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Welcome to WikiProject Ships on the English Wikipedia! We are a group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of topics related to ships of all types and eras. The project scope spans both naval and civilian ships, and articles on individual ships, ship classes, and other ship related topics are welcome.

WikiProject Ships is a group with a common interest in ships of all types and an international collection of participants. If you would like to join us, please feel free to sign up and help with ship articles. And don't worry – we get along more like an America's Cup match than Monitor and Merrimack (left). The project was featured in the 28 June 2010 issue of The Signpost.

As of 4 June 2026, there are 56,982 articles within the scope of WikiProject Ships, of which 345 are featured and 2,034 are good articles. This makes up 0.79% of the articles on Wikipedia, 2.94% of all featured articles and lists, and 4.63% of all good articles. Including non-article pages, such as talk pages, redirects, categories, etc., there are 181,440 pages in the project.

The sidebar on this page contains links to all project documentation, including our guidelines, tools and templates, and a resource list.

To improve ship-related content throughout Wikipedia, the project uses Assessment and Review processes. Ship-related content is tagged by including the Project Banner on each article's discussion page.

Content that is of outstanding quality can be nominated for consideration under one of the featured content processes: articles, pictures, lists, sounds, topics, and portals.

These articles within the project scope have attained featured article (FA) status, and serve as examples of the quality of writing we aim to produce.

These lists within the project scope have attained featured list (FL) status, and serve as examples of the quality of writing we aim to produce.

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These are the 20 most recent WP:DYK entries for WikiProject Ships. Updated approximately weekly by User:JL-Bot.

This is a list of recognized content, updated weekly by JL-Bot (talk · contribs) (typically on Saturdays). There is no need to edit the list yourself. If an article is missing from the list, make sure it is tagged (e.g. {{WikiProject Ships}}) or categorized correctly and wait for the next update. See WP:RECOG for configuration options.

• ... that Boston Navy Yard had a flirtation walk until World War II?
• ... that The Luck of Cumberland (pictured), designed by Herbert Maryon and executed by the Keswick School of Industrial Art, is made of more than 200 ounces of solid silver?
• ... that the 28 Sassacus-class gunboats constituted the largest class of warships built in the United States prior to World War I?
• ... that the freighter Hippocampus was sunk by fruit?
• ... that the seven Mohongo-class gunboats were uncharacteristically comfortable?
• ... that a fuel-tax evasion scheme in Mexico involves importing fuels under unrelated customs categories?
• ... that the Washington State Ferries fleet (vessel pictured) uses names with tribal significance?
• ... that a rear admiral was wounded while flying on a combat mission off the escort carrier USS Marcus Island?
• ... that the American Civil War inspired the design of the British Amazon-class sloops?
• ... that, according to Guyanese authorities, an oil tanker seized by the United States off the coast of Venezuela in 2025 was falsely flying Guyana's flag?
• ... that the Oceanic Steamship Company (advertisement pictured) beat a rival company in a trans-Pacific race, bought the rival's ships, and added them to its own fleet?
• ... that the Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Anzio once took the place of an entire fleet?
• ... that the US Navy sold USS Severn (pictured) as part of a scheme to build a new warship discreetly?
• ... that HMS Busy's first naval engagement cost her crew two legs, an arm and a fractured skull?
• ... that the freighters James H. Reed and Frank E. Vigor sank in separate collisions on Lake Erie on the same day?
• ... that the officer who led a mutiny aboard HMS Chesterfield in 1748 later admitted that he had been "lunatick" with alcohol the entire time?
• ... that a New York City ferryboat shot down two enemy aircraft in World War II?
• ... that Neoliner Origin is the largest wind-propelled cargo ship currently in service?
• ... that Maria Rickmers (pictured), one of the largest sailing ships of her day, disappeared on her maiden voyage?
• ... that the Dutch-built and Turkish-operated Birinci İnönü-class submarines were used to discreetly develop German U-boats?

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