Talk:USAHS Blanche F. Sigman

History

The main reference I used, Charles’ Troopships of World War II was published in 1946, which is when the ship’s U.S. Army history ends. I have no knowledge of what the ship did in the interval from April 1946 and when it entered the Reserve Fleet in late 1948. — Bellhalla (talk) 14:58, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

GA Review

This review is transcluded from Talk:USAHS Blanche F. Sigman/GA1. The edit link for this section can be used to add comments to the review.

Hi, I'll have this review up soon. Given the other articles I've seen, it'll be an easy review. —the_ed17— 05:05, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

GA review – see WP:WIAGA for criteria

1. Is it reasonably well written?

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• Anything more on its time as a liberty ship?
  • First five months aren't recorded, which means she probably sailed in the Pacific (but no proof of that) — Bellhalla (talk) 03:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
• Cites for the infobox?
  • I can add them. Most of the characteristics are standard liberty ship specs. It may take a bit to find a good, reliable source for those. — Bellhalla (talk) 03:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
• Citation for these?
  • "Stanford White (MC Hull No. 738) was laid down on 9 March 1943 on ship way 7 at California Shipbuilding Corp. (Calship) of Los Angeles as a standard Liberty ship."
    • The Colton ref covered it, but I moved the ref to be explicitly clear. — Bellhalla (talk) 03:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
  • "During its relatively short merchant service, Stanford White operated in the Atlantic Ocean"
    • Reworded to reflect what sources cover + new ref — Bellhalla (talk) 03:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)
• Citations 1 & 8 cover this paragraph, right?

  • In late November 1943 the ship was transferred by the WSA to the War Department for operation as a Hague Convention hospital ship by the U.S. Army. The ship put into the Todd Hoboken Shipyard at the Port of New York for conversion, remaining there until completion on 30 June 1944. The ship was initially assigned the name Poppy, under the then-current policy of naming Army hospital ships after flowers, but never operated under that name. The ship was instead named after First Lieutenant Blanche F. Sigman, a U.S. Army nurse killed in action on 7 February 1944 on the beachhead during Operation Shingle, the Allied landings at Anzio.[1][8]

    • The Charles ref covered most of the paragraph, the NYT the details of Sigman's death. Changed ref placement to be more clear. — Bellhalla (talk) 03:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Otherwise, the article looks excellent. On hold for now....you know the drill. Cheers! —the_ed17— 05:12, 28 September 2008 (UTC)

Replies interspersed above. — Bellhalla (talk) 03:27, 29 September 2008 (UTC)

Infobox cites aren't enough to hold this back if they are standard Liberty ship secs, so it passess. Good work! —the_ed17— 03:36, 29 September 2008 (UTC)