Talk:USS Massachusetts (BB-59)/Archive 1

Consistency Error
Scout1026 08:02, 29 November 2006 (UTC) Error on this page: "and on 29 January 1944 she guarded carriers striking Tarawa in the Gilberts." The US invaded and seized Tarawa in Nov 43 - something is amiss here!

Tom

Shouldn't it be noted
That the Massachusetts never lost a man by combat means?

Collini182 (talk) 20:33, 6 October 2008 (UTC)

Possible sources
Massachusetts is one of the United States' South Dakota-class battleships. She served during during World War II. Put into reserve shortly thereafter, she was given to Battleship Cove to be a museum ship, where she remains today. Massachusetts is one of only six U.S. battleships open to the public, the others being USS North Carolina (BB-55), USS Alabama (BB-60), USS New Jersey (BB-62), USS Missouri (BB-63), and the old USS Texas (BB-35).

Possible online sources include, among others:
 * http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/m6/massachusetts-v.htm
 * http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-m/bb59.htm
 * http://www.nvr.navy.mil/nvrships/details/BB59.htm
 * http://www.miramarshipindex.org.nz/ship/show/144862
 * http://books.google.com/books?id=RYiqCYTd4BIC
 * http://www.battleshipcove.org/bb59-casablanca-complete.htm
 * http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/butowsky1/massachusetts.htm
 * http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3738/is_199807/ai_n8785638/ (anyone have access?)

If someone has access to inter-library loan:
 * 'Battleships: United States Battleships in World War II by William Garzke and Robert Dulin would be a very great help.

Cheers, — Ed   (Talk  •  Contribs)  02:53, 1 August 2009 (UTC)

A-class review
Is this Talk page where the A-class review is going on, or is that located somewhere else? I am responding to notice posted about the A-class review. I've just added some references, other material to the article, and I could make comments in a review. doncram (talk) 12:04, 12 August 2009 (UTC)


 * Okay, i find the ongoing review at WikiProject Military history/Assessment/USS Massachusetts (BB-59). doncram (talk) 12:07, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

Displacement
The conversion is wrong here. Under the Washington Naval Treaty, ship displacement is not measured by short tons., and the ship's 35,000 displacement is in long tons. Kablammo (talk) 13:01, 12 August 2009 (UTC)
 * I removed the conversion. Kablammo (talk) 16:03, 12 August 2009 (UTC)

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Retitling of Headings
I really think this article would benefit from restructuring from: 4 See also 5 Footnotes 5.1 Notes 5.2 Citations 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External links Design to: 4 See also 5 Notes 5.1 Footnotes 5.2 Citations 6 Bibliography or Sources 6.1 References 7.2 Further reading 8 External links Opinions? Boo Boo (talk) 16:30, 26 January 2022 (UTC)


 * What would the benefit be, besides you like the latter more? Which is to say, what deficiency is present in the current format that your proposed format would solve? Frankly, this seems like a solution in search of a problem. Parsecboy (talk) 16:47, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * I think it follows Chicago MoS better and is more functional. More and more of the pages that I see in WikiHistory project seem (emphasizing my subjectivity, seem) to be changing to this format. I think it can be confusing to see footnotes and citations in separate sections when they are frequently combined. My three cents. Are you dead set against it? Boo Boo (talk) 20:01, 26 January 2022 (UTC)
 * Belay my last. See my reply on your talk page. The existing format slipped my mind as approved structure. Thanks for the reminder! Cheers! Boo Boo (talk) 20:12, 26 January 2022 (UTC)

Anti-Aircraft Armament is Incorrect
The AA armament isn't listed incorrectly, this can be verified by either an early photo or a late photo. The ship has 13x4 40mm bofors mounts in it's late configuration. As for the 20mm Oerlikon mounts, the page doesn't include the twin mount and likely has the amount incorrect. 2605:EF80:80A8:7770:0:0:E61:A28F (talk) 14:06, 1 March 2023 (UTC)


 * The box is for the original configuration. Massachusetts was completed with only seven 40mm mounts; subsequent additions are covered in the Modifications section. Parsecboy (talk) 14:22, 1 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Sorry for the incredibly late reply. But my bad. Is there a way to delete this? 2605:EF80:8091:7DE6:0:0:E6E:553A (talk) 14:44, 14 April 2023 (UTC)