Ship Trivia Quiz

congrats ddp59 you got that right!

You chance to ask your question.

Angus

1 sunk by hms duke of york  http://www.scharnhorst-class.dk/scharnhorst/history/scharnostfront.html

2 Scharnhorst

Since Surfaceline wont respond I will ask the next question. 

part:1 What was the fate of the sister ship of the Gneisenau?

part:2 What's the name of the sister ship of the Gneisenau?

I think it is time for a toss-up. First one to respond gets to ask the next question.  Sorry Surfaceline.

This a nudge to Surfaceline.

Break 1-9;  surfaceline, ya got yer ears on?

surface line has it right. your turn.

One was a communications ship

Northampton's main deck was one deck higher than the CAs.

(All in all, that's really an oxymoron, since the Main deck is always the highest full length deck.  But you know what I mean - there was one more level below the main deck on Northampton than on the others)

Other than they're being two entirely different classes of ships? Give us something to go on here.

what major(?) difference is there between clc-1 northampton & her baltimore ship sisters besides guns & superstructure?

No, because the country that owned her still had a notion she was theirs...

was the Indomitable painted in USN colors during her sojourn with the USN?

You are correct ddp59, the next question is yours.

Here is a link:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Victorious_(R38)

Here is Saratoga  and Victorious (USS Robin) Noumea New Caledonia, in 1943.

hms victorious aka uss robin.

Thanks, Bondo, for asking a question that didn't require a trip to the Arcane Library of Obscure Tomes in order to answer it. Tricky somebody you are, just the same.

OK,

  What CV came to the rescue after Wasp was sunk and Enterprise taken out of action in the Battle of Santa Cruz that left Saratoga alone in the Pacific?

Yes- the answer to the question is:

NO other CV won a PUC during the war. The other six carriers were CVE's in "Taffy 3" along with other ships, for taking on Japanese battleships at the battle of Leyte gulf in 1944. Gambier Bay and St. Lo were sunk. Stay in touch, my CVE model is on the "ways".

Over to you Subfixer.

OK, we'll step down a little in size:

St. Lo CVE-63

White Plains  CVE-66

Kalinin Bay CVE-68

Fanshaw Bay CVE-70

Kitkun Bay  CVE-71

Gambier Bay CVE-73

They all took part in the Battle off Samar as Taffy 3.

Essex, Yorktown, Hornet, Lexington and Bunker Hill, plus non CV's Belleau Wood, Cabot, San Jacinto received PUC's after the war.

USS BELLEAU WOOD   (CV-24\CVL24)

You need to read the question again. It is carefully worded.

My answer depends on whether you are counting CVLs as CVs.

I found seven (eight if you include Enterprise):

CV-9 Essex

CV-10 Yorktown

CV-12 Hornet

CV-16 Lexington

CV-17 Bunker Hill

CVL-28 Cabot

CVL-30 San Jacinto

During World War 2 seven carriers received Presidential Unit Citations. Besides Enterprise, which other CV's won this award during the war?

EDIT: "won" is a poor choice of words for a medal of valor. Let's stick with "received".

Yes oh yes oh yes! Take it  away Bondoman.

America

For crying out loud! Here's a toss up: What yacht won the race that the America's Cup was named after?

First one who gets it, please ask another question promptly.

Work has me twisted around - can't think of a question, Stenscience, take it.

Mike T.

We usually have somebody,  you, for instance, provide a quick and easy question, like a jump ball. The one to answer it first asks the next, more serious question. Why don't you ask it, stenscience?

What's the frequency Kenneth?

Sorry, I meant, what's the procedure now?

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