Ship Trivia Quiz

no worries, youve actually been the closest so far

^Appreciate the hint but I am a dud on anything postwar naval.

Not the JFK or the Antietam......Antietam only saw duty in one war.  Also, I should have been more specific--the ship was the first operational ship with the feature I mentioned--Antietam was first to put to sea with the angled deck but was used for sea trials...there was another that was commissioned before CV-36 for operational service with the angled deck as I understand it.

Could it be the USS JFK. Since her Collision at Sea with USS Belknap, she and subsequent Carriers have has a Belknap Mast installed on the Starboard Beam where the FlightDeck widens. The only tie in with Tokyo is that JFK was homeported in Tokyo.

angled flight deck

USS Antietam

Nope, not the Big E....the ship I am looking for is no longer in use.  But the Enterprise itself has the feature I was talking about....

Sounds like you are describing the Mobile Chernobyl, USS Enterprise CVN-65. After Vietnam she missed Operation Desert Shield/Storm while in overhaul but made it in time to participate in Iraqi Freedom  and Enduring Freedom. She has had many upgrades that have been incorporated into other CVNs but I am unsure of which one you may be referring to. 

Her namesake was with Hornet during the Doolittle raid.

If this isn't the ship you are after than I am stumped.

Alright...

I am looking for a warship.  The ship served in two wars, but missed one in between.  The men who sailed in her took to calling her "Old Razor Blades" because every time they turned around, something new had broken or gone wrong with the ship.  But she did her job, being awarded numerous awards for combat duty.  While sitting out the war in between, she received upgrades...she was the first ship of her navy to sail with a particular upgrade--this upgrade was so important that every one of these ships built ever since for this same navy--and every planned ship for the future--has this feature included.  This ship has a bit of a connection to the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo.  

F-8fanatic, your turn.

The Maikin Island is the only one of her Class to be powered by LM 2500+ Gas Turbines and Electric Drive. She also has all Electric Design so no Steam is used aboard.....Cheers mark

The difference is in the island, more specifically in the smokestacks.  This is due to the changes in propulsion in LHD-8 over her sister ships.  Incidentally, the same propulsion and engineering system that Makin Island uses is supposed to go into the new USS America, the next generation LHA.

what is different in appearance between LHD-8 Makin Island & her sisters?

Ark Royal

That's the one.  All yours ddp59!

Cyclops, which disappeared without a trace during World War I, Proteus, and Nereus, which disappeared on the same route as Cyclops in World War II.

This 20th century  U.S. naval vessel, designed to to keep a battlefleet suplied with fuel and other cargo, disappeared with all hands.  To this day, it has not been found.

Name the ship.

You have it my Friend. Over to you for the next one.....Cheers mark

The Blucher.  Sunk by Norwegian shore batteries, April 9, 1940.

Ok which major surface ship was sunk by shore batteries in ww2?

surfsup, correct, your it.

USS Albacore launched in 1953 was the first Conventionally powered Sub built with a Tear Drop Hull and used One Propeller for underwater Speed rather then 2 Props for Surface manouvering.....Cheers Mark

A periscope?

what non-nuclear powered sub brought out a important design change that is still used today's subs?

Correct!  Simple right?

Ok  you are up Mr. Double-Dee, Pea,  five-niner

USCGC Blackthorn,  Motor Tanker Capricorn, us coast guard

www.cpoagalveston.org/blackthorn.html

In the cool evening of January 1980, this vessel collided with a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. It resulted in the death of 46% of its crew, and to this day remains the worst peacetime loss of life in this American sea going service's history.

Name the vessel, the tanker and the service.  all 3 needed for the right answer.

Apparently, Supernova didn't quite understand what a toss-up question was for and didn't want to ask another trivia question. So, I suppose that we could ask another toss-up question or just let the first person who would like to ask a question to do so.

Please consider, when answering the trivia question, that, if you are correct, you'll be asking the next question.

If nobody has any objections, we should just let the first person to respond ask the next trivia question.

USS Prinz Eugen IX-300 to be precise. Probably the most famous German ship in the US Navy. The Eagle is a Coast Guard vessel.

The next question is yours SUPERNOVA-SS

I believe it was the designation given to the Prinz Eugen when it was operated by the US Navy after WWII.  To bad it got nuked.  It was a rather nice looking ship.