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Ship's name in italics
SchrEck Inc. Started conversation Jan 26, 2006
I guess this also applies not only to the classic naval ones, but also to space ships, think of Mercury/Apollo and fictional ones like the Enterprise. Is that so? I checked some entries and found it's not consistent at the moment. 
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Ship's name in italics
Smij - Formerly Jimster Posted Jan 26, 2006
I *think* this is the case, yes. The only time I can think of where this might be tricky is fictional ships that are also the name of a film or TV show. In those cases, we may choose to be a bit lax for reasons of clarity.
Ship's name in italics
SchrEck Inc. Posted Jan 26, 2006
Thanks Jimster. I'll add this to my subbing/curating to-do-list...
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