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Thomas C. Kinkaid

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The result was: scheduled for Wikipedia:Today's featured article/April 3, 2013 by BencherliteTalk 15:28, 26 March 2013‎ (UTC)[reply]

Admiral Thomas C. Kinkaid

Thomas C. Kinkaid (1888–1972) was an admiral in the United States Navy during World War II. Born into a naval family, he graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1908. He saw action during the 1916 occupation of the Dominican Republic, and in World War I, when he was attached to the Royal Navy. During World War II, his cruisers defended the aircraft carriers USS Lexington during the Battle of the Coral Sea and USS Hornet during the Battle of Midway. He then took command of Task Force 16, built around the carrier USS Enterprise, during the long and difficult Solomon Islands campaign. He commanded the North Pacific Force during operations that regained control of the Aleutian Islands. In November 1943, he became Commander Allied Naval Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area, and Commander of the Seventh Fleet, directing U.S. and Australian forces supporting the New Guinea and the Philippine campaigns, during which he conducted numerous amphibious operations. He commanded an Allied fleet during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the last naval battle between battleships. He continued in service after the war until his retirement in 1950. (Full article...)

4 points: 2 points as this would be his 125th birthday + 2 points for the article being promoted more than two years ago (in November 2010). Hawkeye7 (talk) 02:11, 15 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]

  • Hi; I've given the article a fairly close read, and have a few quibbles:
  • In the section "Early career", beginning of second paragraph a sentence reads, "Students had to undertake to remain in the Navy for at least eight years." Undertake what? This sentence makes no sense to me. Perhaps you mean "students had to commit to remaining in the Navy..." or better: "students incurred an eight-year commitment to stay in the Navy."
  • "Kinkaid now faced the prospect of selection to rear admiral. He knew that captains normally required command experience to be considered, but it was unlikely that a billet as captain of a battleship or cruiser would come up in sufficient time before the next round of selections." This doesn't make sense, because at the very end of the section entitled "Between the wars" Kincaid had been "given his second seagoing command, the heavy cruiser USS Indianapolis" Clarification is needed here, because it appears that he should have had the command experience needed for the promotion.
  • In "Southwest Pacific" section, paragraph 3 it reads, "With 215 vessels involved, Operations Reckless and Persecution in April 1944 was the largest operation in New Guinea waters." While this might be technically correct, it is awkward to equate something plural with something singular. Recommend something like "...Operations Reckless and Persecution in April 1944 jointly resulted in the largest operation in New Guinea waters." Sarnold17 (talk) 22:28, 16 February 2013 (UTC)[reply]