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Talk:USS Johnston (DD-821)

message: Additional information on ships deployment to Vietnam for the following link and source of the information. 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Johnston_(DD-821)
http://fightingfreddy66.blogspot.com/2009/05/gonzalez-hosts-uss-johnston-dd-821.html
USS Johnston (DD 821) was a Gearing class destroyer laid down in March 1945 and commissioned in August 1946. She was named for her fallen predecessor USS Johnston (DD-557), sunk on October 25, 1944 in the incredibly heroic battle against a much more heavily armed Japanese Task Force at the Battle of Leyte Gulf. For most of her career Johnston was a Cold Warrior, making many deployments to the Mediterranean and operating in the Atlantic and Caribbean out of Newport, Rhode Island and Charleston, South Carolina, but in late 1967 she deployed to the Western Pacific for Vietnam gun line and Tonkin Gulf escort duties. After surviving a typhoon in the mid-Pacific in late 1967 and doing escort duty with USS Ranger in the Gulf of Tonkin during January 1968, Johnston finally arrived off Hue City on 6 February and immediately engaged in intense gunfire support during the height of the Battle of Hue City. Remaining in a continuous gunfire support role until mid-March of 1968, the ship then returned to Charleston having expended over 10,000 5-inch rounds… Johnston remained in commission until 1980 and was then transferred to the Taiwanese Navy and served until 2004 – an incredible 58 years of continuous service.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.255.73.27 (talk) 16:41, 7 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: I know this was 11 years ago.. but I can’t thank whoever posted this enough. I’ve been crying for the last 30 minutes after finally seeing the USS Johnston recognized for its major role in Battle of Hue. Those 10,000 rounds firing non stop.. was made possible by a sailor named James No Name Jay. And I have the citation to prove it. He and he alone was given the credit of the success of that battle being won. That sailor is my Uncle Jim and he played a vital role in the success of that mission. Thank you for bringing this information to light. 108.147.93.72 (talk) 21:30, 29 June 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  U.S.S. Johnston Vietnam deployment
Talk:USS La Moure County (LST-1194)

message: instead of  or  The template does not appear to be able to "digest" (handle) common fractions) Peter Horn 16:42, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, I found it  Peter Horn 19:10, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Limitations of conversion template 

message: It is still the old infobox that is there. Peter Horn 16:50, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Info box not yet changed 

message: "On a very cool day on the coast of Caleta Cinfucho Bay, Chile in the pre-dawn hours of 12 September 2000 during a routine amphibious training operation with a sister vessel, the Chilean Valdiva." 
This sentence fragment needs a verb. From context, it seems the ship hit a rocky point, but the "sentence" quoted doesn't tell us what happened on that very cool day with her sister vessel Valdiva. 69.9.146.66 (talk) 07:56, 1 May 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: That was addressed in this edit of 01:04, 23 January 2012. ToE 04:59, 1 December 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Verb? 

message: Under General Characteristics, it lists a pair of LCPL. Actually, there were three, along with a captain's gig.
The gun mounts were originally twin 3-inch, so, there were a total of four 3-inch guns, initially. Those were in place, and maintained, when we went operational with the CIWS. Can't speak to the reductions indicated.
Source: I was a 2nd Div BM on the LMC, '83-'86.
(signed) That Mike Nagy Guy  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 129.7.106.53 (talk) 21:30, 13 December 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  General Characteristics not quite correct.
Talk:Edwin Muir

message: If someone wanted to add a couple of external links to this page, I would suggest:
* A very good overview of Muir's life and work by Professor the Lord Harries, available online: http://www.gresham.ac.uk/event.asp?PageId=45&EventId=830
* Edwin Muir website with selections of poems etc. - http://muir.rhizomatics.org.uk/
(I only don't put it up myself as there is a possible conflict-of-interest as I am connected with Gresham College, where the lecture was given). Jamesfranklingresham (talk) 11:38, 4 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links Suggestions
Talk:Prusac

message: Is the place "Prusac" in anyway related to the last name "Prusac"???
Byzantine Dragon 13:51, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Talk:USS Lincoln County

message: It has a brass seal/crest on it that says this ships name and "SLOW BUT SURE". Also scratched in it by hand says:  
"NAP
5.9.60
LB ¹² CAL"
Just found it interesting. 75.164.83.231 (talk) 06:59, 5 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Found an older Zippo Lighter.
Talk:USS LST-353

message: It strains credulity that an "internal explosion" in this one ship would also destroy 4 other ships. Was it crammed full of TNT? Why is there no article on the "West Loch" explosion? Edison (talk) 04:54, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Another triumph of planning at Pearl. . Gasoline or a dropped mortar shell started the explosion which took out several closely spaces ships. Nimitz saw no reason to make adjustments in the future in how closely ships loaded with fuel and explosives were docked since it was a "calculated risk." Edison (talk) 05:00, 25 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Internal explosion?

message: The remnants of LST-353 are still visible today. See Google Earth 21 21'25.90"N  157 59'49.71"W
121.216.97.224 (talk) 11:47, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Wreckage still visible today.
Talk:Legitimacy of the 2003 invasion of Iraq

message: In other words, if we understood well:
1- Illegitimate war.
2- They changed the 2000 election results (saying butterfly ballot in Florida) to install the right regime to create the war saying Sep 11.
3- Same thing happened 20 years later create the right regime to instantiate covid vax mandates, Ukraine support and Israel invasion of Gaza saying secure drop box ballot, which is a printable paper.
All those are Illegitimate actions and the media and the deep state are hiding them.
Deleting my note proves the point.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.57.29.16 (talk) 09:37, 14 December 2023 (UTC)
Talk:USS Machias (PG-5)

message: Please add the above.  It explains why the name.  USS MACHIAS has a proud and distinguished history 73.247.17.211 (talk) 15:04, 25 May 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  USS MACHIAS:   Ship was named from “the small town in eastern Maine” for an important reason.  Machias was the setting for the first naval battle of the Revolutionary war where the Americans captured the British ship the Margaretta.
Talk:USS Miantonomah (ACM-13)

message: This vessel is a fairly good illustration of the problem with so many minor and obscure vessels where the official, public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) has essentially been paraphrased as the entire Wikipedia article. With the blanket "This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" note what fact statements are and are not DANFS can quickly become confused with any additions. Furthermore, some ships have more non-Navy history than Navy that is covered in DANFS. These particular ships were built and operated as U.S. Army Mine Planter Service vessels and could be covered under those names. For practical reasons, including the fact most people think all military vessels are "USS," I concur most main pieces should remain under the Navy name with redirects from another. In this case, Army history is about equivalent to Navy and both less lengthy than as a commercial fishing vessel. To solve the DANFS "problem" I consolidated the very brief DANFS information into a single paragraph with specific DANFS cites for data explicitly extracted from that work. Palmeira (talk) 18:15, 5 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Illustration of DANFS problem
Talk:Gemma Merna

message: The England & Wales, Birth Index: 1984-2005 appears to list only one Gemma Merna, giving the middle name Ann. However, the county of birth is listed as Lancashire, whereas the article indicates that Gemma Merna was born in Cleethorpes, Lincolnshire. I wonder where the discrepancy has arisen? DWaterson 21:15, 31 October 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Most sites appear to give a birth date of 11 October 1984 which is not consistent with the date of the entry in the birth index which was registered in February 1984. Has anyone got any further reliable sources that would help with the date and location of birth? Keith D (talk) 20:55, 4 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Middle name and place of birth
Talk:Odalisque with Raised Arms

message: Moved from User Talk:Coldcreation:
Ann Owens Weekes wrote: "These reflections were prompted by an event in one of my classes two years ago ... this meeting focused on early-20th century art. Two of the slides, Henri Matisse's Odalisque Seated with Arms Raised ... and Suzanne Valadon's The Blue Room ..., caused considerable embarrassment to the young women. The underarm hair was the problem in the Matisse ... These students said the underarm hair in the Matisse was unattractive". To write "However, the whole body of the sitter is not idealized because she has hair under her arms, which was considered scandalous by contemporary critics" is to incorrectly attribute the views of students in 1990 to "contemporary critics".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.205.241.196 (talk) 08:18, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
replies: text: I've removed some of the original research and statement about her armpits. Coldcreation (talk) 09:21, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Odalisque with Raised Arms
Talk:USS Millicoma

message: Replaced old blue infobox with newest type of ship infobox and added more data into infobox.
Minor eds and fixes throughout.
Added introductory first paragraph summarizing ship's career.
Wikified the works.
Note: no photo of this ship found at the DANFS sites.Wikited (talk) 15:55, 31 March 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Upgraded page
Talk:Russian cruiser Bayan (1900)

message: I see no reason why we should have separate articles for this ship in Russian and Japanese service when both are fairly short.--Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 06:06, 17 November 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Sure go ahead (Pindanl (talk) 21:25, 18 November 2011 (UTC)

text: DoctorKubla (talk) 08:03, 9 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Merger proposal
Talk:USS Monadnock (ACM-10)

message: I believe the photo of the current Spanish fishery assistance vessel is completely misguided, because bow and stern are completely different (the Monadnock has no transom), the Spanish vessel is clearly brand-new, the Monadnock was apparently sunk in 1966 , the Esperanza del Mar was built in 2001   and gives regular position updates . I will change the article in a few days if no one objects. Pietrow ☏ 17:07, 12 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Modern ship
Talk:USS Navajo (AT-52)

message: So, if you believe this article,  is the lead ship of the Navajo class of sea going tugs.  But, if you believe another other article,  is the lead ship of the class.  In both articles, each is listed as .  Can both articles be right?  Trappist the monk (talk) 21:42, 6 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  Will the real Lead Ship of the class please stand up
Talk:Mama Juana

message: I recently had the pleasure of drinking mama juana in the DR and loved it. It is going to be fun collecting the ingredients and giving bottles away to friends. Aloha, kevin
Oct 2007- I was in the DR this month with some friends and we all tried Mamajuana...very fun!  It was sweet going down, and then warmed up your whole chest a minute later. Kevin(above) is right...it's the perfect gift. Our friends that received this as a 'gift', tried it and thought it was the most unique gift they have ever received.  Also an fyi to share, "gin" is not the ingredient we were told(by locals) to use in the drink.  We were told- soak bark/leaves in red wine for 5 days, and then pour it out.  Then, mix dark rum(90%) and honey(10%) and pour that combo into the bottle.  Shake it up to get the bark/leaves taste, and then adjust to taste, as some prefer strong and some prefer sweet.  The locals also said that it will last for years...so not to worry about it going bad.  One last note-you may NOT take the "dry" ingredients out of the DR through customs...it's considered a "plant". You must put a little wine or rum inside the bottle(enough to wet bark/leaves) before packing it up. Have fun...Susie, California  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.140.2.73 (talk) 21:20, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

message: I'm concerned that this article currently seems overly credulous as to the product's alleged medicinal qualities.  Have they been studied?  Are there notable criticisms out there?  This reads less like a neutral article and more like an advertisement.  --Rogermw (talk) 17:31, 3 October 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral? 

message: At La Romana, Dominican Republic on 11/8/16, we took a "Rio Chavon Special" river tour, which included a 45 minute river cruise to a small jungle farm called Yuca Yena at which time we were served a traditional meal.  Both the meal and the boat ride included sampling Mamajuana in shot glasses. We were informed by the locals and tour guide who accompanied us that Mamajuana is prepared by first curing the wood and spices with red wine for one week. Their version of Mamajuana consisted of 2 fingers honey, three fingers of red wine and topped off with a good rum and letting is set for 3 weeks. I do not normally consume alcohol and when I do (an average of once a month), it is never something strong enough to put in shot glass. However, this was an exception.  It was very strong, but also very sweet. I do not know what spices were included.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dellett (talk • contribs) 21:57, 30 November 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Concoction 

message: The file :c:File:Candela-Mamajuana-Bottle.jpg has been nominated for deletion on Commons 
 Reason: Derivative works, :c:COM:PACKAGING, above :c:COM:TOO. 
 Deletion request: link 
Message automatically deposited by a robot - -Harideepan (talk) 07:29, 3 March 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  File nominated for deletion on commons
Talk:USS Osprey (AM-29)

message: This article has been merged with USS Osprey (AM–29). — M-le-mot-dit (d) 11:29, 13 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge 

message: Article should be okay now after having been reworked. Wikited 15:48, 12 September 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Repaired
Talk:USS Pee Dee River

message: Maritime Connector Database Record
IMO number      	7337593
Name of the ship	FISH MAKER I
Type of ship    	FISHING VESSEL
Gross tonnage   	744 tons
DWT             	1000 tons
Year of build   	1945
Builder         	TODD HOUSTON SHIPBUILDING - HOUSTON TX, U.S.A.
Last known flag 	U.S.A.
Former names    	
WESTERN SEA until 2004 Dec
SEA STAR until 2004
YUKON BLEU until 1979
GOLDRILL 4 until 1977
PETROMAR SALVOR until 1977
OFFSHORE SALVOR until 1966
PEE DEE RIVER until 1960
LSMR 517 until 1955 Oct
SEA STAR until 1945 Jul
In turn, this record was sourced from grosstonnage.com which is now defunct.
Info from GT (retrieved 4 April 2014):
FISH MAKER I
not interesting for gt: DEAD SHIP
IMO NUMBER
7337593
STATUS: DEAD
VESSEL TYPE: FISHING VESSEL
GROSS TONNAGE: 744 tons
SUMMER DWT: 1.000 tons
BUILD: 1945
BUILDER: TODD HOUSTON SHIPBUILDING* HOUSTON TX - U.S.A.
LAST KNOWN FLAG: U.S.A.
LAST UPDATE: 2012 Nov 11
VESSEL DETAILS
DIMENSIONS:
BREADTH EXTREME: 10,42 m
BREADTH MOULDED: 10,37 m
DEPTH: 3,43 m
DRAUGHT: 2,92 m
LENGTH B/W PERPENDICULARS: 60,43 m
LENGTH OVERALL: 62,80 m
TONNAGES
NET TONNAGE: 593 t
STRUCTURE
HULL MATERIAL
STEEL 
ENGINE
ENGINE BUILDER
GM ELECTRO MOTIVE 
ENGINE POWER
2355 KW
PROPELLER
1 FIXED PITCH
There's a book, World War II U.S. Navy Vessels in Private Hands By Greg H. Williams, you can search inside it using Google Books by the call sign, WAA6421, and pull up a reference to the Western Sea and transition to Fish Maker I:
Registered in 2005 by Fish Maker, LLC, 1441 N. Northlake Way, Suite 105, Seattle, Washington, as the 744-ton fishing vessel Fish Maker I, call sign WAA6421. Out of documentation in 2008.
→StaniStani  03:45, 5 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  More information about the ship
Talk:Arkansas House of Representatives

message: The photograph of the Arkansas House chamber needs to be updated. The podium was renovated in 2005, and the voting boards were replaced in 2006.
Sunfell 14:30, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Untitled

message: Should there be something to reflect the election of Green Party candidate Richard Carroll to the Arkansas house? I see it still lists it as 75 Democrats and 25 Republicans. I don't know enough about it myself, but I know the current information is lacking. --Banyan (talk) 16:52, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Green Richard Carroll Elected

message: ok just to start I am a nobody. I love and work everyday trying to survive. I had a terrible thought today. So listen to it and just talk about it with other representatives. Please.
Everyone knows how russians stick together. Well with the Ukraineian president being welcome into the White House with his guards. What if he was working for Putan? They could take over the White House with no problem. They have already depleted some of our military arsenals. It would be an easy way to take over the United States. So just think about And make a good deciciaion 2600:1700:D750:64F0:AC10:3074:3912:D989 (talk) 23:34, 16 September 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Russia and Ukraine
Talk:USS Perry (DD-844)

message: During the Cuban Missle Crisis of October 1962 the Perry was active in the blocade of Russian Ships entering Cuban ports.  All hands were at their general quarters stations.  Some essential personnel were armed with the intention of boarding Russian Ships.  Radiation monitors were issued to each crew member.  After the crisis was resolved the Perry was deployed to the Med.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.95.62.19 (talk) 14:07, 3 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  USS Perry during the Cuban Missle Crisis
Talk:USS Planter (1862)

message: I believe the USS Planter's Displacement was 313 Tonnes and not 300 according to Navel Historical Record. http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/academic/history/marshall/military/civil_war_usa/C.S.N./p.txt. I will make the change for you. LukeDuke1980 (talk) 07:44, 14 October 2010 (UTC)

message: Neither this article, nor Robert Smalls who was the hero who delivered the ship to Union forces, mentioned
a 2014 comprehensive discussion of the subject. 
That source is (which I have now cited in the ship article) is:
‘’The Search for Planter: The Ship That Escaped Charleston and Carried Robert Smalls to Destiny’’  by Bruce G. Terrell, Gordon P. Watts, and Timothy J. Runyan, published in 2014 by National Marine Sanctuaries of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration as National Marine Maritime Heritage Program Series Number 1. I have added one cite from that source to the article, but there is much more there.  
This article is not on my lengthy personal list of articles to work on, so anyone who chooses to use it further for this article need not be concerned about stepping on my toes.  Best wishes, Kablammo (talk) 23:48, 19 February 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: The Harper's article from June 14, 1862, with images, is online: page 372 and page 373.  Kablammo (talk) 15:26, 20 February 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Comprehensive source
Talk:USS Puritan (ID-2222)

message: Although the article was tagged as incorporating DANFS text from the beginning, the extent of use of DANFS text is minimal.  I personally would prefer for it to be edited slightly, as necessary, to justify removal of that disclaimer, so that it could be a normal article credited implicitly to the collective authorship of wikipedia editors.  Also, the DANFS specific page source should be an explicit reference in the article, just like any other source. doncram (talk) 21:04, 28 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Danfs use is minimal
Talk:Pyewacket (familiar spirit)

message: Hopkins says he and nine other witnesses saw the first five of these, which appeared in the forms described by the witch. Only the first of these was in the form of a cat; the next two were dogs, and the others were a black rabbit and a polecat—so Pyewacket was presumably not a cat's name.
The above is copied adn pasted from the article. Im wondering if anyone can offer a reason why Pyewacket is presumably not a cats name? The first five were supposedly seen in the forms described above, but how does that indicate that Pyewacket was not a cat?
-----
It's presumably a reference to Pyewacket the cat in "Bell Book and Candle" -- which then became a popular cat's name for while. However, this isn't obvious. It's a godawful article, typical low quality wikipedia work. The text appears to be stolen verbatim from ImDB. There are no references, and it's totally lacking in facts. All it's missing is a gratuitous reference to a band and it will be perfect wikiality.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.141.215.131 (talk) 18:37, 19 December 2008 (UTC)
Talk:USS Refuge

message: The section regarding the ship and its voyage from the Dutch East Indies, 21 December 1941 is misleading at best. The YouTube account, though not a legitimate reliable source, seems reasonable as far as a missionary's recollections. The unescorted voyage through the Indian Ocean and around to New York with subs and German raiders would have been—and was—a tense time. The 1939 NYT reference related to escaping submarines being the source of "Phantom ship" is baloney. The war in the Indo-Pacific was some time off, though Japan was offering to "protect" the Dutch colonies after war in Europe began. That "Phantom ship"—and the article is behind a pay wall—most likely applies to a period of layup during which a June 1, 1939 Vashon Island News-Record Summary states that "once proud S.S. President Madison (perhaps not even this one as the name changes were going on near that time) "has been dismantled and is deserted by all except two watchmen who are on duty alternate day and night shifts." Palmeira (talk) 00:35, 24 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Phantom ship 

message: The other two ships of this type covered as of 25 July 2015 mention a confusion between "502" Type and "522" Type. That seems to be a modern "confusion" and not supported by professional contemporary references. Contemporary industry references use "502" Type, the "502s" or the 502-foot class through the 1930s. This was in contrast to their larger "sisters" the "535" Type, the "535s" or the 535-foot class. Just a few references: 
* McKellar: Steel Shipbuilding under the U. S. Shipping Board, 1917-1921, Part V, Contract Steel Ships
* EFC Design 1095: Illustrations
* Emergency Fleet Orders
* Historical Dictionary of the U.S. Maritime Industry
About the only place the "522" confusion is mentioned appears to be the modern reference USSB 502/522 Class at GlobalSecurity.org from which some of the existing text appears to be lifted. The registered length, Lloyd's (President Taylor) for example, tended to be Length between perpendiculars and in the case of Lloyd's . Palmeira (talk) 19:41, 25 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  These ships were never commonly known as the "522" type—very commonly the "502" type