Talk:USS Miantonomah (ACM-13)

Illustration of DANFS problem

This vessel is a fairly good illustration of the problem with so many minor and obscure vessels where the official, public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) has essentially been paraphrased as the entire Wikipedia article. With the blanket "This article includes text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" note what fact statements are and are not DANFS can quickly become confused with any additions. Furthermore, some ships have more non-Navy history than Navy that is covered in DANFS. These particular ships were built and operated as U.S. Army Mine Planter Service vessels and could be covered under those names. For practical reasons, including the fact most people think all military vessels are "USS," I concur most main pieces should remain under the Navy name with redirects from another. In this case, Army history is about equivalent to Navy and both less lengthy than as a commercial fishing vessel. To solve the DANFS "problem" I consolidated the very brief DANFS information into a single paragraph with specific DANFS cites for data explicitly extracted from that work. Palmeira (talk) 18:15, 5 November 2011 (UTC)