Ship Trivia Quiz

I'll go with Jimmy Carter for the block.

Not as far as I know. San Jacinto was there, but I am certain HW had been reassigned to teach flight school in Norfolk at that time. Correct me if I'm wrong, however another future POTUS was.

George H W Bush

Which future POTUS was there?

yes, your turn.

Task Force 58 was severely damaged by a typhoon in the Philippine Sea. Three destroyers capsized and sank, 146 aircraft destroyed and 790 men lost.

nope, wrong ocean.

U-737 sunk in accidental collision with depot ship MRS-25?

what happened on 18-19 December 1944?

It's all yours, ddp.

a shower. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php

OK, what is a rain locker?

Yes that was an important consideration. It had to fit down the hatch!

Over to you, Lee

I am going to suppose, since I cannot find anything else on the subject, that it was small enough to fit through the hatch. Tough one, George.

Lee

True enough. They set a bearing due south from the stern of the boat for a full twenty four hours before they estimated arrival at 90 N.

So the magnetic compasses were useless, the gyro compass only slightly less so, no way to shoot the stars, no LORAN.

The INS was absolutely key.

I'll try to rephrase my question to get the answer I had in mind.

Given all of the challenges to navigation, an INS system was installed in the boat, and a couple of North American guys came along for the ride to care for and feed it. This INS was originally developed for the Navaho cruise missile. What was the physical factor that made this INS most suitable for installation in Nautilus?

In addition, when at the North Pole, all the compasses would be going nuts because everywhere the boat pointed, it would be pointing south. Finding the correct longitude would be nearly impossible.

can't see the stars or sun from under the ice to know where their location is.

I hate to be the guy who says "not what I had in mind",

but...

That problem you identify is true but a little too sophisticated and follows the question too closely.

This was a much more simple and physical problem.

The crew relied on the technology of the North American Aviation N6A-1 Inertial Navigation System, a naval modification of the N6A used in the Navaho cruise missile, to navigate at the extreme latitudes without surfacing.

www.edn.com/.../Submarine-crosses-under-North-Pole-for-1st-time--August-3--1958

SSN-571 depended on an early generation INS (Internal Navigation System) in order to transit the Polar ice cap and pass directly below the geographic North Pole, as did SSN-578 a week later. That system, the North American Aviation N6-derived N6A-1, was suitable because of this rather pragmatic requirement.

GMorrison, it is 2 arms then 1. your turn.

USS CHARLES F. ADAMS (DD-952 / DDG-2) www.navsource.org/.../05010201.jpg

USS BERKELEY (DDG-15)  www.navsource.org/.../05011570.jpg

Both.

I think up through DDG-14 Buchanan there was 1, after that 2 plus all sorts of Tomahawk tests etc.

One Arm.

charles f adams class destroyers, 1 arm or 2 arm missile launcher?

I've read that what makes it particularly dangerous is that it's covered in trawler nets.

SS Andrea Doria, yes; “Mount Everest of scuba diving” said was Capt. Alvin Golden. Up to you.

Andrea Doria. a cameraman said it was like shooting in a blizzard on top of Mount Everest

xtremesport4u.wordpress.com/.../tragedy-for-scuba-diver-challenging-the-mount-everest-of-diving

More than a dozen scuba divers have lost their lives diving this wreck, the “Mount Everest of scuba diving”. She was what (ship) AND who said it (human)?

If no one objects......?

I was thinking about the Greek tale, The Odyssey and the German tale of Lorelei, however, your's is close enough for Jazz, so you're up Tom!

Steve

“Old Chrissy was an old rascal of a woman that was head of a gang of wreckers…”  

Take that?