Talk:Wooden boats of World War II

Do not forget Grover for the U.S. Army
The single best coverage is U.S. Army Ships and Watercraft of World War II, by David Grover published by the Naval Institute Press, 1987 (ISBN: 0-87021-766-6 LCCN: 87015514). A review gives an idea. No other single source I know covers these so well and completely. The book is not common and is pricey and mine is packed away for the moment. Many of the types were wooden. The Army crash boats were interesting with the origins in the British boats used to rescue pilots in the Channel. One model, also frequently converted into gunboats, was modeled on the British Fairmile. The book is largely an inventory with text describing each type of vessel. The inventory accounts for the hulls, including barges and even very small craft. Palmeira (talk) 20:32, 17 March 2021 (UTC)

Globalize
I have gone ahead and added the globalize tag to this article, as it is written from an entirely US perspective. Many more non-US and non-allied examples need to be added to this otherwise good article RugnirViking (talk) 17:06, 26 October 2021 (UTC)


 * This is about US boats: Splinter fleet. UK and German boats need their own page.Telecine Guy (talk) 19:30, 31 January 2022 (UTC)


 * British WWII wood boats
 * See:
 * Motor torpedo boat by Vosper & Company and Thornycroft
 * Coastal Forces of the Royal Navy
 * Fairmile D motor torpedo boat – British "dog boats"
 * Motor Launch


 * German:
 * E-boat


 * Size
 * By the end of the war;
 * US had ~ 6,000 ships
 * UK had ~ 900 ships
 * German had ~ 800 ships
 * Japan had ~ 154 ship


 * UK Coastal forces was more like 1500 craft. If this is about the US only, then the article name should be changed to reflect that. GraemeLeggett (talk) 10:45, 2 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Yes boat or ship is a fuzzy line. Large wood boats were called ships. Smaller always boats. So numbers are not correct.
 * Thought about Splinter fleet and 'Splinter navy but these are nicknames. But the page starts with these, as during the war this was the most common name for these boats.Telecine Guy (talk) 17:12, 3 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Some things are known by their nicknames more than their official ones - if it's a common name there's no reason it can't be used. Failing that the article title could have a qualifier added - eg "US Navy", or "American". "World War 2" will need to converted to "World War II" along the way. GraemeLeggett (talk) 19:17, 3 February 2022 (UTC)