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[edit] Globalize tag

I've put the globalize tag on this article because the text is from my userspace rewrite of the article for HMAS Melbourne, and as such has an Australian bias towards its content. Material to expand would be in the court-martials of the three Evans officers involved in the incident, and I've also heard a US Navy training video was developed using this collision as a case study... a section on that would be good. -- saberwyn 03:05, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Aftermath section

Created this section to deal with events related to the collision but happening after the inital Inquiry and courts-martial. The current, sourced comment is the training video developed by the USN after the collision.

Other areas to expand this section include (which I don't have sources/specific cites for at the moment):

• Legal/compensation issues
• The joint reunion organised by two ex-Melbourne crew
• The 'failure' to recognise the Evans fatalities at the Vietnam memorial, as they technically did not die fighting in the Vietnam War.

I also acknowledge that this section may need to be renamed to something more appropriate... this is the best I could come up with, but it doesn't seem right. -- saberwyn 01:31, 18 March 2008 (UTC)