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were sunk. So rewrite the sentence appropriately. Having linked to a battle you can cut details of that battle that aren't relevant to the ship. Not every ship involved in the Battle of Leyte Gulf needs an explanation of
Oldendorf's manoeuvres at Surigao Strait: only those ships actually involved in
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Doublecheck against independent sources if possible. Some DANFS entries are nearly 50 years old now, and there is newer research available, in some cases because material has been declassified since DANFS entries were written. Enemy ship identifications are usually suspect (check against records of
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contains the passage "At 2305 the next night she spotted six
Japanese ships, and the Battle of Tassafaronga was opened by her 8-inch fire. Within 2 minutes, she had sunk an enemy transport; and her second group of four salvos, with those of another cruiser, sank a second enemy ship." But only one
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Tone down the POV. Particular things to watch out for are anti-Communist statements dating from the Cold War, and expressions such as "unfortunate sinking" (consider that to the
Japanese side in WWII, the loss of an American ship was a good thing, not a bad thing). Some statements may need
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Kolombangara in the Solomons, and helped sink an enemy destroyer." That night's engagement was the
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qualification and/or further research, such as references to US interventions - phrases such as "protection of
American lives and property" are often official explanations of complicated political situations that should have a dedicated article.
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Japanese battleship, illuminated by nearby burning ships and flares, was taken under fire by
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movement for the ships in question), and identifications and claims for sinkings made by submarines are particularly suspect. Here are some example mistakes, to give some you an idea of what to watch for:
47:. Times should be on a 24-hour clock with a separator (thus 17:42, not 1742 hours). Give metric conversions of measures in US customary units. Indicate what kind of tons the displacement is measured in:
40:. Italicize ship names, and ship class names where appropriate. Wikilink the first occurrence of each ship mentioned. Do not display hull numbers in the text unless they are directly relevant.
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Knowledge (XXG) doesn't yet have an article on them. For example, the DANFS might say, "On 1 May 1942, HMS
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