Template:Did you know nominations/Japanese battleship Yamashiro

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The result was: promoted by BlueMoonset (talk) 20:04, 2 March 2013 (UTC).

Japanese battleship Yamashiro

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... that Vice Admiral Shōji Nishimura refused to abandon ship when his flagship, the battleship Yamashiro, was capsizing during the Battle of Surigao Strait in 1944?

Reviewed: Ish Ledesma

5x expanded by Sturmvogel 66 (talk), Dank (talk). Nominated by Sturmvogel 66 (talk) at 05:47, 23 February 2013 (UTC).

Offline ref accepted AGF, image is PD, hook length and date are fine. Massive expansion and very well written article. I expect MILHIST plans to take this to FA. Chamal ^T•C 09:40, 26 February 2013 (UTC)