This template accepts these named parameters. Positional parameters are not accepted. The positional parameters are:

  • |sectionn= – the value assigned to these enumerated parameters is a child infobox, typically one of:
    see each template's documentation for parameters supported by those templates
  • |labeln= – the values assigned to these enumerated parameters are labels for custom infobox entries; n for |labeln= and |datan= must match
  • |datan= – the values assigned to these enumerated parameters are the data for custom infobox entries; n for |datan= and |labeln= must match
  • |display_title= – controls display styling of the article title
    • none – does no article-title styling
    • ital – uses {{italic title}} to style the article title
    • <article title with markup> – uses {{DISPLAYTITLE:<article title with markup>}} to style the article title
    • when empty or omitted, attempts to automatically style the article title
  • |infobox_caption= – controls the infobox caption
    • yes – uses the article title as the infobox caption. The ship's name will be auto-italicized when the article title has a recognized ship prefix (USS, MV, etc) or has a parenthetical disambiguator (year, hull number, etc) or is in the form <nationality> <ship type> <name> (with or without parenthetical disambiguator); this setting overridden by |sclass=2
    • nodab – formats the infobox caption in the same way as the disambiguated article title except that disambiguator(s) are not displayed; for article titles with a parenthetical disambiguator, the disambiguator is omitted from the caption; for article titles in the form <nationality> <ship type> <name> (with or without parenthetical disambiguator), setting |infobox_caption=nodab will display only <name>; this setting overridden by |sclass=2
    • <other text> – when the assigned value is other than the keywords yes or nodab, that value is used as the infobox caption. Infobox caption text formatting is the responsibility of the editor.
    • when omitted or present-but-empty: the infobox does not have a caption
  • |sclass= – when set to 2, forces unstyled title and also unstyled infobox caption (if enabled by |infobox_caption=yes or |infobox_caption=nodab); the name is taken from {{sclass2}} which creates links to theme-named-class_articles
  • |showerrs= – for use when auto-styling fails, may give a clue why it failed; requires |infobox_caption=yes or |infobox_caption=nodab; the article should probably not be saved with |showerrs=yes

Usage

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Code for individual ships

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For infoboxes of individual ships, please copy the appropriate example for the type of ship:


If none of the above fit, you may use this full setup:

Code for ship classes

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For infoboxes of ship classes, please copy the appropriate example for the type of ship class:


If none of the above fit, you may use this full setup: