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Usage
This is a typing short cut for linking to US Navy ship articles named in the format "USNS 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 [[USNS Deep Six (AWOL-99)|USNS ''Deep Six'' (AWOL-99)]]. This template halves that to {{USNS|Deep Six|AWOL-99}}.
Formal usage
{{USNS|Ship Name}}{{USNS|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 |
|---|---|---|
{{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19}}
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[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |USNS ''Mercy'' (T-AH-19)]]
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USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |
{{USNS|Red Rover|1859}}
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[[USNS Red Rover (1859) |USNS ''Red Rover'' (1859)]]
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USNS Red Rover (1859) |
{{USNS|Comfort}}
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[[USNS Comfort |USNS ''Comfort'']]
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USNS Comfort |
Last example could be used to link to ship index (disambiguation) page
Optional display control parameter
There is an optional third parameter that controls which pieces of text are displayed in the article. Its value is treated as a binary number and will display the corresponding "bits". So setting the '4's bit will display USNS, setting the '2's bit will display the ship name, and setting the '1's bit will display the ID. If binary math isn't your thing, refer to these examples:
| Value | Parameter(s) displayed |
Example | Equivalent wikicode | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| None | all | {{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19}}
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[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |USNS ''Mercy'' (T-AH-19)]]
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USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |
| 1 | 3rd | {{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|1}}
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[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |T-AH-19]]
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T-AH-19 |
| 2 | 2nd | {{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|2}}
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[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |''Mercy'']]
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Mercy |
| 3 | 2nd, 3rd | {{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|3}}
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[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |''Mercy'' (T-AH-19)]]
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Mercy (T-AH-19) |
| 4 | invalid result | {{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|4}}
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— | Error: {{USNS}} invalid control parameter: 4 (help) |
| 5 | 1st, 3rd | {{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|5}}
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[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |USNS (T-AH-19)]]
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USNS T-AH-19 |
| 6 | 1st, 2nd | {{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|6}}
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[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |USNS ''Mercy'']]
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USNS Mercy |
| 2nd (no 3rd) |
{{USNS|Comfort|3=2}} Alternate usage: {{USNS|Comfort||2}}
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[[USNS Comfort |''Comfort'']]
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Comfort |
N.B.: Be careful with the third parameter if not using the second parameter. In the Comfort example above, the "|3=2" means set the third parameter to a value of two, while the alternate syntax shows using a pair of pipes, "||2", to position the value two in the third parameter position.
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TemplateData for USNS This template provides a wikilink to a ship's page, with label options
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