Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tasks

This WikiProject Ships page is a list of open tasks related to improving ship articles. This list is periodically used to manually populate the template Ships tasks, which appears in the sidebar on the main project page.

Cleanup
Resources: *Cleanup *Wikify *How to copyedit Articles that need interwiki links and/or structure, cleanup, or general copyediting.
 * 1) USS Wasp (CV-18)
 * 2) USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN-730)
 * 3) MV Braer
 * 4) Icebreaker Feodor Litke recent rewrite needs copyedit
 * 5) Glenlee (ship)

Disambiguation
Resources: *Disambiguation *Manual of Style (links) *Disambig links Articles that have numerous interwiki links which lead to disambiguation pages, rather than to specific articles. Note: these articles often need proper italicization of ship names as well.

Merges and splits
Resources: *Merging Articles proposed for merger with another article, or splitting to a new article:
 * 1) USS Juniata (IX-77) → Schooner Etak
 * 2) BRP Magat Salamat → USS Gayety (AM-239)

Renames
Resources: *Naming conventions (ships) Articles proposed for renaming per conventions. Note: be sure to review associated interwiki links and update them if necessary.
 * MV China Star, new name is MV Saipan Star, since 2017.

Facts/Expand
Resources: *WP:CITE *Requests for expansion Articles that are in need of content verification or expansion.


 * 1) USNS Richard E. Byrd (T-AKE-4) - expand with recent MSC press release
 * 2) USS Firedrake (AE-14) - expand with new info on DANFS
 * 3) USNS Bowditch (T-AGS 62) - ship is in service, should have much better info
 * 4) Fenis and St. Joseph 18th century
 * 5) USS Henry W. Tucker (DD-875) - more info on DANFS
 * 6) MV Sirius - greenpeace page (translated), nl.wiki page (translated), image on commons
 * 7) SS California (1907)
 * 8) Destriero - current holder of Transatlantic speed record
 * 9) SS California (1928), c.f. S.S. California strike, Joseph Curran
 * 10) MV DenDen
 * 11) HMHS Newfoundland
 * Category:Ships articles needing expert attention
 * 1) Stem (ship)
 * 2) USCGC Ingham (WHEC-35) – expand with Coast Guard history
 * 3) British Merchant Navy - article needs cleanup, expansion and expert attention.
 * 4) Stone Fleet and Category:United States Navy Stone Fleet ships - no evidence of commissioning, so individual ship articles should not be "USS"

Articles with the Unreferenced tag

 * 1) Italian battleship Giulio Cesare
 * 2) Atlanta-class cruiser
 * 3) B1 type submarine
 * 4) BRP Artemio Ricarte
 * 5) BRP Bacolod City
 * 6) BRP Dagupan City
 * 7) Cassiopea-class patrol vessel
 * 8) CCGS Alexander Henry
 * 9) Centaur-class aircraft carrier
 * 10) Club Med 2
 * 11) CSS Chicora
 * 12) Dutch ship Aemilia (1632)
 * 13) El Horria
 * 14) Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen
 * 15) Finnish escort Aura II
 * 16) Finnish frigate Hämeenmaa
 * 17) Finnish frigate Matti Kurki
 * 18) Finnish frigate Uusimaa
 * 19) Finnish gunboat Hämeenmaa
 * 20) Finnish gunboat Karjala
 * 21) Finnish gunboat Klas Horn
 * 22) Finnish gunboat Matti Kurki
 * 23) Finnish gunboat Uusimaa
 * 24) Finnish submarine AG 12
 * 25) Finnish submarine AG 16
 * 26) Finnish submarine Iku-Turso
 * 27) Finnish submarine Vesihiisi
 * 28) Freedom Class
 * 29) FREMM multipurpose frigate
 * 30) French battleship France
 * 31) French battleship Gaulois (1896)
 * 32) French cruiser Lamotte-Piquet
 * 33) French cruiser Montcalm
 * 34) French ship Algésiras (1804)
 * 35) French ship Bretagne (1766)
 * 36) French ship Bretagne (1855)
 * 37) French ship Bucentaure (1804)
 * 38) French ship Formidable (1795)
 * 39) French ship Franklin (1797)
 * 40) French ship Héros (1750)
 * 41) French ship Héros (1778)
 * 42) French ship Océan (1790)
 * 43) French ship Orient (1791)
 * 44) French ship Valmy
 * 45) French ship Ville de Paris (1764)
 * 46) French ship Wattignies (1794)
 * 47) French submarine L'Inflexible (S 615)
 * 48) German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer
 * 49) HMAS Albatross (seaplane tender)
 * 50) HMAS Perth (D 38)
 * 51) HMAS Stuart (DE 48)
 * 52) HMAS Waterhen (D22)
 * 53) HMCS Asbestos (K358)
 * 54) HMCS Haida (G63)
 * 55) HMCS Halifax (FFH 330)
 * 56) HMNZS Charles Upham
 * 57) HMS Ambush (P418)
 * 58) HMS Anchorite (P422)
 * 59) HMS Archer (D78)
 * 60) HMS Argyll (F231)
 * 61) HMS Brave (F94)
 * 62) HMS Bristol (D23)
 * 63) HMS Bulwark (R08)
 * 64) HMS Cornwallis (1901)
 * 65) HMS Cottesmore (M32)
 * 66) HMS Echo (H87)
 * 67) HMS Enterprise (H88)
 * 68) HMS Enterprize (1774)
 * 69) HMS Fly (1776)
 * 70) HMS Garland (H37)
 * 71) HMS Grampus (1802)
 * 72) HMS Marlborough (F233)
 * 73) HMS Penelope (F127)
 * 74) HMS Phoebe (F42)
 * 75) HMS Plym (K271)
 * 76) HMS Scylla (F71)
 * 77) HMS Somerset (F82)
 * 78) HMS Theseus (R64)
 * 79) HMS Valiant (S102)
 * 80) HMS Vindictive (1897)
 * 81) HMS Vulture (1843)
 * 82) HSC SuperSeaCat Four
 * 83) HSC Viking
 * 84) Hurja-class motor torpedo boat
 * 85) Illustrious-class aircraft carrier
 * 86) INS Vikrant
 * 87) Iosif Stalin-class passenger ship
 * 88) Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki
 * 89) Juan Carlos I (L61)
 * 90) Jymy-class motor torpedo boat
 * 91) Lexington-class aircraft carrier
 * 92) Minerve (S647)
 * 93) ORP Warszawa
 * 94) Radiance of the Seas
 * 95) Revenge-class battleship
 * 96) RFA Black Rover
 * 97) RFA Wave Knight
 * 98) ROCS Tso Ying
 * 99) RRS Discovery
 * 100) Russian battleship Novgorod
 * 101) Saar 3-class missile boat
 * 102) Saar 4.5-class missile boat
 * 103) SAS Mendi
 * 104) SAS Spioenkop
 * 105) Scharnhorst-class armored cruiser
 * 106) SMS Hessen
 * 107) SMS Rheinland
 * 108) SS Dunraven
 * 109) SS Thistlegorm
 * 110) Swiftsure-class submarine
 * 111) Syöksy-class motor torpedo boat
 * 112) Taisto-class motor torpedo boat
 * 113) Type 42 destroyer
 * 114) Unterseeboot 571
 * 115) USNS Apache (T-ATF-172)
 * 116) USNS Kiska (T-AE-35)
 * 117) USS Fife (DD-991)
 * 118) USS Fox (CG-33)
 * 119) USS George H. W. Bush (CVN-77)
 * 120) USS Lexington (CV-16)
 * 121) USS Manley (DD-940)
 * 122) USS Oldendorf (DD-972)
 * 123) USS PC-1217

Requests
Articles requested by Wikipedia editors. Note: see Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Transport for a full generated list of requests.


 * SSV Tabor Boy - Sailing school vessel owned by Tabor Academy. cf. ,
 * Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Company - based on information available here
 * SS Superior City - a steamer that collided with the Willis L. King on August 20th, 1920, and sank near Whitefish Point in Lake Superior, Great Lakes, North America. Notable for diving missions which picked artifacts off skeletons of the crew for use in museum display. Link 1 Link 2 Link 3
 * Vorpostenboote - patrol boats operated by the Kriegsmarine during WWII, typically converted fishing boats.
 * Shipboard fire - historically the worst fear of any sailor and merits its own article, IMO. List of notable shipboard fires, causes, and countermeasures throughout history and in the present, on civilian and military ships.  Tempshill (talk) 18:15, 9 December 2008 (UTC)
 * Arnhem (ship) — the 17th century Dutch vessel
 * Lightship Rose — first Moreton Bay lighthouse

Special projects

 * Review List of naval terms U.S. Navy slang for consolidation
 * U.S. Navy Museum and Naval Historical Center - research required in order to disambiguate references to numerous ship artifacts.

How to use this page
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