Talk:Takakazu Kinashi

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A fact from Takakazu Kinashi appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 19 November 2008 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Imperial Japanese Navy submarine Commander Takakazu Kinashi was awarded the Iron Cross by Adolf Hitler for his role in the sinking of the American aircraft carrier Wasp?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2008/November.

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Use of English[edit]

I don't know why but the authors of this page have left out the definite article ("the") when speaking of submarines. For instance:" Kinashi was given his first command, Ro-59, from 1938-1940. In 1940, he was reassigned to the Submarine Warfare School, but returned to sea six months later as captain of I-3 from July-November, and of Ro-34 from November 1940 to July 1941."

In my opinion it would be better if the definite article was added. It runs then as follows:" Kinashi was given his first command of the Ro-59, from 1938-1940. In 1940, he was reassigned to the Submarine Warfare School, but returned to sea six months later as captain of the I-3 from July-November, and of the Ro-34 from November 1940 to July 1941."

Wereldburger758 (talk) 08:35, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Refer to Wikipedia:Naming conventions (ships)#Referring to ships. The definate article "the" is not neccessary when referring to ships, and in most articles on ships is not used. --MChew (talk) 14:23, 19 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]