I question USNS Kingsport Victory (T-AK-239) as a good title choice. It is taken from one slice, a mundane one, of the ship's "career" and neither first nor most prominent. The ship's original name was Kingsport Victory and that the ship was operated as an Army transport under that name. When the ships went MSTS in 1950 the Navy then operated the ship as USNS Kingsport Victory until 1961. If we take first name used then Kingsport Victory is correct, but I'd suggest just the name and not with Navy bells and whistles in the name so as to cover WSA/Army/early MSTS. Now, if we take best known, and except for an obscure court case the ship was just a plodding cargo hauler, we have the days of satellite link, presidents chatting and then survey work. All that took place as just USNS Kingsport and the designation was (T-AG-164) as of 14 November 1961. Right now the title is sort of apples and oranges, the 1950—1961 slice of MSTS operation and not the earliest, just Kingsport Victory, or the most significant later name. Strongly suggest either a move to just SS Kingsport Victory (first 1944) without military prefixes or to the best known, the one in most published accounts of the ship, USNS Kingsport and leave the Navy designations to the text. We've had a discussion at WIKISHIPS on the sometimes silly use of these classifications in titles (I'm one for dropping them there) as they are purely administrative changes, Navy "binning" of hulls. Palmeira ( talk) 13:43, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
I guess the main reason I changed it was to keep consistent with the other ships of its class, they are all named with the (AK) or (T-AK) designation even though they changed in later years. I have no problem with changing it back, I was just going for continuity. Thanks for the feedback. Pennsy22 ( talk) 14:36, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
I question USNS Kingsport Victory (T-AK-239) as a good title choice. It is taken from one slice, a mundane one, of the ship's "career" and neither first nor most prominent. The ship's original name was Kingsport Victory and that the ship was operated as an Army transport under that name. When the ships went MSTS in 1950 the Navy then operated the ship as USNS Kingsport Victory until 1961. If we take first name used then Kingsport Victory is correct, but I'd suggest just the name and not with Navy bells and whistles in the name so as to cover WSA/Army/early MSTS. Now, if we take best known, and except for an obscure court case the ship was just a plodding cargo hauler, we have the days of satellite link, presidents chatting and then survey work. All that took place as just USNS Kingsport and the designation was (T-AG-164) as of 14 November 1961. Right now the title is sort of apples and oranges, the 1950—1961 slice of MSTS operation and not the earliest, just Kingsport Victory, or the most significant later name. Strongly suggest either a move to just SS Kingsport Victory (first 1944) without military prefixes or to the best known, the one in most published accounts of the ship, USNS Kingsport and leave the Navy designations to the text. We've had a discussion at WIKISHIPS on the sometimes silly use of these classifications in titles (I'm one for dropping them there) as they are purely administrative changes, Navy "binning" of hulls. Palmeira ( talk) 13:43, 5 June 2015 (UTC)
I guess the main reason I changed it was to keep consistent with the other ships of its class, they are all named with the (AK) or (T-AK) designation even though they changed in later years. I have no problem with changing it back, I was just going for continuity. Thanks for the feedback. Pennsy22 ( talk) 14:36, 5 June 2015 (UTC)