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Felix C. Edit: I mean name either the battle or the ship which surrendered or date, etc.
Edit: I mean name either the battle or the ship which surrendered or date, etc.
It looks like you're going to have to throw us a little bone here.
I'm from the government and I'm here to help.
off Spain, off Malta, ....
HMS Calcutta, a 54 gun two decked fourth rate under Captain Daniel Woodriff, mounting 28 X 18 pdrs. and 26 X 32 pdr. carronades, was forced to defend a small merchant convoy of six vessels from a French Squadron consisting of three 40 gun frigates and five ships of the line off Ushant on Sept. 25, 1805.
After disabling the lead french vessel, the 40 gun frigate Armide, (28 X 18 pdr., 12 X 8 pdr., 4 X 36 pdr. carronades) Calcutta next faced the French 74 gun Magnanime (28 X 36 pdr., 30 X 24 pdr., 16 X 8 pdr., 4 X 36 pdr. car.). After being dismasted, Calcutta was forced to strike, but not before five of the six merchantmen escaped.
Alan
"Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy." Benjamin Franklin
After noticing your hints, two other possible answers are Swiftsure, 74 under Captain Benjamin Hallowell, which also fought against impossible odds against a French flotilla which included an 80 and three 74s while on his way to Malta; and Hannibal, 74 which grounded during an attack at Algeciras and had to be abandoned,
yep and there was also the Algeciras Bay action in 1801 where the 74 Hannibal ran aground and had to strike.
Whoops! Sorry you mentioned Algeciras sorry. Well your turn.
In World War II, an American warship with this name set a record in an incident involving a JU-88. Two decades later, a vessel with the same name made front page headlines.
What is the name shared by these two vessels?
The USS Maddox
After the assault troops landed on 10July 1943, Maddox was on anti-submarine patrol about 16 miles off shore. Steaming along, the destroyer was attacked by a German JU-88 Luftwaffe bomber in the predawn darkness. The plane dropped four 250-pound bombs. The first landed in the water, the second two hit the fantail and detonated the power (ammunition) magazine, and the last bomb hit in the water by the side of the ship. The Maddox sank in 90 seconds. (Record for fastest sinking)
Another USS Maddox was the destroyer involved in the Gulf of Tonkin Incident on 2 August 1964.
Mike T.
Beware the hobby that eats. - Ben Franklin
Do not fear mistakes. You will know failure. Continue to reach out. - Ben Franklin
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Well, that went fast.... Mike, the floor is yours.
as an additional tidbit... the pilot of the JU-88 was from kg-54 and survived the war. Tracked down by the Maddox Association he was invited to join, and did. Too bad that level of mutual respect seems to have disappeared from our culture.
To keep it simple.
What was the name of the first ironclad to be used in the Civil War and what was her original name?
CSS Virginia was USS Merrimack
Not that one, there was an earlier ship and battle.
The CSS Manassas, originally the Enoch Train, a steam powered tow boat. She carried out an attack on the Federal blockading squadron at Head of Passes, the action being known as the Battle of the Head of Passes in the Mississippi Delta, on October 12, 1861.
Bondoman that is it. Over to you. Here is a link to more information on that vessel.
http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-us-cs/csa-sh/csash-mr/manassas.htm
Bondoman, your turn.
What was the only "Victory" ship to become a "Liberty"?
recycling old questions now? :-)
Is that an old one?
Well, this has been going on for 140 pages. It is inevitable that something would get asked a second time. Personally, I don't remember the answer anyway. Maybe the answer should just be given and a new question asked...
USS Liberty (of Israeli action fame or infamy) was a former Victory ship.
That's the one.
I feel so stupid for not seeing the obvious.
The next question is yours, Surface Line.
How many black sailors on the civil war USS Kearsarge and what were their names and duties? Any blacks on the CSS Alabama? Enquiring minds want to know. Thanks, Paul V
How does this work?
Surface Line is up.
I should have known better than to get myself into this. I have a heckuva time coming up with these questions
What kind of ships were a part of the Cold War's DEW Line?
The US Navy used a combination of AGRs (converted Liberty ships), DERs (Destroyer Escort-Radar), and submarines such as the USS Triton, which had a very large and powerful radar.
Eight of those AGR's were posted to Treasure island in our Bay, where when they weren't in danger of being hit by passing aircraft carriers, prepared themselves to be mothballed. One of the really unsung heroes of the DEW line was the Douglas C-124 Globemaster II.
Yup.
Although I believe the Triton was never used in that role, even though that was one of the purposes in mind when she was designed.
You're up, Mr. Fixer.
OK.... This torpedo was designed to return to sender, after leaving its warhead behind.
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