Talk:USS Adroit (MSO-509)

Persian Gulf War service
The gulf war section was added by Special:Contributions/68.115.245.82; no source was given. I am removing it because it contained the typo "cleanng" (for "clearing"). This suggests that the text has been through an OCR, which raises the possibility that the text may be a copyright violation, a direct copy from a printed source.

I will also be removing the same text from USS Impervious (AM-449), USS Leader (MSO-490) and USS Tripoli (LPH-10), and will post at WP:MCQ for a second opinion. -- John of Reading (talk) 09:28, 10 January 2014 (UTC)


 * The majority of the text in question appears to have been copied verbatim from the Naval History & Heritage Command website here. This might mean it was a work of a sailor/employee of the U.S. Navy, which means it's federal government work thereby making it public domain. (these were assumptions, it must be thoroughly verified) -- C yb er XR ef talk 21:58, 10 January 2014 (UTC)
 * Thank you for tracking that down. From www.history.navy.mil Privacy Policy, "All information on this site is in the public domain". So tomorrow I'll put the text back with an NHC template. Bedtime now... -- John of Reading (talk) 22:34, 10 January 2014 (UTC)