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USS Aylwin (DD-355)

USS Aylwin (DD-355) was a Farragut-class destroyer, and the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Lieutenant John Cushing Aylwin (1778–1812).

Construction and commissioning
Aylwin was laid down on 23 September 1933 by the Philadelphia Navy Yard, launched on 10 July 1934, sponsored by Miss Elizabeth M. Farley, the 11-year-old daughter of Postmaster General James Farley, and commissioned on 1 March 1935.

1935
Following builders' trials late in March, and fitting out, the destroyer shifted to the Naval Torpedo Station, Newport, Rhode Island, to load eight torpedo warheads. At the end of further trials, she returned to Philadelphia on 8 May to prepare for shakedown.

On 22 May, Aylwin sailed for a cruise that took her to European countries. She stopped at Port Leixoes (Oporto), Portugal, on 1 June and at Santander, Spain, on the 5th, before shifting to Cherbourg, France, on the 10th. Five days later, the Honorable Jesse I. Straus, the United States Ambassador to France, inspected the new destroyer.

The warship next visited Bremen, Germany from 19 to 24 June, before sailing for Gothenburg, Sweden, and a five-day visit. Then, after getting underway for Belgium on the 29th, she reached Brussels late on 2 July and there received her only royal visit when, on the morning of the 8th, King Leopold III and Queen Astrid came on board for an hour's inspection.

The ship visited Dover, England, before heading homeward on 15 July. She reached Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the 22nd, received post-shakedown repairs, and conducted further trials that lasted until 1 October, when she put to sea to join the Fleet. She fell in with her sister ship USS Hull (DD-350) the next day, and the two ships reached Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, on the 5th, where Aylwin unloaded a cargo of light freight. After transiting the Panama Canal on 7 October, she paused briefly at Balboa, Panama Canal Zone, before sailing on the 10th for a plane-guard station off Champerico, Guatemala, to provide a directional bearing along the projected track of the experimental flying boat XP3Y-1, the prototype of the PBY Catalina.

Aylwin reached her assigned position on 13 October and, the next morning, began laying smoke to serve as marker for the plane. The destroyer's lookouts sighted the plane at 12:38, and it passed directly overhead seven minutes later. Ultimately, the XP3Y-1 reached San Francisco Bay on 15 October, having set a new international distance record for seaplane flights—3,281.402 statute miles (5,280.905 km).

The destroyer rejoined Hull the next day; and the two ships steamed into San Diego, California harbor on the 19th. After a visit to Stockton, California, from 26 to 29 October, Aylwin began her peacetime duty with the Fleet, operating off the coast of southern California in flotilla tactics, torpedo attacks, short range battle practices, and sound training runs with the submarines USS Nautilus (SS-168) and USS Cuttlefish (SS-171).

1936
On 10 February 1936, Aylwin departed San Diego and entered the Mare Island Navy Yard on the following day for repairs and alterations. She ran her post-repair trials on 3 April.

Following brief operations off Pyramid Cove, San Clemente Island, Aylwin sailed for the Canal Zone on 27 April to participate in Fleet Problem XVII, a five-phased evolution. The problem pitted the Battle Force against a submarine-augmented Scouting Force.

As the opposing forces engaged off the west coast of Central America near the Panama Canal, Aylwin conducted simulated gun attacks on "enemy" destroyers and torpedo attacks on the "enemy" battle line. She anchored off Balboa on 9 May, refueled the following day, and resumed her participation in the fleet problem on the 16th as part of the "Green" fleet.

After the exercises, Aylwin sailed to Peru and arrived at Callao on the morning of 28 May. That day, Rear Admiral Sinclair Gannon, Commander, Destroyers, Scouting Force, broke his flag in Aylwin. Winding up her Peruvian visit on 2 June, she got underway for California, but paused in Panama Bay from 6 to 8 June before continuing on to San Diego. Aylwin reached her home port on the morning of 16 June and moored alongside USS Dobbin (AD-3). That afternoon, Rear Admiral Gannon transferred his flag to the destroyer tender.

On 6 July, Aylwin got underway for the Pacific Northwest and reached Port Angeles, Washington, on the 9th. She sailed thence via the inland passage to Alaska and arrived at Cordova on the 13th. Following a subsequent visit to Kodiak, a return call at Port Angeles, and tender upkeep there alongside Dobbin, the destroyer conducted sound tracking exercises at Admiralty Bay, Port Townsend, Washington. She visited Portland, Oregon, from 5 to 10 August before heading home where she arrived on the 13th.

A week later, she got underway for tactical exercises in company with USS Worden (DD-352) and USS Monaghan (DD-354); but they soon commenced looking for the overdue San Diego-based tuna boat SS San Juaquin, last reported in their vicinity. The Coast Guard cutter Tahoe joined the search on 21 August, and the cutter Aurora began the next day. On the 23d, Aylwin and the other ships, sailing in a scouting line, searched for the overdue full-rigged ship Pacific Queen. Although they did not find either vessel, it seems that neither was lost, since both appeared on merchant vessel registers for some years thereafter. In fact, the latter—bearing her original name, Balclutha—serves as a floating museum berthed in San Francisco, California.

Aylwin operated in the southern California area until sailing on 16 April 1937 for the Hawaiian Islands to participate in Fleet Problem XVIII. Forming up with the "Hilo Detachment" on the 21st, Aylwin conducted a mock bombardment of Hilo, Hawaii before deploying to screen USS Houston (CA-30) and USS Ranger (CV-4) as they covered a simulated landing. Putting into Pearl Harbor on 25 April, Aylwin got underway on 4 May as part of the "White" Force.

Rated as "damaged" in an initial phase of the action on 8 May, Aylwin shaped course to rendezvous with "friendly" units that morning and drove off two "strafing" attacks by "Black" planes en route. She sighted what appeared to be the "White" battle line at 06:40 and altered course to join, but discovered that the ships were, in fact, counted as "out of action."

Thus now virtually "alone", Aylwin came about and headed for Lahaina, Hawaii. The beleaguered ship found no solace en route, however, for she spotted three fast minelayers closing from six miles away, and after identifying them as "enemy", went to general quarters at 07:30, "opening fire" three minutes later. However, the umpires quickly declared her hors de combat so she joined her "out of action" consorts soon thereafter.

Aylwin returned to San Diego on 28 May 1937 and, after two weeks of upkeep alongside USS Whitney (AD-4), resumed her training schedule. During the last days of June, she operated in company with USS Mississippi (BB-41) as that ship conducted battle practice off Santa Barbara Island in company with the radio-controlled, high-speed target ship USS Lamberton (AG-21).

1938
For the rest of 1937 and the winter months of early 1938, Aylwin maintained what had become standard routine, alternating periods in port for upkeep with time training at sea in the southern California operating area. From 6 to 9 January 1938, she participated in the search for a lost patrol plane from Patrol Squadron 7 (VP-7). After firing antiaircraft practices in early February, the ship proceeded to the Destroyer Base, San Diego, for her yearly hull inspection in the floating drydock USS ARD-1 and then proceeded to the Mare Island Navy Yard for a brief overhaul.

Following those repairs, Aylwin arrived at San Diego on the 6th, just in time to participate in Fleet Problem XIX. The "Black" Fleet put to sea from San Diego at 03:25 on 15 March. As part of the "White" Fleet, Aylwin got underway at 1640 and soon joined the remainder of Destroyer Flotilla 1 and the aircraft carrier USS Ranger (CV-4).

Searching for the enemy "main body" on the 17th, she fell in with USS Chicago (CA-29), USS Quincy (CA-39), USS Chester (CA-27) and USS Portland (CA-33) on the following morning. That afternoon, the cruisers made contact, attacked, and retired under cover of a smoke screen. Aylwin regained sight of the "enemy" and took up a position a safe distance astern to trail them through the 19th.

After fueling from USS Idaho (BB-42) on the 20th, the destroyer conducted exercises in subsequent phases of Fleet Problem XIX until supporting a mock landing at Lahaina; at the outset, she lay-to between the islands of Molokai, Lanai, and Maui before standing in toward the "beachhead" to support the landing of troops. She conducted a brief minesweeping drill before refueling from USS Brazos (AO-4) and then anchoring at Lahaina Roads for a brief respite.

From 4 to 8 April, Aylwin again was underway participating in further exercises before putting into Pearl Harbor. When the fleet sortied on the morning of the 18th, she ranged ahead of the departing battleships alert for possible "submarine" activity. Ultimately, Aylwin participated in the closing phases of Fleet Problem XIX, which had been conducted in three separate phases, each a small fleet problem in itself. As in Fleet Problem XVII, the exercises also tested the ability of the fleet to seize and hold advanced bases, indicating the Navy's Pacific-minded planning.

The destroyer returned to San Diego on 28 April and, on 9 May, resumed her coastwise training schedule. She underwent brief upkeep alongside Whitney before getting underway on 21 June for the Pacific Northwest and cruising along the coast through July, touching at such places as Port Angeles, Washington; Ketchikan, Territory of Alaska; Humpback Bay, Wrangell Narrows, Taku Inlet, Yakutat Bay, Sitka, Seattle; and finally, Portland, Oregon. She returned via San Francisco to San Diego in mid-August, underwent tender upkeep alongside Whitney, and conducted training off the southern California coast before getting underway on 26 September for Hawaii.

Reaching Pearl Harbor on 2 October, Aylwin underwent repairs and alterations there through November. She arrived back at San Diego on 12 December and conducted training exercises off the South Coronados Island of Mexico before ending the year 1938 berthed in a destroyer nest in San Diego harbor.

1939
Four days into 1939, Aylwin got underway for Panama and reached Balboa on 13 January. After transiting the Panama Canal the next day, she operated out of Gonaïves, Haiti; Guantánamo Bay, Cuba; and, Port-au-Prince, Haiti, before getting underway on the 13th for her initial station during Fleet Problem XX.

These exercises took place in the Caribbean and arrayed the Battle Force against the Scouting Force.

After fueling from USS Maryland (BB-46) on 17 February, Aylwin operated with USS Lexington (CV-2) and USS Enterprise (CV-6) which acted as a raiding force during one phase of the problem. Ultimately, the "battle" reached its conclusion, the fleet battle. The forces then all retired to Culebra Bay, Puerto Rico, where President Franklin D. Roosevelt reviewed them from the deck of Houston on the last day of February.

After visiting Cienfuegos and Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, Aylwin operated briefly out of Gonaïves before returning to Guantanamo on 31 March. She got underway on 8 April for Yorktown, Virginia, and, en route north, acted as plane guard for Lexington. Aylwin reached Yorktown on 12 April, but the Fleet's visit to that area was soon cut short by orders to return to the Pacific.

Underway at 04:04 on 20 April, Aylwin took station with the rest of her division around the carriers. She planeguarded for USS Yorktown (CV-5) en route to Panama; transited the Canal on 29 April; and, after tarrying briefly at Balboa, got underway for San Diego on 2 May. Reaching her home port on the 12th, the destroyer operated off southern California before entering the Mare Island Navy Yard on 18 June for repairs and alterations lasting until 8 October. She got underway on the morning of 11 October, bound once more for Hawaii.

The Navy formed a "Hawaiian Detachment" under Vice Admiral Adolphus Andrews and based it at Pearl Harbor—a step foreshadowing the basing of the entire Fleet there the following spring.

Aylwin arrived at Pearl Harbor on 18 October 1939 and, over the next few months, alternated periods in port at "Pearl" with varied exercises in the Hawaiian operating area.

1940
In the spring of 1940, Aylwin, as a unit of the "maroon" fleet, participated in Fleet Problem XXI, the last pre-war fleet problem. Indicative of the Fleet's security-mindedness at that time, Aylwin alternated with other destroyers conducting "security patrols" off the port of Honolulu and off Pearl Harbor's entrance during the course of the evolutions, investigating all vessels sighted, including small fishing craft.

Detachments from the Fleet were rotated back to the west coast at intervals. Aylwin thus returned briefly to the west coast during the summer of 1940, reaching San Diego on 9 July before shifting to the Mare Island Navy Yard on the 14th. She underwent repairs and alterations there until 22 September before returning, via San Diego, to Pearl Harbor on 21 October.

1941
From that port, Aylwin maintained her normal routine into the critical year 1941. On 7 February 1941, she put to sea and, after rendezvousing with aircraft carrier Enterprise and sister destroyer USS Farragut (DD-348), headed back to the west coast for a brief visit. They arrived at San Diego on 13 February, but turned around again two days later and rejoined Enterprise—which was ferrying a shipment of the latest Army fighter aircraft to Hawaii. The three ships reached Oahu on 21 February.

On 17 March, Aylwin left Pearl Harbor for off-shore patrol and exercises. Two days later, the ship conducted a two-hour night tactical exercise on a dark, moonless night, commencing at 20:00. At its conclusion, all destroyers were directed to proceed to a rendezvous astern of the fleet's center. At 22:51, Aylwin turned on her running and fighting lights and sighted a ship materializing out of the murk on her port bow. Aylwin maintained her course and speed until backing emergency full at 23:03. At that point, the other ship, Farragut, loomed on a collision course and also backed to avoid contact. Shortly after 23:04, Farraguts bow sliced into Aylwins port side at a 90-degree angle, causing extensive damage for about 23 frames and nearly severing Aylwin's bow.

A fire immediately blazed up as high as Aylwin's masthead, illuminating the two ships and quickly spread aft through the wardroom and into the area occupied by the ships officers' cabins. Aylwin's electrical installation burned with intense heat until controlled at 0140 on the 20th. Fire parties from Dale, USS Stack (DD-406), USS Philadelphia (CL-41), and USS Sterett (DD-407) all contributed men to help contain the blaze; and a party from Indianapolis joined the one from Philadelphia in assessing the damage and making temporary repairs.

USS Detroit (CL-8) attempted to tow Aylwin back to Pearl Harbor but the cable parted. USS Turkey (AM-13) soon picked up the damaged destroyer and towed her to port stern first. Following extensive repairs in drydock, Aylwin resumed her operations in the Hawaiian waters. After conducting her last peacetime training late in November, she moored to buoy X-14 at 13:47 on the 28th, and remained there into the first week of December.

World War II
As Aylwin lay moored in a nest with her squadron mates on the morning of 7 December 1941, one small boiler was in operation to provide enough power for auxiliary services on board. Approximately half of her men were enjoying leave and liberty that weekend. At 07:55 that Sunday morning, shortly before morning colors, the sound of airplane engines surprised Aylwin's men and countless other sailors. At that time, Japanese planes torpedoed the target ship USS Utah (BB-31) moored to a quay off Ford Island.

Three minutes later, Aylwin returned fire. At 08:00, the "black gang" lit fires under two boilers, cutting them in on her main steam line within 15 minutes. At 08:29, Commander, Destroyers Battle Force directed his ships to get underway. At about 08:50, a Japanese plane dropped a bomb that exploded some 75 yards off Aylwin's starboard bow. Eight minutes later, Aylwin, leaving her stern wire and anchor chain behind, headed for the channel and the open sea.

The destroyer, manned by 50% of her crew under the direction of four ensigns—the senior officer, Ensign Stanley B. Caplan, USNR, had served at sea for only some eight months—proceeded out of Pearl Harbor, stripping ship for war and simultaneously maintaining a "continuous fire." Her machine gunners claimed to have downed at least three aircraft; but, in the light of the tremendous volume of antiaircraft fire from all ships, her "kills" cannot be proven conclusively.

As Aylwin raced out to sea, those men topside who chanced to look astern beheld a curious sight; her captain, Lt. CDR. Robert H. Rodgers, and other officers, in a motor launch about 1,000 yards off the entrance buoys. Nevertheless, in view of ComDesRon 1's instructions, Aylwin could not slow down, but instead headed out to sea for patrol duty, leaving most of her officers orphans on board the old flushdecker USS Chew.

A little less than a half hour later, Aylwin investigated a reported submarine sighting, but found nothing. During the patrol, the destroyer vibrated abnormally because of a screw damaged soon after she got underway when a bomb explosion near her starboard quarter threw her stern into a buoy.

Late on the afternoon of 8 December, Aylwin followed the Enterprise task force into Pearl Harbor and picked up Rodgers and the division commander, CDR. R. S. Riggs, on the way into the channel. The next day, Aylwin got underway and conducted antisubmarine patrols in sector 2, off the entrance to Pearl Harbor. She made a sound contact on 10 December. After going to general quarters, she dropped a five-charge pattern, but with no confirmed damage. Entering Pearl Harbor again on the 11th, Aylwin underwent repairs to her damaged propeller.

On 12 December, after the smoke over Oahu had cleared, CDR. Rodgers heaped praise on his abbreviated crew for their actions in the first flush of war: "The conduct of the personnel was magnificent.... Every man more than did his job and was eager to fight." Of Ensign Caplan, Rodgers wrote, "The conduct (of this man) ... in superbly taking command for 36 hours during war operations of the severest type is a most amazing and outstanding achievement."

Aylwin sortied as part of the Lexington task force headed to relieve Wake Island on 14 December. Along with the heavy cruisers Chicago and Portland and the destroyer USS Phelps (DD-360), she took station ahead of Lexington. The next day, destroyers Dewey and Worden, the cruiser Indianapolis, and the oiler Neosho joined the force.

Two Japanese carriers had joined the forces attacking Wake. This move prompted cancellation of the relief attempt. Wake fell on 23 December.

After investigating several suspected submarine contacts en route, Aylwin covered the arrival of TF 11 at Pearl Harbor three days after Christmas. On the last day of 1941, Aylwin sortied from Pearl Harbor in the screen of a convoy taking evacuees from the Hawaiian Islands to the west coast where she served five days into 1942.

1942
Aylwin then underwent repairs and alterations in the Mare Island Navy Yard until 10 January, receiving new 20-millimeter machine guns to increase her close-in antiaircraft capability. Two days later, she sailed with USS Perkins (DD-377) to escort the liners President Coolidge, President Monroe, and Mariposa to San Francisco. Underway again on the 17th, Aylwin and Perkins escorted a convoy consisting of USS Neosho (AO-23), USS Castor (AKS-1), USS Pyro (AE-1), and USS Crescent City (AP-40) back to Oahu where they arrived on the 25th.

On the last day of January, the destroyer sortied with TF 11, formed around Lexington, and performed plane-guard duties for that carrier as she moved southwestward toward New Guinea. After accidentally firing a live torpedo in Hull's direction during surface attack maneuvers on 13 February, Aylwin warned her sister ship by blinker, enabling the latter to sheer away out of danger. Aylwin followed the errant "fish" at 28 knots until it sank at the end of a normal run.

Three days later, the ANZAC command cruiser force— USS Chicago (CA-29), HMNZS Leander, HMNZS Achilles (70), and HMAS Australia (1927), screened by USS Lamson (DD-367) and USS Perkins (DD-377)—pulled into sight. As the destroyers formed a circular screen, the heavy ships hove to and transferred officers for a conference. Shortly thereafter, TF 11 reformed and assumed a northwesterly course toward Bougainville Island and the Bismarck Archipelago.

Before a raid against the key Japanese base at Rabaul could be launched, Japanese reconnaissance planes discovered the task force. Accordingly, 17 land-based Mitsubishi G4M bombers set out from Rabaul, New Britain.

Lexington's radar picked up the incoming bombers at 10:30, and the task force increased speed to 21 knots. During the defense of the carrier, Lt. Edward H. "Butch" O'Hare reportedly downed five or six enemy planes in about as many minutes.

While Lexington's F4F Wildcats were fighting above, the ships' gunners were firing antiaircraft guns. Aylwin's spotters noted one enemy bomber falling in flames after bursts from their ship had exploded in its vicinity. Then, when a second wave attempted to breach the screen of the task force, Aylwin's 20-millimeter guns downed an enemy bomber attempting to crash into the stern of nearby USS Bagley (DD-386). The remaining bombers returned to Rabaul. No ship in the Lexington formation was damaged.

However, since it had been discovered, the American force retired from the area. Aylwin soon left TF 11 to escort the fleet oiler USS Platte (AO-24) to Pago Pago, Samoa, and then back to Pearl Harbor, reaching port on 8 March.

Two days later, Aylwin began screening the 18 ships of convoy 4072 from Honolulu to San Francisco Bay where they arrived on 22 March. Following repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard, she sortied on the 31st as part of the screen for Hawaii-bound convoy 2054.

Reaching Pearl Harbor on 12 April, Aylwin returned to sea on the 15th with TF 11. En route to the South Pacific on the 18th, Lexington flew off a squadron of 14 Marine Brewster F2A-3's (the reconstituted VMF-211) to Palmyra Island.

Meanwhile, intelligence reported a substantial enemy movement toward New Guinea and Australia, probably aimed at strategic Port Moresby. Accordingly, on 26 April, Lexington and her screen received orders to rendezvous with Task Force 17 (TF17) on 1 May. When they met that morning, the two forces came under the latter's commander, Rear Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher, in Yorktown. Aylwin was assigned to Lexington's plane guard.

On 7 May, Aylwin received word that an enemy force of two carriers and four cruisers was some 200 miles distant. At 09:55, Aylwin observed Lexington launch fighters and torpedo planes for the attack. Shortly thereafter, Yorktown's aircraft also took to the air.

On the 8th, Aylwin had been at general quarters since 0844 and, when enemy planes were reported closing two hours later, took station between the heavy cruisers USS Chester (CA-27) and USS New Orleans (CA-32), 3,000 yards from Yorktown. She maintained that position during the ensuing battle, conforming her movements to those of Yorktown.

Yorktown was damaged, as was Lexington, the latter fatally. After an SBD-3 of Scouting Squadron 5 (VS-5) ditched near Aylwin, the destroyer altered course to pick up the pilot, Ens. J. H. Jorgenson, USNR, and his rear-seat man, Radioman 3d Class A. W. Brunetti.

The task force retired from the scene of battle toward the Tonga Islands. While alongside New Orleans to refuel two days later, Aylwin rigged breeches buoys forward and aft, and took on board 37 officers and 92 enlisted men from Lexington and one Yorktown pilot, Lt. (jg.) E. S. McCuskey, of VF-2, who would later become an "ace" in the Battle of Midway. The destroyer cast off and resumed her screening duties.

On the morning of 15 May, Aylwin drew alongside Yorktown, and transferred charts of the Tonga Islands to the carrier. Less than an hour later, while the carrier's planes flew protective cover, TF 17 entered Nukualofa Harbor, Tongatapu, where Aylwin transferred her passengers to Portland while fueling from the heavy cruiser. She then served as channel entrance guard until relieved by USS Anderson (DD-411) the following day.

In turn relieving USS Hammann (DD-412) on the morning of the 17th, Aylwin patrolled off the entrance to the harbor during the sortie of TF 17 from Nukualofa and then joined USS Astoria (CA-34) in escorting transport USS Barnett (AP-11)—carrying Lexington survivors gathered from all rescue ships of the task force—on the first leg of her voyage back to the west coast of the United States. Later that day, after Burnett suffered an engine casualty, Aylwin remained with the transport until she completed the repairs. Six days later, TF 17 reached Pearl Harbor.

The following day, 28 May, Aylwin got underway to sortie in the screen of Enterprise and USS Hornet (CV-8) as those carriers proceeded to waters north of Midway await a Japanese armada. On 4 June, she participated in the Battle of Midway.

On 11 June, Aylwin broke off from Hawaii-bound TF 16 to escort oiler USS Kaskaskia (AO-27) northward toward the Aleutian Islands to fuel the warships of TF 8. Over the next five days, the two ships proceeded through foggy and rainy weather until meeting USS Humphreys (DD-236) and USS Gilmer (DD-233) on 16 June. Aylwin screened while the older "flush-deckers" fueled from Kaskaskia.

The following day, Aylwin joined TF 8 which included heavy cruiser USS Louisville (CA-28), three light cruisers, and six destroyers. But for two escort runs to Women's Bay, Kodiak Island, Alaska, she worked with that task force until getting underway on 10 July to escort Kaskaskia back to the Hawaiian Islands. On the 13th, the oiler transferred her remaining fuel to USS Guadalupe (AO-32) and the two ships reached Oahu four days later. The destroyer spent the remainder of July in the Pearl Harbor Navy Yard undergoing repairs.

Aylwin completed her post-repair trials and then departed Pearl Harbor on 2 August to screen the escort carrier USS Long Island (AVG-1) which had embarked the marine air units earmarked to operate from the airfield on Guadalcanal after its capture.

On 7 August, as Aylwin and her charge headed across the Pacific, the marines of the 1st Marine Division went ashore on Guadalcanal, Tulagi, and Gavutu.

On the 8th, a Japanese cruiser force destroyed four Allied heavy cruisers and damaged a fifth in the Battle of Savo Island. That news, combined with the withdrawal of the three carriers supporting Operation Watchtower, prompted orders on the 10th for Aylwin and her charge to put into Suva, Fiji, to fuel and there await further instructions.

Aylwin and Long Island reached Suva on 13 August, covered on the last leg of their voyage by a PBY flying boat. The "further orders" came soon enough, directing the destroyer and the carrier to the New Hebrides. They arrived at Vila Harbor, Efate, during the forenoon watch on 17 August. Reaching Mele Bay, Efate, on the 17th, the ships soon received their new sailing directions. On the following afternoon, Aylwin, USS Dale (DD-353), and USS Helena (CL-50) got underway to screen Long Island during the carrier's passage to Guadalcanal.

Two days later, the squadron arrived back at Efate, where USS Cimarron (AO-22) replenished Aylwin. Over the ensuing days, the destroyer conducted offshore patrols at Efate before receiving orders on 30 August to escort Long Island to Espiritu Santo to embark survivors of the sunken destroyer USS Tucker (DD-374)—which had struck a mine.

After refueling at Pago Pago, Samoa, on 6 September, Aylwin met USS Conyngham (DD-371), USS Raleigh (CL-7), and USS Wharton (AP-7) off Canton Island on 11 September and screened the latter as that transport disembarked troops there.

Forming TG 15.4, Aylwin and Conyngham shepherded Wharton, via Suva, toward Nouméa before Aylwin was directed on the 18th to proceed to Tongatapu to join USS North Carolina (BB-55) for duty and to escort that torpedo-damaged battleship back to Pearl Harbor for repairs. Late on the afternoon of the 30th, she and Dale safely reached Hawaiian waters with their charge; and Aylwin moored alongside USS Dixie (AD-14) for upkeep.

Aylwin spent most of October training in Hawaiian waters and then escorted a convoy to Espiritu Santo which she reached on 7 November.

Because of Japanese submarine activity in the Santa Cruz Islands, Aylwin arrived at Vanikoro Island on the 10th to protect USS Ballard (AVD-10). After protecting that seaplane tender, four days later, she escorted Ballard to Vanua Levu to pick up sick Army coastwatchers before returning to Espiritu Santo for fuel from the oiler USS Tappahannock (AO-43).

During a brief patrol out of Espiritu Santo, Aylwin developed trouble in her steering engine. Once repaired, the ship conducted channel entrance patrols there, before joining USS Russell (DD-414) in planeguarding USS Nassau (CVE-16) between 19 and 22 November.

After reaching Nouméa, Aylwin escorted the damaged battleship USS South Dakota (BB-57) from Tongatapu before refueling at Bora Bora, in the Society Islands, on 1 December. The destroyer then steamed to California, and underwent repairs at the Mare Island Navy Yard into the new year. She departed San Francisco on 8 January 1943, bound for Alaska in company with USS Bancroft (DD-598) and Dale, and arrived at Dutch Harbor five days later. Over the next three months, Aylwin conducted escort missions in the Aleutians.

1943
Shifting southward, she then worked with Nassau during flight training before shifting north to Dutch Harbor to take part in the invasion of Attu. The landings commenced on 11 May 1943.

Some two months later, Aylwin shelled antiaircraft gun positions on Kiska on the night of 8 and 9 July. The destroyer made two passes at that island. She subsequently bombarded the enemy's main camp on Kiska on the evening of 2 August, unaware that shortly before—on 28 July—the Japanese had evacuated their entire force.

Departing Adak on 31 August, Aylwin steamed to San Francisco and remained in the Bay area through mid-October. Leaving the west coast on the 19th, the destroyer served as part of the screen for the escort carriers USS Sangamon (CVE-26), USS Chenango (CVE-28), and USS Suwannee (CVE-27) as they sailed toward the New Hebrides and arrived at Espiritu Santo on 5 November.

From mid-November through the first week of December 1943, Aylwin screened carriers Sangamon and Suwannee during the operations to capture the Gilbert Islands. Detached on 8 December, she joined USS Bailey (DD-492) in escorting USS Maryland (BB-46) to Pearl Harbor where they arrived on the 14th. She then helped to screen that battleship along with Tennessee and Colorado to San Francisco which they reached four days before Christmas.

1944
Following repairs at Alameda, California, Aylwin picked up a convoy of tank landing ships and motor minesweepers at San Diego to escort to Hawaii. After tarrying at Kauai between 16 and 20 January 1944, she moved on to the Marshall Islands, reaching Kwajalein on the last day of the month. But for a run to Majuro and back between 8 and 11 February, she served there until shifting to Eniwetok on the 21st to join USS Hall (DD-583), MacDonough, and Monaghan in delivering fire support that night on Parry Island.

The destroyer then reported to Commander, Southern Screen, for duty. Steaming back to Kwajalein on 26 February, Aylwin patrolled off Eniwetok and Majuro through mid-March as mop-up operations continued at those places. She was assigned next to TG 58.2, including USS Bunker Hill (CV-17), USS Hornet (CV-12), USS Monterey (CVL-26), and USS Cabot (CVL-28). On 30 March, the Fast Carrier Task Force commenced intensive bombing of Japanese airfields, shipping, fleet servicing facilities, and other installations in the Carolines, continuing the raids until 1 April. Aylwin helped to drive off planes during the approach of the carriers on the 29th and 30th and, at 13:43 on the latter day, sighted a damaged Curtiss SB2C "Helldiver" from Bunker Hill air group ditch a short way off. The destroyer altered course and soon thereafter picked up the pilot and his radioman.

Returning to Majuro to replenish, Aylwin sortied once more on 13 April in the screen of Rear Admiral Alfred E. Montgomery's TG 58.2, bound for waters off New Guinea to support Army landings at Aitape, Tanahmerah Bay, and Humboldt Bay, from 21 April through the 24th. Aylwin returned to Majuro on 4 May for tender repairs alongside USS Prairie (AD-15) which ended on the 21st.

After screening Bunker Hill and Cabot during training in late May and early June, the veteran destroyer departed Majuro on 6 June bound for the Marianas Islands in company with TF 58. On the 12th, the planes from the carriers bombed air facilities and coast defenses in the Marianas and damaged two Japanese convoys.

On the 13th, Aylwin was part of the Northern Bombardment Unit (TU 58.7.2) which shelled defense positions on the northern coast of Saipan and also served in the antisubmarine screen for the battleships USS Alabama (BB-60) and South Dakota. When the shelling ended at 17:15, she rejoined the carriers and guarded them as they refueled the next day. During that operation, the destroyer received orders to rescue a pair of Bunker Hill aviators and, less than an hour later, picked up Ens. G. W. Snediker, USNR, and Aviation Radioman 3d Class R. E. Lincoln, USNR. The destroyer made another rescue on the 16th while covering the cruiser bombardment of Guam when a plane piloted by Ens. F. P. Kleffner, USNR, crashed 1800 yards astern.

On the 17th, Aylwin was ordered to help screen the transports, and she missed the Battle of the Philippine Sea on the 19th and 20th which almost wiped out Japanese carrier-based aviation. Aylwin next proceeded to Eniwetok where she arrived on 28 June for a fortnight's upkeep.

Aylwin screened USS Wichita (CA-45) and USS St. Louis (CL-49) as those cruisers shelled installations on Guam on 18 and 19 July before taking part in a bombardment of the northern shores of the island, concentrating her fire on Japanese defensive positions near Asan Beach.

At the outset of the mission, Dewey and two LCI's provided harassing fire into that area. USS Minneapolis (CA-36) and Dewey stood in close to the beach, lying close to Adelup Point and covered the night beach obstruction demolition work of underwater demolition teams (UDTs), screened to seaward by Aylwin, Dale, and USS Dickerson (APD-21).

Aylwin relieved Dewey on station on 21 July, off Asan Beach. Dale in turn relieved Aylwin on station.

Relieved at 05:30, Aylwin and her colleagues retired to the transport screen northwest of Orote Point and Agana Bay. On 25 and 26 July, the destroyer screened a cruiser bombardment of Rota Island and departed the area on the 30th, bound for Eniwetok on the first leg of a voyage home. Aylwin stopped at Pearl Harbor from 9 to 11 August and reached Bremerton, Washington, on the 17th for an overhaul.

Aylwin then went down the coast with USS Colorado (BB-45) and Farragut, reached San Pedro on 10 October, and set out for Hawaii the next day. Aylwin then trained in Hawaiian waters until 11 November, when she sailed for the western Pacific in company with USS Baltimore (CA-68), USS San Juan (CL-54), and three destroyers. She reached Ulithi on 21 November and operated between there and the Philippines into the first week of December 1944.

On 10 December, Aylwin—flagship of Commander TG 30.8 (a replenishment group) left Ulithi as the 3rd Fleet put to sea. Three days later, Aylwin rendezvoused with TF 38 and, upon completion of fueling operations early the following afternoon, cleared the area.

On the morning of the 17th, TG 30.8 joined TF 38 and again commenced fueling. However, the weather soon began growing worse as a typhoon came into the Philippine Sea.

After Aylwin rolled 70 degrees to port for the first time, her engines were ordered to be stopped. Two men were swept overboard and lost.

A leak in the engine room at 19:30 drew all pumps into action. Aylwin survived the typhoon, but other ships had not fared so well. The storm claimed Hull, Monaghan, and USS Spence (DD-512), each with heavy loss of life.

Her flooding under control, Aylwin arrived at Ulithi three days before Christmas. There, she received repairs alongside USS Markab (AD-21) that lasted into January 1945. While at Ulithi, Aylwin conducted a brief patrol of the harbor after an explosion in USS Mazama (AE-9)—believed to have been caused by a submarine torpedo—but found no evidence of submarine activity.

1945
The destroyer continued her operations as screen for replenishment groups into February 1945. As part of the screen of TG 50.8, she—together with USS Crowley (DE-303), USS Weaver (DE-741), USS Suamico (AO-49), USS Shasta (AE-6), and USS Wrangell (AE-12) reached Iwo Jima on 21 February. She then began protecting the transports. On 23 February, Aylwin was assigned to TF 54, the fire support group, and relieved USS Tuscaloosa (CA-37).

By that time, marines had occupied the southern section of Iwo Jima and were advancing to the north. On 23 and 24 February, Aylwin engaged in the Battle of Iwo Jima, before she left on the 25th for a fueling rendezvous en route back to Ulithi where she arrived on the 28th.

During the first phase of the invasion of Okinawa, Aylwin operated between Kerama Retto and Ulithi. In early April, she endured her second typhoon on 5 June 1945.

Aylwin rendezvoused with the storm-damaged USS Pittsburgh (CA-72) which had lost her bow in the storm. She subsequently searched unsuccessfully for the damaged warship's severed bow before putting into Apra Harbor, Guam, on 10 June for repairs.

On 6 July, she got underway to return to the Carolines and reached Ulithi on the next. She sortied on the 10th as an escort for Convoy UOK-39 and safely saw her 41 charges to Okinawa.

After returning to Ulithi with another convoy, Aylwin began steaming off the anchorage on picket station B-6 at 16:40 on 3 August. The next morning, she received orders to search for survivors of the torpedoed Indianapolis. The destroyer located and examined three bodies, removing all identification materials and fingerprinting them before burying them at sea.

Underway again on 13 August, Aylwin escorted a convoy of troopships to the Marianas, reaching Apra Harbor on 14 August. When Japan surrendered the following day, Aylwin was at Apra Harbor.

Three days later, the destroyers got underway for the Hawaiian Islands, in company with MacDonough and USS Rudyerd Bay (CVE-81), and reached Pearl Harbor soon thereafter. On 27 August, Aylwin embarked passengers and, the following day, sailed for the California coast. The veteran destroyer disembarked her passengers at San Diego and, after tarrying there from 3 to 11 September, got underway for Panama and the east coast of the United States.

Decommissioning
Transiting the canal for the last time on 20 September, Aylwin reached New York City on 25 September. Decommissioned at the New York Navy Yard on 16 October 1945, Aylwin was struck from the Navy List on 1 November 1945. Stripped for disposal, her hull was sold and delivered to George N. Nutman, Inc., of Brooklyn, N.Y. on 20 December 1946 and cut up for scrap by 2 September 1948.

Aylwin received 13 battle stars for her World War II service.

title: USS Aylwin (DD-355)


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Madea's Class Reunion

Madea's Class Reunion is an 2003 American stage play created, written, produced and directed by Tyler Perry. The live performance released on VHS and DVD on October 2, 2003 was recorded live in Detroit at the Fox Theatre on September 13, 2003. The play stars Tyler Perry as Madea and Dr. Willie Leroy Jones, David Mann as Leroy Brown and Tamela Mann as Cora.

Plot
Tyler Perry's outrageous and tough granny character, Madea, is traveling to the Pandora Hotel, the venue for her 50-year class reunion. Running afoul of the law, Madea still manages to teach valuable lessons amidst the comedy and chaos, addressing the importance of forgiveness and the value of friendship. In addition to Madea, the insane bellboy/bartender, "Dr." Willie Leroy Jones (new character played by Perry), is causing ruckus in the already rowdy hotel before she even arrives. Willie is suffering from an unknown number of Mental illnesses claiming at times to be on lithium, Prozac, and Xanax and is likely criminally insane as he mentions a probation officer.

Madea, her daughter Cora, and her colorful crazy neighbor and classmate, Mr. Brown (whose wife from the previous play, Mattie, died from Alzheimer's complications and was cremated) help married couple Corey and Trina Jeffrey (Terrell Carter, Pam Taylor) come to terms with infidelity. A woman Stephanie (Cheryl "Pepsii" Riley) hurt by years of sexual and chemical torment must give up prostituting herself with her abusive husband (D'Wayne Gardner), and reconcile with her tired elderly mother Emma (Chandra Currelley-Young) who was fired by the evil manager of the Pandora, Ann (Chantell Christopher), who is having an affair with her son's father (Anselmo Gordon) who is married to Cora's friend Diana (Judy Peterson), who is too reliant on her man.

While all of this takes place, Madea enters with her usual flair and quickly cuts through all the lies and secrets and forces everyone to see their situations in a new light giving aid and advice to all. They save the Jeffreys’ marriage through the timely interruption of a would be affair with Ann by forcing the woman away and reminding the husband that he stilled loved his wife. Madea convinces Stephanie to break free of her husband and in so doing gain her independence, her self-respect, and a measure of revenge for all the years of abuse. In so doing Stephanie also reconciles with her mother healing their bond. Throughout Madea battles Ann and during a visit to the spa with Diana reveals the relationship between Ann and Diana's husband. Diana confronts Ann and is shocked to learned she has given the man a child and in response she kicks her husband out of her life and turns her life over to God.

In the finale we learn that Emma, a long time employee of the hotel, had spoken to the owner about her previous termination by Ann only to be reminded that her previous purchase of stocks in the company to keep it afloat during a financial crisis had blossomed proving her with an impressive fortune. Citing her cruel treatment of employees and her less than satisfying contact with customers Emma fires Ann much to everyone's delight. Before leaving Madea reveals that Mr. Brown is actually Cora's father much to Cora's then despair. Everyone is shown repairing their relationships as the play ends with a powerful and grateful appeal from the cast to Christ for his aid and his goodness.

Cast

 * Tyler Perry as Madea and Dr. Willie Leroy Jones
 * Chandra Currelley-Young as Emma
 * David Mann as Mr. Brown
 * Tamela Mann as Cora
 * Cheryl Pepsii Riley as Stephanie
 * Judy Peterson as Diana Massey
 * Terrell Carter as Corey Jeffrey
 * Pam Taylor as Trina Jeffrey
 * Chantell Christopher as Ann
 * D'Wayne Gardner as Horace
 * Anselmo Gordon as Clarence Massey
 * Ahmad Jamal McGhee as DJ & Waiter

The Band

 * Mike Frazier - Musical Director / Bass
 * Eric Morgan - Drums
 * Jimmy Wyatt - Keyboards
 * Sean Allen - Keyboards
 * Mike Charbonneau - Sound
 * Bruce Danz - Sound

Musical numbers
All songs written and/or produced by Tyler Perry.
 * 1) “Theme Song For “Madea Class Reunion”
 * 2) "Someday" – Cora
 * 3) "Gospel Medley" – Brown, Emma and Cora
 * 4) "One More Chance" – Trina
 * 5) "I Need Thee" – Emma
 * 6) "What If I Did?" – Corey
 * 7) "Taking My Life Back" – Stephanie
 * 8) "My Man" – Diana
 * 9) "You Can Make It (Through The Night)"  – Diana, Cora, Emma, Stephanie, Corey and Trina
 * 10) “ Theme Song For “Madea Class Reunion”

license: Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

title: Madea's Class Reunion


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Starcon

Starcon is an annual science and pop culture festival held in Saint Petersburg. It is recognized as the oldest and largest event of its kind in the CIS and Baltic region of Eastern Europe and Asia.

Format
The festival comprises three primary zones:
 * Main stage: Showcasing programs and cosplay competitions.
 * Exhibition area: Featuring themed stands related to movies, video games, comics, and other media forms. Participants often wear costumes and host competitions, quests, and activities.
 * Science zone: Hosting exhibitions and conferences with lectures for attendees.
 * Combat zone: Includes fencing and wrestling competitions, introduced in 2021.

Before 2013
The inaugural Starcon took place in Moscow in 1999 as a Star Wars-themed festival. This format persisted from 1999 to 2010, attracting approximately 100-300 attendees. In 2011, Starcon broadened its focus to encompass all genres of science fiction media.

In 2012, the festival's organization was transferred to Igor Pylaev and a team of volunteer organizers. Subsequently, there have been several modifications to the event.
 * The festival relocated to Saint Petersburg.
 * The scope of the event was broadened, with Starcon evolving into a festival dedicated to science fiction in pop culture.
 * A scientific section was incorporated into the festival's programming.

2013
In 2013, Starcon relocated to the Garden City Expocentre, marking the first event of its kind in Russia. The occasion featured the debut release of the Adventure Time comics in Russian and the premiere of the first Russian zombie movie titled “Meteletsa: Winter of the Dead”.

2014
In 2014, Starcon relocated once more, this time to the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex. Additionally, the festival introduced a movie section.

2015
In 2015, Starcon returned to the Lenexpo Exhibition Complex, expanding its duration to three days and utilizing all three pavilions. The total festival area encompassed 20,000 square meters, attracting over 40,000 attendees.

Movie section

 * Special screenings
 * The premiere of Fantastic Four produced by Twentieth Century Fox

Special guests

 * Elena Serova - Cosmonaut, Hero of the Russian Federation
 * Mark Serov - Cosmonaut
 * Writers Dmitry Puchkov and Maria Semyonova

Starcon 2016
In 2016, Starcon took place from July 8 to 10 at the EXPOFORUM Convention and Exhibition Centre, spanning an area of 40,000 square meters (430,000 square feet).

title: Starcon


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User:PeterAKer

Name: Peter Allan Ker

Born: February 11, 1985

Location: Vancouver, British Columbia

Education: University Hill Secondary School Douglas College

Memberships: Conservative Party of Canada Non-partisan Association Royal Vancouver Yacht Club

title: User:PeterAKer


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Talk:Satoru Iwata

Bananas
Hi. I'm Pikachu300. I'm here because I wanted to point out that Mr. Iwata was staring at those bananas because he wanted to show that he was making healthy changes to his diet to help overcome his tumor. He wasn't staring at them because he was trying to be funny. May I or someone else edit the page to say that, about the diet changes? Pikachu300 (talk) 00:43, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Do you have a citation to that claim? GamerPro64  01:02, 21 October 2015 (UTC)
 * Going to go out on a limb and call shenanigans on this claim. The video with Mr. Iwata holding bananas was 2 years before his cancer was discovered. ~ Cyclonebiskit (chat) 01:07, 21 October 2015 (UTC)

Vandalism in progress
An anonymous person is vandalizing this page by adding an external link to http://www.livejournal.com/users/satoruiwata/ (supposedly Iwata's LiveJournal). I removed the link once yesterday and once today. Please be on the lookout for future vandalism of this page. Colin McMillen 23:15, 29 August 2005 (UTC)

Who's Your Daddy?
Wasn't sure why it wasn't done before, but I added Iwata's "Who's your daddy?" quote during Nintendo's E3 conference of 2005. The quote might not be completely accurate, as I had trouble understanding one part (the part about taking names sounds a little off) and I was also wondering if it would be appropriate to link to Reggie's page in the quote? Jgamekeeper 22:52, 15 May 2006 (UTC)

I have an Iwata Image
I uploaded a Satoru Iwata Image that I own from when I was at his e3 2006 keynote. I am the head of lithcast.com by the way.

URL of image: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Iwata-lithcast-low_res.png

Can this be used? DSCUBED 01:29, 12 April 2007 (UTC) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by DSCUBED (talk • contribs) 01:28, 12 April 2007 (UTC).

WikiProject class rating
This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 04:14, 28 August 2007 (UTC)

picture
The picture is a little blurry... Anybody have a clearer image of Iwata?172.134.128.124 15:17, 16 September 2007 (UTC)

Iwata's position at Nintendo
According to a few reports that I have seen from Nintendo, "President and CEO of Nintendo" is not his acting title. It is in fact "President, Nintendo Co., Ltd." (He is not acting CEO) Here are a couple of the places I have seen this listed as such, let me know what you think before I make the change: http://www.nintendo.com/corp/annual_report.jsp http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/management/message.html http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/library/events/110426/index.html

This is how I plan to source them:

"Message From the President." Nintendo: Management Policy. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. .

Iwata, Satoru. Financial Results Briefing for FIscal Year End March 2011. Nintendo: IR Information. N.p., n.d. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. .

Nintendo, Co. Nintendo Annual Report 2011. N.p., 31 Mar. 2011. Web. 13 Oct. 2011. .

Tdornenburg (talk) 20:34, 13 October 2011 (UTC)

Death
Not being well versed enough in Wikipedia formatting I cannot make the changes myself, but Nintendo has just issued a released stating that Satoru Iwata has died: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.196.91.110 (talk) 23:55, 12 July 2015 (UTC)
 * lots of vandalism happening. Maybe we need a quick page protection now.--fireattack (talk) 00:18, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

He had the bile duct issue found in 2014 (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/en/stock/meeting/140627/index.html) The cancer must have gotten worse and he passed away today (http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2015/150713e.pdf) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2001:558:6045:100:3DF5:6770:1A44:7AB8 (talk) 00:30, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Protection
I'm afraid I'm not too familiar with the practices of Wikipedia, but I feel this page needs to be protected. There's an unacceptable amount of vandalism being done. I'm going to try to review the protection policies, but if this could be contained quickly I would appreciate it. Ursonano (talk) 00:21, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Just got protected until the 20th of this month. I think its safe to say a lot of people are either just in shock by the announcement and don't want to come to terms with this or just people wanting to vandalize a page on Wikipedia. GamerPro64  00:22, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Ah, well thanks for letting me know. Ursonano (talk) 00:40, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015
Could somebody that's able to edit the page, please fix the trolls. And then keep it locked. Thank you.

99.45.30.40 (talk) 00:23, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Page has been protected and vandalism has been reverted. --The1337gamer (talk) 00:25, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015
Change death date to "Died: Gods cannot die. (2015)".

50.178.236.103 (talk) 00:30, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * Now that's just silly. GamerPro64  00:33, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * He does have a point though ;-D JAG  UAR   00:35, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015
Occupation should be changed to Former Occupation

Godzillacraft (talk) 01:57, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

As he died whilst holding the position it is correct to leave it as his occupation.  Spazturtle  !DERP/3/PiM Talk 04:13, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

half mast
should be half-staff. mast is when in reference to ships. --Johnny Durianseed (talk) 06:01, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

 * ✅ --ThomasO1989 (talk) 06:24, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * That's not true, all instances of flags being flown half way are universally known as "half-mast". If not universal, then Flags at Buckingham Palace is a good barometer. JAG  UAR   14:22, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

NintenTO
Under the bolded Career heading, third paragraph starting with: the phrase "At the time of Iwata's promotion, Nintento was.." Nintento should be Nintendo.

Semi-protected edit request on 13 July 2015
Please change "He was survived by his wife..." (under "Illness and Death") to "He is survived by his wife..." His wife is currently alive.

Kingat95 (talk) 18:09, 13 July 2015 (UTC)
 * ✅ Changed it. --The1337gamer (talk) 18:12, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Career - Nintendo
"Iwata voluntarily cut his salary in half to help Nintendo's poor finances and to better compete against Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment.[15][16] In 2015, Iwata put part of Nintendo's focus on the growing mobile game market, creating a partnership with mobile provider DeNA to publisher titles, as traditional hardware console sales began to falter..."

Should be changed to: "Iwata voluntarily cut his salary in half to help Nintendo's poor finances and to better compete against Microsoft and Sony Computer Entertainment.[15][16] In 2015, Iwata put part of Nintendo's focus on the growing mobile game market, creating a partnership with mobile provider DeNA to publish titles, as traditional hardware console sales began to falter..."

publisher changed to publish — Preceding unsigned comment added by Arithmaldor (talk • contribs) 18:44, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

 * ✅ --The1337gamer (talk) 18:48, 13 July 2015 (UTC)

Recent death tag
Why does the recent death tag at the top keep getting removed from the article? Isn't it supposed to stay up after a couple of days? GamerPro64 05:07, 14 July 2015 (UTC)
 * It's supposed to be only be used when the information may be moving fast and thus stability issues may be in play. In this case, the article's been rather stable so there's no need for that warning. We know exactly why he died and all the responses to that .--M ASEM (t) 05:16, 14 July 2015 (UTC)

Tumor resurface time
I find it misleading to say that it was in July that Iwata's bile duct tumor resurfaced. A picture dated June 23rd surfaced that showed him clearly in crippling health, in addition to him missing out on E3, and only appearing as a puppet. It had probably already resurfaced by then. --24.79.103.70 (talk) 18:15, 4 August 2015 (UTC)
 * Have any sources to back that up? GamerPro64  18:34, 4 August 2015 (UTC)

Additional material to be added
Collecting sources to expand negative aspect to amend balance issues (per FAC).

 * Wii
 * Iwata: If Wii Doesn't Outsell GameCube, We've Failed 1Up (June 20, 2006)

 * DSi
 * Nintendo profit drops for first time in 6 years Associated Press via Huffington Post (May 6, 2010)
 * Related more to sales than the DSi

 * 3DS
 * Nintendo's Chief Defends 3DS Wall Street Journal (January 10, 2011)
 * "One big shift for Nintendo with the launch of the 3DS is that it is working more closely with outside software developers, rather than relying mostly on popular in-house games to drive the initial hardware sales."
 * Nintendo's Hardware Sales Aren't Looking so Hot Kotaku (July 28, 2011)
 * "In short: hardware sales have fallen off a cliff"
 * Nintendo 3DS price dropping to $170 Los Angeles Times (July 28, 2011)
 * Nintendo Stock Rout Costs Yamauchi $300 Million in One Day Bloomberg Business (July 29, 2011)
 * Nintendo President Takes Blame for 3DS, Getting 50 Percent Pay Cut Kotaku (July 29, 2011)
 * Nintendo President Apologizes for 3DS Price Drop Digital Trends (August 3, 2011)
 * Nintendo suffers ahead of Wii U launch The Telegraph (October 24, 2012)
 * 3DS continually failed to reach "targets"

"The comparatively weak response to the Wii U isn’t lost on Iwata. “Certainly I’m not satisfied with the current situation,” he says. “It may not be [people’s] first console of choice, but they recognize it as perhaps the best second console,” he adds. In truth, the Wii U may turn out to be a placeholder. “I think they’ve bought themselves time to figure out what that next monumental step forward is,” says Digital World Research analyst P.J. McNealy. Adds Yves Guillemot, CEO of games publisher Ubisoft: “The challenge for Nintendo now is to make sure their hardware continues to be convincing enough for people to buy.” Guillemot is confident the company can do that."
 * Wii U failure
 * Nintendo: We have failed to establish Wii U as a "worthy" Wii successor GameSpot (October 31, 2013)
 * "Except for its backward compatibility with existing Wii software and accessories, we have so far failed to make propositions worthy of Wii U's position as a successor to the Wii system" – Iwata
 * Nintendo’s Iwata Under Fire After Missing Wii U Forecast Bloomberg Business (January 21, 2014)
 * Japanese Newspaper: Nintendo To Release Games On Phones Forbes (January 27, 2014)
 * Exclusive: Inside Nintendo’s Bold Plan to Stay Vibrant for the Next 125 Years TIME (March 18, 2015)
 * Note – Already included as a citation, more info can be gleamed from it
 * Nintendo Is Eulogizing The Wii U While 'Star Fox Zero' Is Attempting To Save It Forbes (June 29, 2015)
 * Shigeru Miyamoto: Why the Wii U crashed and burned Fortune (June 23, 2015)
 * Nintendo President Iwata on the failure of Wii U and the future of Nintendo NX SiliconANGLE (July 2, 2015)
 * The 75th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders Q&A - direct link to cited material
 * Nintendo was right about the Wii U. We were wrong. Engadget (July 17, 2015)
 * Positive side of the Wii U
 * Glamorizing The Wii U's Failure Does Nintendo A Disservice Forbes (July 18, 2015)

 * Mobile market
 * Nintendo not concerned about competition from Apple Engadget (March 4, 2010)
 * Satoru Iwata, Nintendo CEO: Apple Is The 'Enemy Of The Future' Huffington Post (July 7, 2010)
 * Nintendo + Smartphones? Iwata Says "Absolutely Not" IGN (September 13, 2011)
 * "This is absolutely not under consideration...If we did this, Nintendo would cease to be Nintendo." – Iwata
 * Second Quarter Financial Results Briefing for the 74th Fiscal Term Ending March 2014 - Q & A Nintendo (2013)
 * "...I believe that the era has ended when people play all kinds of games only on dedicated gaming systems." – Iwata (answer to Q2)

Cyclonebiskit (talk) 20:29, 2 September 2015 (UTC)
 * Legacy
 * Seed planted remark from Takeda needed here

Spoken Wikipedia
Hello editors. My wife frequently suffers from insomnia, and one thing we've discovered is that reading from Wikipedia is an effective way of. . . boring her to sleep. To that end, I have been reading Wikipedia articles to her for a few weeks (when she needs it). Having recently finished reading List of common misconceptions, I've been trying to decide what to do next. Today I had the idea that I could help out the community by recording the reading of the article, and contributing to the WP:SPEAK project. I plan on recording this article, Satoru Iwata soon (next time she needs some help). McKay (talk) 04:29, 14 June 2016 (UTC)

Congratulations!
According to the FA template above, this article will be tomorrow's featured article. Tomorrow is the anniversary of Iwata-san's death, so it's a bittersweet thing, I guess. As a warning, you may want to keep an eye out for vandalism, as this article will likely be actively being looked at (because of the anniversary tomorrow) and will be on Wikipedia's front page tomorrow (so it'll be easily accessible). -- Gestrid (talk) 22:35, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Just wanted to come by and say how grateful I am to have seen Iwata's face on the front page on this day. I'm very happy this article is FA class ^_^ ~ Mable ( chat ) 08:46, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Holidays
Just for readers, nobody in Japan celebrates St Patrick's Day so Iwata working on St Patrick's Day wasn't a big deal since everyone in Japan who works, works on St Patrick's Day. Moreover, Valentine's Day isn't as big in Japan as it is elsewhere (obviously), so Iwata working on Valentine's Day wasn't a big deal either (since over 70 percent of Japan workers, work on Valentine's Day, over 80 percent of regular Wikipedians edit Wikipedia on Valentine's Day too). Holidays as mentioned in the article probably mean Japanese holidays, Independence Day for Japan, Christmas, New Years Eve-Day and possibly Helloween. 188.253.228.18 (talk) 06:26, 18 September 2019 (UTC)

Should we update the infobox image?
I have just uploaded 2 to Wikimedia Commons. I would like a discussion about whether 1 or 2 would be better for the infobox. I prefer 2 because Iwata is facing towards the camera. This gives the reader a better view of his face. FunnyMath (talk) 05:26, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

On second thought, I think 3 is better because it gives a closer view of his face. FunnyMath (talk) 23:32, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

It has been over two weeks since I made this proposal and there have been no responses thus far. I will change the infobox image to my preference. If there are any objections, you may revert my edit, but please discuss in this section as well. FunnyMath (talk) 01:56, 15 July 2020 (UTC)

Wikipedia Library sources
The Wikipedia Library proved to be very useful in finding sources. For any editors trying to improve references, here are the Barron's articles, including two that are behind subscription walls:

2007
 * Normal link (subscription-only): https://www.barrons.com/articles/SB117469289796447454
 * Proquest: https://search-proquest-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/201089889/fulltextPDF/FAD24CF141E541B3PQ/8

2008
 * Normal link (incomplete): https://www.barrons.com/articles/SB120615216221756939
 * Proquest (includes Iwata profile): https://search-proquest-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/201034929/fulltextPDF/709BC28BA4A141ADPQ/2

2009
 * Normal link: https://www.barrons.com/articles/SB123758900419300089
 * Proquest: https://search-proquest-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/201077027/fulltextPDF/20B5454A6B3D4F6APQ/1

2010
 * Normal link (subscription-only): http://www.barrons.com/articles/SB126964409156568321/
 * Proquest: https://search-proquest-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/docview/201118978/fulltextPDF/EC8B0666360B4D6CPQ/6 In table "OFF THE LIST", Name/Company/Comment: "Satoru Iwata   Nintendo    Formerly hot Wii game losing momentum."

MSX
Why there isn't anything about the games he worked on MSX? He was the producer on Rollerball (1984), Super Billiards (1983), Hole in One Professional (1985) and others like Gall Force and Eggerland Mystery.

A list of a lot of games he worked on can be seen on Mobygames — Preceding unsigned comment added by SLotman (talk • contribs) 12:52, 25 March 2021 (UTC)

Chinese Wikipedia's WikiProject Video games is seeking help
Moved from WT:VG archive by MilkyDefer

As a part of the move to improve the quality of the WikiProject's high and top-importance articles, some editors have been translating the featured article Satoru Iwata into Chinese.

Most of the translation is done by me, and there are some people actively checking the sources, correcting my translation and creating relevant articles. During translation I encountered some disturbing issues with the article from English Wikipedia. Looks like there is little to no activity in the article's talk page, so I put them here.

 * 1) Early Life
 * 2) Iwata purchased an HP-65, the first programmable calculator, in 1974. As most of the sources claim that it is an HP-65, this particular source from 4Gamer, a reliable source, claims HP-67. Japanese Wikipedia adopts this and says HP-67. I personally believe that 4Gamer made a mistake, but I am not 100 percent sure. I checked against the original source (book by Inoue, translated into Chinese), and I see failed verification everywhere.
 * 3) The several simple number games Iwata produced, such as Volleyball and Missile Attack, made use of an electronic calculator he shared with his schoolmates. This sentence cited two sources, and looks like the second one, from news.com.au, have nothing to do with this claim. Also, I would like to request someone to check the first source, from the book, on the Volleyball and Missile Attack part. (Verified by another zhwiki VG community member)
 * 4) Tomohiko Uematsu, an engineering professor, noted Iwata's proficiency with software programming and remarked that Iwata could write programs faster and more accurately than any of his other students. I checked on the original source in Japanese. It looks like that Tomohiko Uematsu is Mr. Iwata's classmate who later became a professor. Also, he compared Iwata's programming ability against other classmates, not his students.
 * 5) HAL Laboratory
 * 6) Nintendo initially contacted several other developers to produce Open Tournament Golf; however, all of them declined as they did not believe the large amount of data could be stored within an NES cartridge. I checked the source. It actually refers to Golf, not Open Tournament Golf. The source says that "...After that, we made F-1 Race, ...", it implies that the golf game is released before F-1 Race (1984), thus ruling out the possibility of NES Open Tournament Golf.
 * 7) Nintendo -> Early years (2000-2002)
 * 8) Iwata also promoted Miyamoto, Genyo Takeda, Yoshihiro Mori, and Shinji Hatano to representative directors on the company's board of directors, equaling his own position. Neither of the two sources support this sentence. This report from Nintendo partly supports this claim, but it showed that Iwata's becoming president and Miyamoto etc.'s becoming directors happened at the same time, so I couldn't verify that Miyamoto, etc. were promoted by Iwata.
 * 9) Nintendo -> Revitalization of the company (2003–2009) -> Wii
 * 10) Due to his success, Barron's included Iwata on their list of the 30 top CEOs worldwide from 2007 to 2009. This sentence cites two sources, one in 2007 and one in 2009. I couldn't verify that he is also included on the list in year 2008. Maybe that Barron's source also includes this information, but it requires subscription. (Resolved)
 * 11) Nintendo -> Financial downturn (2010–2014)
 * 12) The bar chart on the right looks like one-year off. For example, by saying "fiscal year 2008", the source actually links to a finacial report dated from April 1, 2007 to March 31, 2008. Maybe it should be called "fiscal year 2007"?
 * 13) No, that's correct. A "fiscal year" is how a company tracks its own accounting, and often does not line up with the calendar year if the company has significant seasonal shifts in revenue (e.g. large sales numbers in December). They're numbered based on the calendar year they end on, so if Nintendo's fiscal year is April to March, their fiscal year 2008 would end March 2008. -- Pres  N  06:18, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 14) That said: going to Nintendo's Investor Relations page, their dropdown for fiscal year seems to suggest that "FY YYYY" means the fiscal year that ends on March 31, YYYY+1. (eg FY2014 ends March 31, 2015). This is the only place that I immediately see Nintendo say "FY2014" type of shortcuts, most of their docs are clearer as to "the fiscal year that ended March 31, 2015". --M asem  (t) 19:48, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 15) So checking the sources the FY2006 ref in the table is really FY2005 as the report is as March 31, 2005. Same all the way down. --M asem (t) 20:07, 7 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 16) The fiscal year is represented by the calendar year in which the period begins, found in fiscal year. I'm pretty sure Nintendo follows this rule. Milky · Defer  >Please ping me while replying to me... 01:20, 8 March 2021 (UTC)
 * 17) Nintendo -> Mobile market and Switch (2015)
 * 18) Although he acknowledged the practice as a viable means of promoting games in the short-term, he considered the model outdated and not a sound direction for core development. Completely failed verification. The cited Engadget source have nothing to do with "free-to-start". The Time source mentioned nothing about promoting games in the short term. Also, according to the source, Mr. Iwata did not see "free-to-start" as outdated and "a bad direction for core development". What he said was that some people believe that traditional packaging model was outdated, but he did not think so. He believed that both "free-to-start" and traditional models have their suitable scenarios. Correct me if I am wrong.
 * 19) Illness and Death
 * 20) Following Iwata's death, general directors Shigeru Miyamoto and Genyo Takeda temporarily managed the company together. Miyamoto and Takeda are not general directors. They are representative directors. The CNNMoney source didn't say that they were general directors, either.
 * 21) Buddhist funeral services for Iwata were held in Kyoto on July 16 and 17. Despite stormy weather produced by Typhoon Nangka, an estimated 4,100 people attended to pay their respects I checked the three sources in this sentence. Excluding the WSJ source which requires a subscription, the remaining two sources made no mention to Buddhist. One of them mentioned "Japanese custom", and I didn't really understand what's the link between buddist and custom. Also to mention, the Typhoon Nangka part is not direct enough. Sources mentioned that there was a typhoon, without saying its name. I think that there was only one typhoon in Japan at that time so I believe that might be fine. (Resolved, as nearly every funeral in Japanese customs are related to Buddism)
 * 22) and his ashes were buried at an undisclosed place in Kyoto Source did not claim that. It only claimed that his remains were cremated, but made no mention of its burying place.

As the source checking is still ongoing, there might be more problems throwing out by our community. Please help us by clarifying the facts from the article.

With gratitude, the sincere one representing the Chinese Wikipedia WikiProject Video games community: Milky · Defer  >Please ping me while replying to me... 15:08, 4 March 2021 (UTC) Looks like not many people is caring about this thread. Is it a good idea that I put it into a Featured Article Review? Milky · Defer  >Please ping me while replying to me... 16:53, 12 March 2021 (UTC)
 * did you reach out to the user who wrote the article? GamerPro64  17:41, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Not quite yet... Shall I ping them?  Milky · Defer  >Please ping me while replying to me... 17:49, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * I didn't write most of the lines in question but I can help on the Barron's: use this reference: which you can find via this link . Iwata's on the list from 2007 through 2009 (including 2008), but off in 2010. --M asem  (t) 18:07, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Alternatively this should be free to read for the 2008 list (the graphic is really small but if you use the browser to zoom, he's listed there). --M asem (t) 18:15, 4 March 2021 (UTC)
 * That's of great help, and I have successfully verified that. Milky · Defer  >Please ping me while replying to me... 03:25, 5 March 2021 (UTC)
 * Seems that Cyclonebiskit isn't around. Whom can I turn to? Milky · Defer  >Please ping me while replying to me...
 * Hi I just saw this talk page discussion. If there is a concern about sourcing, I would bring this to FAR. The first step is to post an official notice on this talk page, outlining your concerns. An example of one of my notices is here:  If an editor does not try to fix the concern in two weeks, you can place it at FAR by following the instructions at the top of the page at WP:FAR. Please feel free to ping me if you have any questions. Z1720 (talk) 15:06, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * We are currently going through a slow-yet-steady process of verification. We are not making real progress in recent weeks because the graduation season is drawing near and I am, in fact, dealing with my graduation issues. We are currently moving on to the verification of the book sources. One of the book sources cited has been translated into Chinese, and the considerable amount of inconsistencies between the Chinese book source and the English article content has made our community question the accuracy of the Chinese (or English) translation. We have decided to check out the original Japanese version of the book for a definite answer, which would take some time. We are also facing other difficulties of the book sources. When we are done, I think this article definitely deserves an FAR. Milky · Defer  >Please ping me while replying to me... 15:38, 9 April 2021 (UTC)
 * It's great that editors are working on verifying the article's info. There's no rush to complete this, so focus on graduation stuff first.
 * The advantage of posting a notice now is that notices must be on a talk page for at least 2 weeks before the FA can be listed at FAR. If you post the notice today, you can list the article at FAR when you have more time after graduation season, instead of waiting 2 weeks. A notice also alerts other editors of what needs to be completed and will encourage them to help. It is completely up to you, and if you need any help during this process (how to post notices, doing a copyedit of the article, etc.) feel free to ping me. Z1720 (talk) 18:27, 9 April 2021 (UTC)

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Ostrovica, Niška Banja

Ostrovica (Островица) is a village in Serbia located southeast of Niš, on the railroad toward Dimitrovgrad, in the municipality of Niška Banja. According to the 2002 census, the village had 603 inhabitants.

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Bolshayne Fen

Bolshayne Fen is a wetland in southeast Devon, England. It has an area of 1.62 hectares.

The site was designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest on 25 September 1992.

Site Description
This site contains an unusually large and intact valley fen, supporting rich marsh vegetation of a type known only at two other sites in Devon and which is now nationally scarce. The fen occupies a single field at an altitude of 40 m, through which runs a small stream called Nanny's Water, which is a tributary of the River Coly. Its soils consist of deep waterlogged peaty loam above Triassic mudstones, with Cretaceous Greensand on the valley sides above. During winter it periodically floods.

Vegetation
The vegetation is mainly of a mosaic of yellow iris Iris pseudacorus, branched bur-reed Sparganium erectum and rushes Juncus spp., while greater tussock-sedge Carex paniculata is locally dominant. Other conspicuous plants include meadowsweet Filipendula ulmaria, marsh-marigold Caltha palustris, ragged robin Lychnis flos-cuculi, watermint Mentha aquatica and southern marsh-orchid Dactylorhiza praetermissa. Also present are four species which are local in Devon: wood club-rush Scirpus sylvaticus, marsh valerian Valeriana dioica, fen bedstraw Galium uliginosum and common spike-rush Eleocharis palustris. The stream is bordered for most of its length by alder Alnus glutinosa, with a ground flora dominated by ramsons Allium ursinum.

Other biodiversity interest
Brown trout Salmo trutta fario and eel Anguilla anguilla are known to occur in Nanny's Water. The site supports a varied reptile fauna, including grass snake Natrix natrix and adder Vipera berus. It also supports a number of bird species including water rail, which rarely breeds in Devon but has been recorded during the summer at this site. During the winter snipe and woodcock commonly feed within the fen, and grey heron and barn owl occur.

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Daniel O. Hastings

Daniel Oren Hastings (March 5, 1874 – May 9, 1966) was an American lawyer and politician from Wilmington, New Castle County, Delaware. He was a member of the Republican Party who served two terms as a U.S. Senator from Delaware.

Early life and family
Hastings was born in Somerset County, Maryland, near Princess Anne, Maryland. He studied law at Columbian University, now George Washington University, and was admitted to the Delaware Bar in 1902. He lived and practiced law in Wilmington, Delaware.

Political career
Hastings served as Deputy Attorney General of Delaware from 1904 until 1909, Secretary of State of Delaware from January 1909 to June 1909. He resigned to accept an appointment as Associate Justice of the Delaware Supreme Court, and served there until his resignation in January 1911. He was Special Counsel for the Delaware General Assembly in 1911, City Solicitor of Wilmington from 1911 until 1917, and Judge of the Municipal Court of Wilmington from 1920 until 1929.

Hastings was appointed to the U. S. Senate upon the resignation of U.S. Senator T. Coleman du Pont, December 10, 1928 and served the remainder of his term. During this term, he served with the Republican majority in the 70th and 71st Congress. He was elected in his own right to a full term as U. S. Senator, in 1930, defeating Democrat Thomas F. Bayard, Jr., a former U. S. Senator.

During this term, he served with the Republican majority in the 72nd Congress, but was in the minority during the 73rd and 74th Congress. Hastings lost his bid for a second full term in 1936 to Democrat James H. Hughes, a lawyer from Dover, Delaware. In all he served from December 10, 1928, to January 2, 1937, during the administrations of U.S. Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin D. Roosevelt. He then returned to the practice of law in Wilmington.

Death and legacy
Hastings died at Wilmington and is buried in the Lower Brandywine Cemetery, near Centerville, Delaware.

Almanac
Elections are held the first Tuesday after November 1. U.S. Senators are popularly elected and took office March 4 for a six-year term.

Images

 * Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Talk:Anna Stothard

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'By a peer'? Source? Is it someone whose opinion is valuable enough to encyclopedise?

Daily Telegraph
Are you sure she writes for the Daily Telegraph and not the Sunday Telegraph, she did have a (terrible) column for the Sunday Telegraph for a few months.

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