Talk:USS Hoel (DD-533)

DANFS text
There are phrases in this article such as: Can anyone improve on the text? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobblewik (talk • contribs) 08:16, August 17, 2004
 * However spirited gunnery and perfectly timed radical simultaneous turns enabled the American vessels to thwart the attackers
 * the fearless destroyer
 * the valiant ship
 * she demanded the attention of her antagonists by peppering them
 * stouthearted captain


 * This is typical of material sourced from the DANFS; see WikiProject Ships/DANFS conversions for general advice. More serious than this POV is the absurd claim, "Although Japanese records deny that these torpedoes hit the cruiser [Haguro], there is no evidence to indicate any other explanation for the geyser effect observed" — as if the crew of Haguro wouldn't know if they had been torpedoed or not! Gdr 09:33, 29 September 2005 (UTC)