Talk:USS Makin Island (CVE-93)

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Reviewer: CPA-5 (talk · contribs) 20:31, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Claim my seat here. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 20:31, 20 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Post-war, she participated in Operation Magic Carpet British post-war.

I don't exactly get the gist of this phrase. Could you clarify?

Hey Stikky, "Post-war" is the British way the American way is without hyphen "postwar". Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 12:39, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@CPA-5: Fair enough. I've fixed it. Stikkyy t/c 00:17, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

provided a force of 9,000 horsepower (6,700 kW) Link Kw.
hangar deck: one on the fore, another on the aft.[3][2][4] Re-order the refs here.
equipped with 16 Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft guns in twin mounts --> "equipped with 16 Bofors 40 mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns in twin mounts"
had been modified to carry 30 20 mm cannons Try to avoid two diffrent numbers next to each other.
Anti-aircraft guns were mounted around the perimeter of the deck Link anti-aircraft.
ferrying 78 aircraft and 236 men to Hawaii Pipe Hawaii tho the territory of Hawaii.
Kamikaze is overlinked.
who was launched off the deck when a 3.5 inch rocket --> "who was launched off the deck when a 3.5-inch rocket"
came under heavy Japanese kamikaze attacks --> "came under heavy Japanese kamikaze attacks"
Rear Admiral is overlinked.

Infobox

I cannot see the extreme width's length in the body.
"10,240 nmi (18,960 km; 11,780 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)" Link nmi.
Link extreme width.
"United States Pacific Fleet (1944-1946)" --> "United States Pacific Fleet (1944–1946)"
"1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun" this gun is made in the US thus it should have English primary units instead of metric.

It has primary units leading over metric units, whilst the Bofors and Oerlikons have metric leading over primary.

Images

File:USS Makin Island CVE-93.jpg has a dead link same with File:USS Makin Island (CVE-93) gunnery practice.jpg.

Sources

Ref 9, needs a double "p" in the page numbers
Ref 13, same as above.
Ref 16, same as above.
Ref 17, same as above.
Ref 18, same as above.
Keith's source needs an access-date.

That's anything from me. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 14:24, 22 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@CPA-5: All

Done, except for one. Stikkyy t/c 03:49, 25 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Wait a second Stikky. What's this the Navy list on 11 July, and sold on 1 January 1947? It hasn't a citation? Without this I cannot pass it. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 07:46, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

@CPA-5: All good now. Stikkyy t/c 14:44, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Looks good to go to me. Cheers. CPA-5 (talk) 21:27, 26 September 2019 (UTC)[reply]