Ship Trivia Quiz

U-486 sunk by HMS Tapir. It was the day Roosevelt died. Is that close? Or, U486 sank troopship Leopoldville on Christmas eve 1944. Also, Tapir only ship named after that animal. Am I on the right track?

Also, the Kearsarge was also a carrier, commissioned 1946, Essex class. My Dad was on it

Regards, Stenscience

On 9 Feb, 1945 U-864 was sunk by HMS Venturer, the only known incident in which one submarine torpedoed another while both were submerged.

Rick

I thought an R-boat did torpedo a U-boat in WWI, but the torpedo did not detonate.

 But of course, I know what you mean. torpedoed= sunk.

Eight knots is not particularly fast, but in the case of this type of vessel it's a world record. It was set in 2007 and is, in fact, fractionally over eight knots, but giving you the exact figure would make it too easy (good old Google!). So, what's the type of craft and its name?

Rick

Strangely enough, you are on the right lines, but the vessel in question is a recognised type.

Rick

the boat is Critical Power 2, it is a trimaran of carbon fiber construction

though it could be the single-human powered submarine Omer5 with a blistering speed of 8.035 kt

wikipedia search: human-powered transport

Actually, Omer 5 is a two-person-powered submarine but thats close enough for me! Your go.

Rick

Since no-one else wants to play, how about the M80 Stiletto?

Rick

that's the one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M80_Stiletto

i've seen one up close(as in from the peir) in norfolk, va. and the thing is really James Bondish, very cool looking. At $6-10 Million a piece, they would be a good addition to the fleet

navypitsnipe wrote:

that's the one. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M80_Stiletto i've seen one up close(as in from the peir) in norfolk, va. and the thing is really James Bondish, very cool looking. At $6-10 Million a piece, they would be a good addition to the fleet

I've seen that thing, too. I was wondering what the story was on it. It's been tied up there, on and off, for at least two years.

Sorry about the delay, but I was letting you two old Navy boys reminisce!

The battleship laid down (but not launched) as HMS Elephant, together with her two sisters, had two claims to fame  - one singular and one multiple. What were they?

Rick

Elephant as Minatour and latter a slew of names kept her masts and Victorian livery to the end.

Do not know what the other answer would be.

Correct. HMS Minotaur, launched 1863. Here she is in all her single-screwed, five-masted glory:

The floor is yours.

Rick

I love the oddities that we come up with here. I'd love to build a Minotaur.  This question is about an incident that I've thought about trying to build.

This might be a hard one, but I think I've given you enough info to figure it out..  We've all heard of the "ransom" system for downed airman rescued by the smaller vessels in the fleet.  Traditionally it was paid in ice cream as smaller vessels lacked the facilities for it on board ship.

In fall 1943, a downed trainee US pilot was pulled from freezing lake water by a civilian vessel.  Weeks later, a spool of nylon cable is dropped off as payment. 

Where was the rescue?

What ship was the pilot from?

And why was the cable such a fitting gift to his rescuer?

The floor goes to Alan.  I left enough clues that it could be puzzled out, since the story isn't widely known.

A pilot off the Wolverine went over the edge as he landed.  When "The Energy", a fishing vessel, saw this and didn't see the pickup vessel nearby, they went to do some pilot fishing instead as the Wolverine continued landing ops.  When the pickup vessel arrived, the lake was too rough to transfer him aboard, so he went along on the fishing boat to port.  The Navy picked him up when they arrived in port, but two weeks later a US Navy truck came to the Energy's reel-yard, dropped the tailgate, and two sailors unloaded a large spool of 2" Nylon line, then left.  For many years, the Energy had the best lines in the whole fishing fleet and is still in service today.