قالب:USNS/doc

 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}}	[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |USNS ''Mercy'' (T-AH-19)]]	USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
{{USNS|Red Rover|1859}}	[[USNS Red Rover (1859) |USNS ''Red Rover'' (1859)]]	USNS Red Rover (1859)
{{USNS|Comfort}}	[[USNS Comfort |USNS ''Comfort'']]	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}}	[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |USNS ''Mercy'' (T-AH-19)]]	USNS Mercy (T-AH-19)
1	3rd	{{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|1}}	[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |T-AH-19]]	T-AH-19
2	2nd	{{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|2}}	[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |''Mercy'']]	Mercy
3	2nd, 3rd	{{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|3}}	[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |''Mercy'' (T-AH-19)]]	Mercy (T-AH-19)
4	invalid result	{{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|4}}	[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |Invalid Optional Parameter]]	Invalid Optional Parameter
5	1st, 3rd	{{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|5}}	[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |USNS (T-AH-19)]]	USNS (T-AH-19)
6	1st, 2nd	{{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|6}}	[[USNS Mercy (T-AH-19) |USNS ''Mercy'']]	USNS Mercy
	2nd (no 3rd)	{{USNS|Comfort|3=2}} Alternate usage: {{USNS|Comfort||2}}	[[USNS Comfort |''Comfort'']]	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.

Using an optional display control parameter value of 6 yields the same results as using {{warship}} to create the same link and text, but saving, coincidentally, 6 characters while editing.

{{USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19|6}} yields the same results as {{warship|USNS|Mercy|T-AH-19}}

 See also

WP:SHIPS shortcut templates:

Class shortcuts

• {{sclass}} – Shortcut for ship classes that are named for the lead ship
• {{sclass2}} – Shortcut for ship classes that are named for a common theme

Ship prefix shortcuts

• Generic ship prefixes
  • {{GTS}} - Shortcut for linking to Gas Turbine Ship articles
  • {{HSC}} - Shortcut for linking to High Speed Craft articles
  • {{MS}} - Shortcut for Motor ship articles
  • {{MV}} - Shortcut for Merchant vessel (or "Motor vessel") articles
  • {{SS}} - Shortcut for Steam Ship articles
  • {{ship}} - Shortcut for linking ship articles
• Commonwealth ship prefixes
  • {{HMAS}} - Shortcut for linking to Royal Australian Navy ship articles
  • {{HMCS}} - Shortcut for linking to Royal Canadian Navy ship articles
  • {{HMS}} - Shortcut for linking to Royal Navy ship articles
  • {{RMS}} - Shortcut for Royal Mail Ship articles
• United States ship prefixes
  • {{USAT}} - Shortcut for United States Army Transport articles
  • {{USCGC}} - Shortcut for United States Coast Guard Cutter articles
  • {{USNS}} - Shortcut for United States Naval Ship articles
  • {{USS}} - Shortcut for United States Navy ship articles
• Other navies' prefixes
  • {{SMS}} – Shortcut for Imperial German Navy and Austro-Hungarian Navy ships
  • {{SMU}} - Shortcut for U-boats of the Imperial German Navy and Austro-Hungarian Navy
  • {{HNLMS}} - Shortcut for Royal Netherlands Navy ships

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS) templates

• {{DANFS}} — notice for attribution public domain text
• {{Cite DANFS}} — shortcut for citing DANFS material