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USS Ford

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 revisionMay 13, 2025
Entity authorityQ542569 ↗
Source-derived summary

USS Ford may refer to the following ships operated by the United States Navy:

USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN-78), named for former President Gerald Ford, is the lead vessel of her class of aircraft carriers. She was commissioned in 2017.

USS John D. Ford (DD-228), named for John D. Ford, was a World War II destroyer

USS Ford (FFG-54), named for Patrick O. Ford, is an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, decommissioned in 2013.

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “USS Ford” is wikimedia disambiguation page. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Ford, Wikimedia and disambiguation, 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—2017, 2013—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Ford, Wikimedia and disambiguation is the immediate research focus.
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This entry incorporates text from “USS Ford” 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.