Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Burning of the USS Missouri
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8b/The_Burning_of_the_USS_Missouri_in_Gibraltar.jpg/431px-The_Burning_of_the_USS_Missouri_in_Gibraltar.jpg)
- Reason
- A fine, semi-official illustration which recounts the last hours of the ship. Dramatic, and has been stable in the article for five years.
- Articles in which this image appears
- USS Missouri (1841), John T. Newton, George Pechell Mends, List of shipwrecks in August 1843
- FP category for this image
- WP:Featured pictures/History/USA History
- Creator
- Thomas Goldsworthy Dutton's lithograph of Edward Duncan's artwork based on George Pechell Mends' sketch. Restoration by Adam Cuerden
- Support as nominator – Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 22:51, 30 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support. MER-C 12:22, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support – Bammesk (talk) 15:30, 31 July 2022 (UTC)
- Support TheFreeWorld (talk) 08:01, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
- @MER-C, Bammesk, and TheFreeWorld: Just to note, I made a small colour tweak. Adam Cuerden (talk)Has about 8% of all FPs 08:04, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
- Support – Yann (talk) 20:04, 1 August 2022 (UTC)
- Support Dramatic and likely a pretty accurate depiction on this event. Nick-D (talk) 11:12, 7 August 2022 (UTC)
Promoted File:The Burning of the USS Missouri in Gibraltar.jpg --Armbrust The Homunculus 13:02, 10 August 2022 (UTC)