Talk:Island-class patrol boat

message: As there are, or have been, other USCG Cutters, should this article be moved to (renamed) Island Class Cutter or Island Class Patrol Boat?  The PB in WPB refers to patrol boat. Pustelnik (talk) 14:06, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Comment The correct capitalisation would be either 'Island class cutter' or 'Island class patrol boat'. Benea (talk) 15:11, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

text: Further comment I'd also choose 'Island class cutter', to try to avoid confusion with the Island class patrol vessels. Benea (talk) 15:18, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

text: If both classes had the same name then we could start a disambiguation page. But the solution in this case would be to place a note on top of the  Island class cutter article which says something like: Not to be confused with Island class patrol vessel. And then a similar note can be placed on Island class patrol vessel to point readers in the opposite direction. --Brad (talk) 00:14, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: That sound like a solution to me. Pustelnik (talk) 01:20, 9 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text:  See if this works for you. Pustelnik (talk) 20:22, 10 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: I should have been more specific. The article should have been moved to Island class cutter and then have the explanations placed on each article. Island class cutter is more inline with the ship naming conventions on ship classes. --Brad (talk) 15:41, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: And the template to use at the top of each article is  --Brad (talk) 22:53, 11 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Article Name

message: When this article was started the USCG either had not realized or had not acknowledged that the Matagorda and the other refitted vessels were unseaworthy.  There was a very convincingly video showing the Matagorda deploy and retrieve its jet powered pursuit craft, at high speed, from its stern launching ramp.  But, since the refitted vessels, with the stern launching ramp were all retired (scrapped?) perhaps this section should be deprecated.  The smaller Marine Protector class were all built with basically the same stern launching ramp -- which, I presume, works fine in brand new vessels.  Too bad there is no compelling video showing its used from one of those vessels.  Geo Swan (talk) 16:16, 6 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Please - personal gut thoughts here- verify before taking as fact ( I have never seen any Internet collaborating information) . The stern launching ramp is also on several other vessels. It is not they are un-seaworthy, but modifications opened up the hull and did not stiffen/ build strength into what was done and added, modifications to hull weakened it to a point that heavy seas may subject hull to stress to snap or destroy vessel. Also see the Cyclone class Navy Patrol Craft. Per this page -ships engines are either Paxman Valenta or Caterpillar. When vessels are which for engines? Is it all were Paxman Valenta as built - later replaced by Caterpillar on some. Or were some built wiht Caterpillar ? Wfoj2 (talk) 20:25, 10 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title: Stern launching ramp

message: How was something as basic as a construction date left out of this article?? Monolith2 (talk) 07:24, 4 February 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree. And I found the answer in the Czech version of the article (linking to an article in English): 1985-1992. --Н Француз (talk) 08:08, 22 June 2017 (UTC)
thread_title:  When were they constructed?