Talk:Tonan Maru No. 3

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Did you know... that the Japanese vessel Tonan Maru No. 3 (pictured), sunk in a 17 February 1944 air raid, was raised more than seven years later and returned to service as a whaling factory ship?

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Did you know nomination

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The result was: promoted by Cielquiparle (talk) 02:18, 8 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]

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Tonan Maru No. 3 in 1939

... that the Japanese vessel Tonan Maru No. 3 (pictured), sunk in a 17 February 1944 air raid, was raised more than seven years later and returned to service as a whaling factory ship? Source: "February 17 1944 Tonan Maru No. 3 Tanker ... Navy carrier-based aircraft Sunk" from list at: Committee, United States Joint Army-Navy Assessment (1947). Japanese Naval and Merchant Shipping Losses During World War II by All Causes. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 54. ISBN 978-0-598-73567-6. and "on 3 March 1951 she was up-righted and refloated ...rebuilt and recommissioned on 8 October 1951 ... continued her service as a whaler and was finally scrapped in April 1971" from: Lindemann, Klaus (1 September 2005). Hailstorm Over Truk Lagoon, Second Edition: Operations Against Truk by Carrier Task Force 58, 17 and 18 February 1944, and the Shipwrecks of World War II. Wipf and Stock Publishers. p. 257. ISBN 978-1-59752-347-9.
- Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Jack Melchor
- Comment: Special date request for 17 February please

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 15:04, 6 January 2023 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

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QPQ: Done.

Overall: @Dumelow: Good article. Onegreatjoke (talk) 15:57, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]