Talk:USS Johnston (DD-557)

DANFS
I copied the contents of this page from DANFS. While other ship's histories I've copied from DANFS have been for the most part NPOV and mostly encyclopedic, this one is too conversational, loaded with POV-ish terms and adjectives. At the moment, I'm more interested in bringing DANFS data over for ships without entries in Wikipedia than editing these for NPOV. Please fix this page! =) Scott B 00:14, 21 Jul 2004 (UTC)


 * See WikiProject Ships/DANFS conversions for general advice. Of particular concern in this case is the claim that "Kumano later sank". This is true, strictly speaking, but the placement in the text would have you believe that she sank as a result of Johnston's torpedo attack. In fact she survived the battle of Samar, returned to Santa Cruz, and was sunk there in November by air attack . Gdr 09:40, 29 September 2005 (UTC)


 * I've cleaned up some of the POV verbiage and other general editing. Someone needs to provide citations for the numerous quotes in the article or they should be removed.  Dabarkey 08:55, 17 January 2007 (UTC)

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Dead in the water vs. half speed
The section below makes no sense the way it is presented. Presuming that the events are shown in chronological order, it's not possible that the ship was dead in the water then takes damage cutting her speed in half. That is unless you consider half of zero being zero (mathematically correct). Were repairs made that aren't mentioned? Does anyone have a good source to correct this?

"the damaged remaining engine quit, leaving her dead in the water.[citation needed]

Some time into the battle, a Japanese battleship, Kongō, fired two rounds from her main cannons. One round punched through the thin side armor of Johnston and cut a hole through the engine room. Her speed was cut in half." Linktex (talk) 22:48, 4 April 2018 (UTC)

Recommend addition of new photos of the wreck of the Johnston
Please find below pictures of the wreck of the USS Johnston recently submitted to Wikipedia Commons. The photos were taken by me, the pilot of the submersible, with my Samsung Galaxy phone through one of the three acrylic viewports in the submersible DSV Limiting Factor on March 31, 2021. They are free to use. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Starboard_bow_of_the_wreck_of_the_USS_Johnston_DD-557.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gun_turret_No._51_on_the_bow_of_the_wreck_of_the_USS_Johnston_DD-557.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bridge_and_Mk_37_Gun_Fire_Control_System_(top)_of_wreck_of_the_USS_Johnston_DD-557.jpg Best regards, Vlvescovo (talk) 23:41, 2 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello Victor, I would like to thank you for donating the pictures. I inserted them into the article as a gallery.Yeti-Hunter (talk) 13:25, 3 May 2021 (UTC)
 * Thanks for sharing, Victor! Those are amazing.  DGrundler  talk 15:40, 3 May 2021 (UTC)

Why Italicized?
"...Johnston, two other Fletcher-class destroyers..."

Is there some rule that requires this? It's visually disruptive, and interferes with readability.72.181.112.54 (talk) 13:35, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Yes - please read WP:NC-SHIPS. For you personally, sure, but it does not for me at all. That is a personal preference.Llammakey (talk) 13:50, 5 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thank you for straightening me out.72.181.112.54 (talk) 19:15, 18 July 2023 (UTC)

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