Ship Trivia Quiz

The German ship "Schleswig Holstein" fired directly into (pretty much point blank) the barracks / Customs House at the port of Danzig (now Gdansk) 01/09/1939.

The "Schleswig Holstein" was scuttled following an RAF raid in 1945. 

That's the one, Milairjunkie. Regardless of when other nations joined in, WW2 is generally accepted to have begun when Germany attacked Poland, 1 September, 1939. At 04:40, the German Air Force attacked the town of Welun, destroying 75% of the city and killing close to 1,200 people, most of them civilians. Five minutes later, the pre-dreadnought Schleswig-Holstein, in Danzig under the pretext of a courtesy visit, opened fire on the Polish military transit depot at Westerplatte.

The floor is yours.

Cheers,

"Schleswig Holstein" was in Danzig to honour the sailors lost on their cruiser "Magdeburg" in 1914, some of whom were laid to rest in Danzig. The "Magdeburg" ran aground in heavy fog in the Gulf of Finland & was scuttled.

I had a lucky shot with this question while nosing about the ship forum, but I will stick to aircraft & the first taker gets the question.

Schleswig Holstein;

Magdeburg;

Here's a quickie to allow for a legitimate questioner to take over:

What was the US Navy's first electrically driven surface ship?

She went from this:

To this:

The USS Langley CV-1

You've got it correct, Felix. It's your turn.

Wow, I'm surprised no else answered.  It was the Austrian ship Maria Teresa.  She was just looking to put in port for the night. Her red-white-red ensign was at first for Spain's red-yellow-red.

I held off answering.  The first USS Indiana was part of the blockade.

That is it.

 I thought the irony of have two Maria Teresa's present at Santiage in 1898 (within and without) would make a nice question.

 Already CB, all yours.

USS Mississinewa (AO-59) Lost due to enemy action, 20 November 1944 at Ulithi anchorage, Caroline Islands, sunk by Kaiten manned torpedo, one of five launched from IJN submarines I-36 and I-47

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/19/19059.htm

This is a stretch, but since you are trying to tie the answer to Indiana, I'll give a convoluted answer. The picture was taken from USS Munsee ATF-107, I believe. Munsee is an Indian name. You've got an "Indian" in the name and "Indiana" has the root word "Indian". So there you have it. If you want more, good luck.

p.s. Muncie, Indiana, is named after the same tribe, but as they are spelled differently, I don't think it counts.

Yep, you are right about it being the Munsee (a branch of the Delaware tribe), (Delaware County, Indiana's main city being Muncie, Indiana.), who were in Indiana at one time.  Muncie is actually named for them. There are many spellings of Munsee.  The current name is an alternate of the original name. (Also called Munceytown at one point.)  Some local businesses spell it Munsee.  Munsee Meats being one.  The Mississinewa River passes through Delaware County not too far north of Muncie.  So that picture connects not only two ships connected to Indiana, but the SAME county in Indiana.  Subfixer the question is yours.

DDP- You get the next question I answer for getting the first half.

What was the original name of this ship and what is special about the name?

ddp59 wrote:

that used to be BB-5  USS KEARSARGE. redesignated AB-1, August 5, 1920. Renamed Crane Ship 1, November 6, 1941. kearsarge was also name for a confederate raider in the us civil war.

Wasn't the Civil War Kearsarge the Union ship that sank the Confederate raider Alabama?