Ship Trivia Quiz

Johnson and Nixon were both Commanders

Ford was a LT Commander

Kennedy and Carter were LT's

and Bush was a LTjg

Six US presidents serverd in the US Navy. What was the highest and the lowest rank achieved by any of them upon release from the service?  

I guess that was too easy (I didn't realize that it was 1989; I thought it was the 60s).

Your turn.

USS Iowa, 1989?

The explosion happened in the number Two 16 inch gun turret

OK then.

Around the mid-20th century an explosion aboard a major US Navy vessel was investigated by the Navy and attributed in turn to the suicide of a sailor, subsequently to improper handling of munitions, and finally of indeterminate cause. What was the vessel and where on board did the explosion take place, 

joeviz

subfixer:

 

 

 

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold your horses!          Rich got the answer to last question and it is his turn to ask a trivia question. Yours is a good one though, I hope we'll have a chance to answer it after you get a correct answer in the quiz.

 

 

Oops! Jumped the gun, my bad, sorry.

 

Good job on the animals though...

I defer to Rich. You ask the next one, I'm tapping out.

subfixer

 

 

 

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold your horses!          Rich got the answer to last question and it is his turn to ask a trivia question. Yours is a good one though, I hope we'll have a chance to answer it after you get a correct answer in the quiz.

Oops! Jumped the gun, my bad, sorry.

Good job on the animals though...

Way to go Lee. That's 12, you're up.

Rich

That's OK. Good question.

How about dolphin striker, monkey rail, marlin spike.

Cat's-paw (knot), horse, cathead, pelican hook, booby hatch, ratlines, gooseneck, crow's nest, hounds

subfixer

As we haven't heard from bondoman since October 29, we must assume that he is indisposed. I hope that everything is OK with him.

He replied to an Aircraft thread on 10/30, and I sent him a Conversation on 11/8, but I haven't had a reply back yet.  I also hope nothing is wrong and that everything is OK. 

That's OK. Good question.

How about dolphin striker, monkey rail, marlin spike.

joeviz

Name 12 animals (or related to) found on a ship's deck.  I will give you one to get it started...

1. Bull nose

Whoa, whoa, whoa! Hold your horses!          Rich got the answer to last question and it is his turn to ask a trivia question. Yours is a good one though, I hope we'll have a chance to answer it after you get a correct answer in the quiz.

Name 12 animals (or related to) found on a ship's deck.  I will give you one to get it started...

1. Bull nose

correct. your turn.

That was the Queen. Mary, that is.

what big ww2 troopship ran over & sunk  her escort cruiser?

ddp59

russian

OK! Ask away!

russian

As we haven't heard from bondoman since October 29, we must assume that he is indisposed. I hope that everything is OK with him.

I am going to submit an easy "Jump Ball" question to get things rolling again, if no one has any objections. As usual, the first one with the correct answer may ask the next standard question.

What nation does this ensign belong to?

From wikipedia:

After the loss of the Space Shuttle Columbia, the Columbia Accident Investigation Board board described SUBSAFE as "successful safety programs and practices that could be models for NASA"^[3] Following this recommendation, a number of exchanges and conferences have been held between SUBSAFE naval personnel and NASA.

I think bondoman is MIA.

Correct answer still needed?

Bump! just to keep this alive.

Mike T.

Well, SUBSAFE was created after the loss of Thresher,  I believe. It is a program that tries to eliminate safety issues in submarines to prevent future submarine failures. NASA does the same thing with their spacecraft after the loss of Challenger.  They cooperate, exchange information and participate in each other's audit programs. SUBSAFE is a model for the way NASA does its spacecraft development.

I've been living in the SUBSAFE world for 30 years. It is worth noting that no SUBSAFE developed submarine has been lost since SUBSAFE's conception in 1963. Scorpion's loss in 1968 does not count as she was not a SUBSAFE certified submarine.

What do SUBSAFE and NASA have in common? Not " they are paid for by the taxpayers" or some such...

Perfectly summarized Bondo! She was apparently the last vessel to make it out.  The next link in the chain is yours to build...

(Haven't seen any Victory progress lately - a break to pursue other efforts for now?)

Cheers

That is a photo of the HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen. She was a Dutch minesweeper that was trapped in Java following the Japanese invasion in 1941. She was disguised as a small island, and made her way by sailing at night, and anchoring close to shore in the day, until she reached Fremantle in Australia.

She served in the RAN for a year, before returning to service in the RNN. Currently she is a museum ship.

ddp59 -

No need to have anyone twist in the wind... An amazing effort, but both guesses miss the mark.  I'm pleased that I finally threw something out there that subfixer didn't nail within a few minutes!

Two clues:  This is NOT an american vessel AND she still exists.

ddp59

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/036/0403603.jpg

Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942 - USS Minneapolis (CA 36) at Tulagi with torpedo damage received in the battle. Photograph was taken on 1 December 1942, as work began to cut away the wreckage of her bow. http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/036/0403615.jpg

or is USS New Orleans (CA 32) http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/032/0403207.jpg

USS New Orleans (CA 32) camouflaged at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, some days after she was torpedoed during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942. Note that her stern is riding high, and that her forward end is low in the water. The torpedo and subsequent explosion had severed her bow between # 1 and # 2 eight-inch gun turrets.

Good detective work. Which answer are you going with?

USS Minneapolis (CA 36) http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/036/0403603.jpg

Battle of Tassafaronga, 30 November 1942 - USS Minneapolis (CA 36) at Tulagi with torpedo damage received in the battle. Photograph was taken on 1 December 1942, as work began to cut away the wreckage of her bow. http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/036/0403615.jpg

or is USS New Orleans (CA 32) http://www.navsource.org/archives/04/032/0403207.jpg

USS New Orleans (CA 32) camouflaged at Tulagi, Solomon Islands, some days after she was torpedoed during the Battle of Tassafaronga on 30 November 1942. Note that her stern is riding high, and that her forward end is low in the water. The torpedo and subsequent explosion had severed her bow between # 1 and # 2 eight-inch gun turrets.