the destroyer , stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.Early in the morning of December 7, 1941, the "Ward", while on patrol near the entrance to Pearl Harbor, was alerted by the cargo ship to the presence of a Japanese midget submarine attempting to infiltrate into the harbor entrance.