A fact from Francis A. Dales appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 9 April 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... that cadet Francis A. Dales began Operation Pedestal on an American merchant ship, continued on a British destroyer, and ended it on an American tanker requisitioned and manned by a British crew?
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Latest comment: 13 years ago1 comment1 person in discussion
The Operation Pedestal page, and Shankland and Hunter, Malta Convoy, p. 15, say that the Ohio was built and launched in Chester, PA, not Wilmington, DE, as stated here.
--88.203.88.110 (talk) 05:03, 23 October 2011 (UTC)Reply
