Why are some articles unfinished? Why are details missing from some articles?
Many reasons – but primarily – it’s that TenderTale covers a subject – that on the surface might seem rather limited in scope, but in reality – is a lot of information and data. Unfinished articles usually are the results of too much to do with too little time to get it done. Though in the case of some of the deployments – we just don’t have much information – as we’ve never been there – and information from other sources is limited as well. Keeping with TenderTale’s tendency to try to relate things personally – we prefer that as much as possible be done by people who “been there, done that”. In the case of ship’s histories – DANFS is notoriously brief on most ship’s history – and even more so on the “lesser” (I. E. non-capitol) ships – and tenders being auxiliaries – their coverage is sparse at best – and non-existant for some of the later ships. We need help in all of these areas – and eagerly accept what we can get. One thing though – after getting “burned” a few times – we’ve also
