Ship Trivia Quiz

Bump! just to keep this alive.

Mike T.

Correct answer still needed?

I think bondoman is MIA.

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.

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?

russian

ddp59

russian

OK! Ask away!

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

That was the Queen. Mary, that is.

correct. your turn.

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

1. Bull nose

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.

That's OK. Good question.

How about dolphin striker, monkey rail, marlin spike.

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. 

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

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

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...

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.

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, 

USS Iowa, 1989?

The explosion happened in the number Two 16 inch gun turret

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

Your turn.

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?  

Johnson and Nixon were both Commanders

Ford was a LT Commander

Kennedy and Carter were LT's

and Bush was a LTjg

Navycob

Johnson and Nixon were both Commanders

Ford was a LT Commander

Kennedy and Carter were LT's

and Bush was a LTjg

Yes sir... simple enough.   I guess you are it.

Who sunk the U.S. Navy's first Aircraft Carrier?

Navycob

Who sunk the U.S. Navy's first Aircraft Carrier?

The U.S. Navy did.  The USS Langley was scuttled by her escort after being heavily damaged by Japanese aircraft.

Well done.  It was the USS Whipple DD217.  You have the conn.

Langley was damaged by Japanese bombers and finished off by her escorts, Edsall and Whipple.

Navycob

Well done.  It was the USS Whipple DD217.  You have the conn.

I have the conn aye.

What makes the US Navy's oldest active duty ship unusual?  What's the Vessel's name?

The Constitution is a wooden frigate,