Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/USS New Jersey, 1918 (2)

USS New Jersey, 1918

 * Reason:Image is of high quality and great composition.
 * Articles in which this image appears:USS New Jersey (BB-16)
 * Creator:Navy Department


 * Relisted, support as nom - previous nom (ended in no quorum) here. — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  04:26, 29 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Um, Edit1 and Original are the exact same image right? So why put up the edit? --jjron (talk) 10:42, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * That was me being an idiot; it should be fixed now. Thanks! — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  20:12, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Support, a nice shot considering the age of a notable ship; obviously not reproducible. J Milburn (talk) 20:09, 30 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Support edit per nom. Durova  405 02:16, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I guess I prefer the edit, but I've just noticed that the mast is cut off. That's annoying. Do we know what the ship in the background is? J Milburn (talk) 18:21, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Nothing we can do about the mast, unfortunately. But look at the bright side: only a small bit is missing, and the cage mast isn't cut off at all! ;) I tried to zoom in on the ship, but it's just too blurry for me to give a definitive answer. To me, it looks like a member of the Connecticut-class battleship. — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  18:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * No, the superstructure (or something?) is too high. — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  18:56, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * Navsource says that it is probably New Jersey's sister ship USS Rhode Island (BB-17). — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  18:59, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I don't know about that; you can clearly see the turret face for the 12" guns, but it doesn't look like there's a superimposed 8" turret above it. It actually could be a Colorado class ship; compare it with this contemporary photo of New Hampshire. Parsecboy (talk) 19:53, 31 January 2010 (UTC)
 * You mean the Connecticut class? :P You're right re no superimposed turret. I think that we can definitively say that it is either a Maine or a Connecticut based on this: it's obviously a predreadnought, there is no superimposed turret (rulling out BB's 5–6, 13–17), and there are multiple funnels lengthwise (ruling out BB's 8–9). I think that BB's 1–4 were too low in the water to be this ship. If only we had more detail... — Ed   (talk  •  majestic titan)  16:37, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Yeah, one of those "C" states...Parsecboy (talk) 03:38, 2 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support prefer edit .. GerardM (talk) 00:50, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support per nom. Fletcher (talk) 01:56, 1 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support edit. Original had tilt and too much seawater, this better frames the subject. Mostlyharmless (talk) 02:16, 3 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support edit. This is a high quality and interesting image the ship. Nick-D (talk) 10:47, 4 February 2010 (UTC)
 * Support edit. Parsecboy (talk) 14:58, 4 February 2010 (UTC)

--jjron (talk) 12:40, 5 February 2010 (UTC)