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Des Moines vs. Baltimore

The Des Moines class should be entirely separate from the Baltimore class. It was a different hull, with a different main armament. Similarities are superficial

"most successful class of 8 inch-armed heavy cruiser in history"

Anyone care to back this up? I can't think of any reason to claim the Baltimores were more successful than, say, the Royal Navy County Class cruisers. I understand that there is a powerful urge to claim that "US is Best" on Wikipedia, but this kind of unsubstanciated tosh is of no benefit to anyone. The Baltimores were a successful design - isn't saying that enough? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Getztashida (talk • contribs) 15:25, 5 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

In lieu of a citation for most sucessful, I have rewritten the intro to show what the class did achieve in terms of long service life and offspring. GraemeLeggett 15:48, 5 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The new introdution is muh more informative. Thanks very much. Getztashida 14:51, 7 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

http://www.chuckhawks.com/heavy_cruisers_part3.htm 2602:301:7733:2000:31B6:C168:785D:D3EB (talk) 18:07, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Saipan class

The text states: The Saipan class light carriers were based on the Baltimore class hull, but were actually built from the keel up as aircraft carriers. Given this, I am splitting the Saipan class to its own page. - BillCJ 16:58, 3 September 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Des Moines Stuff Again

Des Moines Class information. I agree with the earlier comment that the Des Moines stuff should be removed. They are descended from Baltimores, I supposed, but they were much bigger (716' vs 673', 17k tons vs 13k?). The article ends up running off with the Des Moines stuff, especially with the Dreadnought reference.Busaccsb (talk) 06:18, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Translation from German

I have begun translating the German Wikipedia article, which is featured and very informative. I have absolutely no expertise in naval history, shipbuilding, or anything else related to the topic, but I can translate this stuff reasonably well. If you have some topical knowledge or knowledge of German please feel free to take a look at my translation and make edits or suggestions for clarity/accuracy/style. The draft can be found at my Sandbox and I'll start transferring it to the mainspace article when I've reached some sort of critical mass. Thanks --Jieagles (talk) 00:43, 24 November 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Done. I look forward to your improvements. -- Jieagles (talk) 02:10, 5 January 2010 (UTC)[reply]

"No example of the Baltimore class still exists" is Arrantly Wrong !

The USS Fall River is a memorial ship at Fall River, Massachusetts !!

And a message to the slope-headed turkey who reverted my additions to the article: if you are too stupid to recognize additional and improved material, then LEAVE THE ARTICLE ALONE!

You already have an article with no references to it, and I was all ready to give you two, Mr. Dumbass.98.67.173.16 (talk) 03:23, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

USS Fall River (CA-131) was scrapped and only the tip of the bow is on display, not a museum ship. Also, you are not following proper procedure and properly citing your references which means that you are adding more unreferenced information which is being correctly reverted per policy. Making personal attacks upon other editors will only lead to your being blocked. -MBK₀₀₄ 03:41, 5 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Largest class in history

I have a reference here that the 14 ships of the Baltimore class commissioned make them the largest class of heavy cruisers in history, which I feel would be a very informative and an interesting add. Reference: http://www.chuckhawks.com/heavy_cruisers_part3.htm 2602:301:7733:2000:31B6:C168:785D:D3EB (talk) 18:11, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

That would be a good fact and it seems likely, however that source looks self-published. Check out WP:Reliable for what wikipedia considers reliable and unreliable sources. Nothing against that site in particular but as a matter of policy, such websites are generally not relied upon. Post here if you do find a suitable source. I'd love to add it to the article. -- InspectorTiger (talk) 21:29, 5 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]