Template:USS

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Usage

This is a typing short cut for linking to US Navy ship articles named in the format "USS Deep Six (AWOL-99)". Since ship names are italicized in article text, linking to them in the usual manner means typing everything twice, such as [[USS Deep Six (AWOL-99)|USS ''Deep Six'' (AWOL-99)]]. This template halves that to {{USS|Deep Six|AWOL-99}}.

This template does not support subst: (substitution). Behind the scenes, it invokes {{ship}}.

Formal usage

• {{USS|Ship Name}}
• {{USS|Ship Name|ID}}, where ID can be the hull number, launch year, or pennant number, as specified in the article title.

Examples

Template usage	Equivalent wikicode	Final result
{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}}	[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]]
{{USS|Constellation|1797}}	[[USS Constellation (1797)|USS ''Constellation'' (1797)]]
{{USS|Constitution}}	[[USS Constitution|USS ''Constitution'']]

Last example could be used to link to ship index (disambiguation) page

Target page

By default, the wikilink is build like this:

• {{PREFIX|ship's name|ID}}.

With {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}}, the targetpage is

[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)]].

Elements PREFIX and ID can be omitted (if they are not part of the targetpage title).

Formatted label

Then the template by default adds the formatted label:

[[targetpage|label]]. By default:

{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}}, by default the label is:

[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]], showing as:

.

The default label can be changed with a simple parameter. The extra third position, unnamed parameter allows setting which changes the elements of the ship's full name. It sets the label in the link: For example, in your article, the hull number (disambiguator) may not be needed to show. In that case, add option |2, and the result is:

• {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|2}} →

[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|''Enterprise'']] →

The options are:

Value	Will show	Example	Wikilink [[targetpage|label]]	Shows
(default)	PREFIX name (ID)	{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65}}	[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]]
1	ID	{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|1}}	[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|''CVN-65'']]
2	name	{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|2}}	[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|''Enterprise'']]
3	name (ID)	{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|3}}	[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|''Enterprise'' (CVN-65)]]
4	invalid	{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|4}}	—
5	PREFIX ID	{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|5}}	[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''CVN-65'']]
6	PREFIX name	{{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}}	[[USS Enterprise (CVN-65)|USS ''Enterprise'']]

Note: options default (=blank), 2 and 6 are mostly used.

PREFIX not in article name

It is possible that the prefix is not part of the target pagename. In that case, extra parameter |up=yes (unlink prefix) puts the name outside of the link: [example here]

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See also

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