Talk:Type B ship

Military history: Maritime / North America / United States / World War II

This article is within the scope of the Military history WikiProject. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and see a list of open tasks. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.Military historyWikipedia:WikiProject Military historyTemplate:WikiProject Military historymilitary history

This article has been checked against the following criteria for B-class status:
Referencing and citation: criterion not met Coverage and accuracy: criterion not met Structure: criterion met Grammar and style: criterion met Supporting materials: criterion met

Associated task forces:
/
	Maritime warfare task force
	North American military history task force
	United States military history task force
	World War II task force

Ships

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Ships, a project to improve all Ship-related articles. If you would like to help improve this and other articles, please join the project, or contribute to the project discussion. All interested editors are welcome. To use this banner, please see the full instructions.ShipsWikipedia:WikiProject ShipsTemplate:WikiProject ShipsShips

Transport: Maritime

	Transport portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Transport, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of articles related to Transport on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.TransportWikipedia:WikiProject TransportTemplate:WikiProject TransportTransport
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by the Maritime task force.

United States: Military history

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States
???	This article has not yet received a rating on the project's importance scale.
	This article is supported by WikiProject Military history - U.S. military history task force.

Ferrocement, not concrete

I would advise that the adjective "concrete" should be replaced throughout this article with the proper word, "ferrocement".

"Concrete", which is used in building edifices, bridges and dams, is a mixture of gravel, sand and cement "Ferrocement", which is used in building boat hulls and Mulberry-type harbours, is made up of cement, and sand, the mixture being plastered over an "armature" of steel rods and mesh.

In both definitions, the ingredients are in the order of declining magnitutude, and in both cases, water is used to create the mix.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Arrivisto (talk • contribs) 10:20, 15 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Done, thank you for the feeback. (The Navy called them, concrete ships, but I add that Ferrocement was used to built them, not concrete). Telecine Guy (talk) 16:43, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Request

The United States Army operated more barges during World War Two than the United States Navy, but this article completely ignores any involvement of Army operation of barges. Also, a lot of the information could use correction, such as the letter N at the end of most Navy barge designations indicates a non-powered version; hence YF is a Yard (or, actually, District) Freighter, whereas a YFN is a non-propelled barge used for either cargo movement or storage.

— Preceding unsigned comment added by Telecineguy (talk • contribs) 16:05, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

United States Army added with ref, thank you for the feedback, check on "N" later. Telecine Guy (talk) 17:43, 2 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Benewah-class barrack ship

Benewah-class barracks, is a ship, not a type B ship and has been removed.Telecine Guy (talk) 16:39, 22 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Split page (2025): move parts to List of barge types

I suggest that parts of this article should be moved to List of barge types, since they are generic barge types not unique to the US military in WWII. That will also fix all the incoming redirects from generic barge types leading here. ie. deck bargedeck barge leads here, and it shouldn't as a general list of types would not mislead people into thinking this only existed in the US military in WWII. The barge types for list of barges can be wikilinked from here, instead of being explained here. -- 65.92.246.77 (talk) 17:00, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I can see there is only one paragraph devoted to non-US barges, and the rest does seem to be covered by MARAD, army and navy. Remove that one paragraph and the article would be relatively fine as it stands. List of barge types is fairly vague and would presumably be enormous. —Simon Harley (Talk). 17:41, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Deck barge, concrete barge, wood barge, Thames lighter, ..., would move their generic content to the list, while keeping specific information here, and a section wikilink to the list article would provide the generic barge type information. General barge type redirects to this page would be repointed to the new list. -- 65.92.246.77 (talk) 18:08, 15 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]