Talk:USS Matanikau/GA1

GA Review

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Reviewer: CPA-5 (talk · contribs) 17:19, 7 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

I think the lead should have a little more information about her career.
in order to replace heavy early war losses We're talking about WWII right?
providing 9,000 horsepower (6,700 kW), thus enabling her kW needs to be linked.
One 5-inch (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose gun was mounted This sentence has sea of blue in it.

It's hard to really rearrange the links, the descriptions follow each other. I don't necessarily see the links as a problem, as long as it isn't simply link bloat.

named escort carriers after bays or sounds in Alaska Link to Territory Alaska.
transferred to the United States Navy and commissioned on 24 June 1944 Link the United States Navy.
Whilst in Hawaii, news of the Japanese surrender broke Pipe Hawaii to the Territory of Hawaii.
What does VC, VCS, CVHE and AKV-36 mean?

She returned to California on 19 November Link California.
She was struck from the Navy list on 1 April 1960 and she was sold on 27 July 1960 to Jacq. Pierot, Jr. & Sons, New York for scrapping Is there a reason why she was scrapped?

Not really? With mothballed ships, you have to pay for maintenance, and the metal on any ship is quite valuable, as it's already processed.

sponsored by Mrs. Robert A. Grant, the wife of United States Representative Robert A. Grant; This looks odd you sure that's his wife's name?

Images

"File:FM-2 Wildcat on catapult of USS Matanikau (CVE-101) on 27 July 1944 (80-G-376560).jpg" There is a typo here A FM-2 Wildcat fighter situated on the aircraft catapult preparing to take off, 27 July 1944. --> "An FM-2 Wildcat fighter situated on the aircraft catapult preparing to take off, 27 July 1944."
The rest looks good to me.

Infobox

The Ordered part isn't mentioned in the body with its cite and then we can remove the cite in the infobox. Also do we know when she was ordered?

Awarded part isn't mentioned in the body and it has no ref which would make it OR.
nmi needs a link.
"(1944-1946)" --> "(1944–1946)"
"(1946-1960)" --> "(1946–1960)"

Sources

Both "Kaiser Vancouver, Vancouver WA" and "World Aircraft Carriers List: US Escort Carriers, S4 Hulls" need a |website= template.
Unlink both London and England in Chesneau's source.
"Y'Blood, William" --> "Y'Blood, William T."

@Stikkyy: Last question, where are the sources of Maksel and Stubblebine? If these is addressed then I believe we can promote it. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 10:07, 10 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done Stikkyy t/c 07:14, 11 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Passing this one. Will have a look in the others tomorrow. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 21:03, 19 January 2020 (UTC)[reply]