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A fact from USS Recruit (1917) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 12 May 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that the United States Navy built the battleship USS Recruit (pictured) in New York City's Union Square?

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Needs Disambig Box[edit]

Never mind. I am being stupid today. Paul, in Saudi (talk) 09:10, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Nitpick[edit]

Surely its fate isn't 'unknown' as it is likely that there are records somewhere (in contemporary newspapers, naval, military and/or office records, diaries, letters, photographs, cinefilms etc etc) that detail its fate and so its fate is known - it's just that the researchers haven't found these records yet? Surely it would be more appropriate to say 'its fate has not yet and possibly may never be discovered/discerned?' 81.156.124.135 (talk) 11:27, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

'Undetermined' is probably better wording, yeah. Thanks for the catch. - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 18:57, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Recruitment[edit]

While the article states that the Recruit saw the enlistment of many crews' worth of sailors, the crew size is in terms of another battleship, with no comparison. Is there any figure for the Recruit's recruiting crews for battleships her own size?--Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 13:53, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Well, since Recruit had a crew of 40, that would be about 625 Recruits worth of sailors. I'd certainly say the Navy got their money's worth! - The Bushranger _{Return fire}^{Flank speed} 18:58, 12 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Another pic[edit]

Just in case, shorpy.com has more pics of the subject [1], [2], [3], [4]. East of Borschov (talk) 17:26, 21 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

There's also this good shot. Ed ^{[talk] [majestic titan]} 08:05, 7 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]