The result was KEEP. postdlf ( talk) 17:54, 7 April 2011 (UTC) reply
The one source cited in this article does not seem to be significant coverage, and the subject seems to be unremarkable. Furthermore, the text of the article is exactly the same as the source. RadManCF ☢ open frequency 22:55, 31 March 2011 (UTC) reply
I believe that the subject matter of this article is significant, and should be retained. In support of this, I would offer the following arguments:
1. The subject matter is culturally important. World War II was one of the most significant points of American history. It is also an incredibly large topic; too large in fact, to be entirely covered by traditional history books. This is part of was makes Wikipedia so special, it doesn't have to eliminate topics simply due to space limitations. We have a limited number of WWII vets still with us who can contribute a living history, but every day we lose more and more of these men and women. One could say that the existence of any one LST was insignificant, but this ignores the fact that it was important to many thousands of people. Overall, LST were a large part of the war in the Pacific. Individually, the specific ships are important to the men who served on them; the men who stormed these islands; the families of the men who served; and any researcher who might be trying to document some as-of-yet unimagined aspect of the war.
2. There is a broad heading listing all US Navy LSTs. (
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_Navy_LSTs) The existence of this list suggests that the Wikipedia project is making an attempt to document the details of each individual ship on the list. Similar details have already been preserved about a number of these ships. I'm not sure why this would be any different.
Forgive me if I originally complicated this matter by including text in the article too close to the cited source. I have gone back to the article and substantially re-written it using original language. I have also documented the content with additional references. I hope you will allow this article to stand as amended.
Thank you,
Aboklage (
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