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This [[WP:Ships|WikiProject Ships]] page is a list of open tasks related to improving ship articles. This list is periodically used to manually populate the template {{tl|Ships tasks}}, which appears in the sidebar on the main project page.

==Cleanup==
Resources: *[[Wikipedia:Cleanup]] *[[Wikify]] *[[Wikipedia:How to copyedit]]<br>
Articles that need interwiki links and/or structure, cleanup, or general copyediting.
# {{USS|Wasp|CV-18}}
# {{USS|Henry M. Jackson|SSBN-730}}
# {{MV|Braer}}
# [[Icebreaker Feodor Litke]] recent rewrite needs copyedit
# [[Glenlee (ship)]]

==Disambiguation==
Resources: *[[Wikipedia:Disambiguation]] *[[Wikipedia:Manual of Style (links)#Context]] *[http://toolserver.org/%7Edispenser/cgi-bin/dabfinder.py Disambig links]<br>
Articles that have numerous interwiki links which lead to disambiguation pages, rather than to specific articles.<br>
''Note: these articles often need proper italicization of ship names as well.''

==Review==
{{main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Review}}

==Merges and splits==
Resources: *[[Wikipedia:Merging]]<br>
Articles proposed for merger with another article, or splitting to a new article:
# {{USS|Juniata|IX-77}} → [[Schooner Etak|Schooner ''Etak'']]
# {{Ship|BRP|Magat Salamat|PS-20}} → {{USS|Gayety|AM-239}}

==Renames==
Resources: *[[Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships)]]<br>
Articles proposed for renaming per conventions.<br>
''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]] *[[Wikipedia:Requests for expansion]]<br>
Articles that are in need of content verification or expansion.

# {{USNS|Richard E. Byrd|T-AKE-4}} - expand with [http://www.msc.navy.mil/N00p/pressrel/press08/press01.htm recent MSC press release]
# {{USS|Firedrake|AE-14}} - expand with [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/f2/firedrake.htm new info on DANFS]
# {{USNS|Bowditch|T-AGS 62}} - ship is in service, should have much better info
# ''[[Fenis and St. Joseph]]'' 18th century
# {{USS|Henry W. Tucker|DD-875}} - more info on DANFS [http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/h4/henry_w_tucker.htm]
# {{MV|Sirius}} - [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.greenpeace.nl%2Fabout%2Fships%2Fsirius greenpeace page (translated)], [http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fnl.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FSirius_%2528schip%2529 nl.wiki page (translated)], [[:Image:Sirius NDSM.jpg|image on commons]]
# {{SS|California|1907}}
# ''[[Destriero]]'' - current holder of Transatlantic speed record
# {{SS|California|1928}}, c.f. [[S.S. California strike]], [[Joseph Curran]]
# {{MV|DenDen}}
# [[HMHS Newfoundland|HMHS ''Newfoundland'']]
# [[:Category:Ships articles needing expert attention]]
# [[Stem (ship)]]
# {{USCGC|Ingham|WHEC-35}} – expand with [http://uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Ingham_WPG_35.html Coast Guard history]
#[[British Merchant Navy]] - article needs cleanup, expansion and expert attention.
# [[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 {{tl|Unreferenced}} tag===
# [[Italian battleship Giulio Cesare|Italian battleship ''Giulio Cesare'']]
# {{sclass|Atlanta|cruiser|1}}
# [[B1 type submarine]]
# {{Ship|BRP|Artemio Ricarte|PS37}}
# {{Ship|BRP|Bacolod City|LC-550}}
# {{Ship|BRP|Dagupan City|LC-551}}
# {{sclass|Cassiopea|patrol vessel|1}}
# {{Ship|CCGS|Alexander Henry}}
# {{sclass|Centaur|aircraft carrier|1}}
# ''[[Club Med 2]]''
# {{Ship|CSS|Chicora}}
# [[Dutch ship Aemilia (1632)|Dutch ship ''Aemilia'' (1632)]]
# ''[[El Horria]]''
# [[Finnish coastal defence ship Väinämöinen|Finnish coastal defence ship ''Väinämöinen'']]
# [[Finnish escort Aura II|Finnish escort ''Aura II'']]
# [[Finnish frigate Hämeenmaa|Finnish frigate ''Hämeenmaa'']]
# [[Finnish frigate Matti Kurki|Finnish frigate ''Matti Kurki'']]
# [[Finnish frigate Uusimaa|Finnish frigate ''Uusimaa'']]
# [[Finnish gunboat Hämeenmaa|Finnish gunboat ''Hämeenmaa'']]
# [[Finnish gunboat Karjala|Finnish gunboat ''Karjala'']]
# [[Finnish gunboat Klas Horn|Finnish gunboat ''Klas Horn'']]
# [[Finnish gunboat Matti Kurki|Finnish gunboat ''Matti Kurki'']]
# [[Finnish gunboat Uusimaa|Finnish gunboat ''Uusimaa'']]
# [[Finnish submarine AG 12|Finnish submarine ''AG 12'']]
# [[Finnish submarine AG 16|Finnish submarine ''AG 16'']]
# [[Finnish submarine Iku-Turso|Finnish submarine ''Iku-Turso'']]
# [[Finnish submarine Vesihiisi|Finnish submarine ''Vesihiisi'']]
# [[Freedom Class]]
# [[FREMM multipurpose frigate]]
# [[French battleship France|French battleship ''France'']]
# [[French battleship Gaulois (1896)|French battleship ''Gaulois'' (1896)]]
# [[French cruiser Lamotte-Piquet|French cruiser ''Lamotte-Piquet'']]
# [[French cruiser Montcalm|French cruiser ''Montcalm'']]
# [[French ship Algésiras (1804)|French ship ''Algésiras'' (1804)]]
# [[French ship Bretagne (1766)|French ship ''Bretagne'' (1766)]]
# [[French ship Bretagne (1855)|French ship ''Bretagne'' (1855)]]
# [[French ship Bucentaure (1804)|French ship ''Bucentaure'' (1804)]]
# [[French ship Formidable (1795)|French ship ''Formidable'' (1795)]]
# [[French ship Franklin (1797)|French ship ''Franklin'' (1797)]]
# [[French ship Héros (1750)|French ship ''Héros'' (1750)]]
# [[French ship Héros (1778)|French ship ''Héros'' (1778)]]
# [[French ship Océan (1790)|French ship ''Océan'' (1790)]]
# [[French ship Orient (1791)|French ship ''Orient'' (1791)]]
# [[French ship Valmy|French ship ''Valmy'']]
# [[French ship Ville de Paris (1764)|French ship ''Ville de Paris'' (1764)]]
# [[French ship Wattignies (1794)|French ship ''Wattignies'' (1794)]]
# [[French submarine L'Inflexible (S 615)|French submarine ''L'Inflexible'' (S 615)]]
# [[German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer|German pocket battleship ''Admiral Scheer'']]
# {{HMAS|Albatross|seaplane tender}}
# {{HMAS|Perth|D 38}}
# {{HMAS|Stuart|DE 48}}
# {{HMAS|Waterhen|D22}}
# {{HMCS|Asbestos|K358}}
# {{HMCS|Haida|G63}}
# {{HMCS|Halifax|FFH 330}}
# {{Ship|HMNZS|Charles Upham}}
# {{HMS|Ambush|P418}}
# {{HMS|Anchorite|P422}}
# {{HMS|Archer|D78}}
# {{HMS|Argyll|F231}}
# {{HMS|Brave|F94}}
# {{HMS|Bristol|D23}}
# {{HMS|Bulwark|R08}}
# {{HMS|Cornwallis|1901}}
# {{HMS|Cottesmore|M32}}
# {{HMS|Echo|H87}}
# {{HMS|Enterprise|H88}}
# {{HMS|Enterprize|1774}}
# {{HMS|Fly|1776}}
# {{HMS|Garland|H37}}
# {{HMS|Grampus|1802}}
# {{HMS|Marlborough|F233}}
# {{HMS|Penelope|F127}}
# {{HMS|Phoebe|F42}}
# {{HMS|Plym|K271}}
# {{HMS|Scylla|F71}}
# {{HMS|Somerset|F82}}
# {{HMS|Theseus|R64}}
# {{HMS|Valiant|S102}}
# {{HMS|Vindictive|1897}}
# {{HMS|Vulture|1843}}
# {{Ship|HSC|SuperSeaCat Four}}
# {{Ship|HSC|Viking}}
# {{sclass|Hurja|motor torpedo boat|1}}
# {{sclass|Illustrious|aircraft carrier|1}}
# {{Ship|INS|Vikrant}}
# {{sclass|Iosif Stalin|passenger ship|1}}
# [[Japanese destroyer Hatsuyuki|Japanese destroyer ''Hatsuyuki'']]
# [[Juan Carlos I (L61)|''Juan Carlos I'' (L61)]]
# {{sclass|Jymy|motor torpedo boat|1}}
# {{sclass|Lexington|aircraft carrier|1}}
# [[Minerve (S647)|''Minerve'' (S647)]]
# {{Ship|ORP|Warszawa|modified Kashin class}}
# ''[[Radiance of the Seas]]''
# {{sclass|Revenge|battleship|1}}
# {{Ship|RFA|Black Rover|A273}}
# {{Ship|RFA|Wave Knight|A389}}
# {{Ship|ROCS|Tso Ying|DDG-1803}}
# {{Ship|RRS|Discovery}}
# [[Russian battleship Novgorod|Russian battleship ''Novgorod'']]
# {{sclass|Saar 3|missile boat|1}}
# {{sclass|Saar 4.5|missile boat|1}}
# {{Ship|SAS|Mendi|F148}}
# {{Ship|SAS|Spioenkop|F147}}
# {{sclass|Scharnhorst|armored cruiser|1}}
# {{Ship|SMS|Hessen}}
# {{Ship|SMS|Rheinland}}
# {{SS|Dunraven}}
# {{SS|Thistlegorm}}
# {{sclass|Swiftsure|submarine|1}}
# {{sclass|Syöksy|motor torpedo boat|1}}
# {{sclass|Taisto|motor torpedo boat|1}}
# [[Type 42 destroyer]]
# [[Unterseeboot 571]]
# {{USNS|Apache|T-ATF-172}}
# {{USNS|Kiska|T-AE-35}}
# {{USS|Fife|DD-991}}
# {{USS|Fox|CG-33}}
# {{USS|George H. W. Bush|CVN-77}}
# {{USS|Lexington|CV-16}}
# {{USS|Manley|DD-940}}
# {{USS|Oldendorf|DD-972}}
# {{USS|PC-1217}}

==Requests==
Articles requested by Wikipedia editors.
<br>''Note: see [[Wikipedia:Requested articles/Applied arts and sciences/Transport#Water transport]] for a full generated list of requests.''

* [[SSV Tabor Boy|SSV ''Tabor Boy'']] - Sailing school vessel owned by [[Tabor Academy]].  cf. [http://www.taboracademy.org/about_schoolsea-taborboy.asp], [http://www.taboracademy.org/Schooner_History.asp]
* [[Richmond-San Rafael Ferry Company]] - based on information available [http://content.cdlib.org/xtf/view?docId=hb2m3nb1b0&query=richmond,%20california&brand=calisphere here]
* [[SS Superior City|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. [http://books.google.com/books?id=Tog_ll_MYrkC&pg=RA2-PA182&lpg=RA2-PA182&dq=%22superior+city%22+vessel&source=web&ots=gDZ0L5iMeh&sig=QMNSK01iwMWw-00XbPOnYaDgwUY&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PRA2-PA182,M1 Link 1] [http://www.nordicdiver.com/superiorcity.htm Link 2] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huQfUijRsHc 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.  [[User:Tempshill|Tempshill]] ([[User talk: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]] [[wikt:Appendix:U.S. Navy slang|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.

==Miscellaneous==


==How to use this page==
'''Adding a new task'''<br>
Please list any new tasks in the appropriate section, or under the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/Tasks#Miscellaneous|Miscellaneous section]] if you are unsure where they belong. For easy identification, please link the article name ''first'', prior to any explanatory text.
<br>Note: If a task is likely to be controversial or otherwise does not follow current project conventions, please bring it up for discussion at [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Ships]] prior to listing it here.

'''Completing a listed task'''<br>
If you finish a task from this list, please edit the page and remove the completed item.

'''Updating the associated template'''<br>
This list is periodically used to manually populate the template {{tl|Ships tasks}}, which appears in the sidebar on the [[WP:SHIPS|project main page]]. If you are comfortable editing complex templates, feel free to edit the template at any time in order to keep the tasks up to date with this page.

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