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USS Aaron Ward

Wikimedia disambiguation page

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General referenceInterpretive dossier study · Crown Archives visual atlas
Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionApr 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ2468276 ↗
Source-derived summary

USS Aaron Ward may refer to the following ships of the United States Navy:

USS Aaron Ward (DD-132), a destroyer that served between 1919 and 1940 and then became HMS Castleton.

USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), a destroyer that served between 1942 and her sinking by Japanese bombers in 1943.

USS Aaron Ward (DM-34), a destroyer minelayer that served in 1944 and 1945.

See also

USS Ward, named after James Harmon Ward, which fired the first American shot of World War II at the entrance to Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “USS Aaron Ward” is wikimedia disambiguation page. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Aaron, Ward and Wikimedia, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA dependable orientation record for establishing vocabulary, names and a first evidence trail. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1919, 1940, 1942, 1943—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Aaron, Ward and Wikimedia is the immediate research focus.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The phrase “wikimedia disambiguation page” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Apr 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q2468276. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1919, 1940, 1942 and 1943.

Critical limits

Overview language is designed for orientation and should not be treated as a substitute for the evidence cited beneath it. The source lead contains qualifying language; that uncertainty should survive quotation, summary and reuse. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.

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  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “USS Aaron Ward” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.