Talk:USS Hoel (DD-533)

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However spirited gunnery and perfectly timed radical simultaneous turns enabled the American vessels to thwart the attackers
the fearless destroyer
the valiant ship
she demanded the attention of her antagonists by peppering them
stouthearted captain

Can anyone improve on the text? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bobblewik (talk • contribs) 08:16, August 17, 2004

This is typical of material sourced from the DANFS; see Wikipedia:WikiProject Ships/DANFS conversions for general advice. More serious than this POV is the absurd claim, "Although Japanese records deny that these torpedoes hit the cruiser [Haguro], there is no evidence to indicate any other explanation for the geyser effect observed" — as if the crew of Haguro wouldn't know if they had been torpedoed or not! Gdr 09:33, 29 September 2005 (UTC)[reply]