Ship Trivia Quiz

second hint. I was named after the President of my company and I carried passengers and freight on the Chesapeake Bay between Baltimore, Maryland and Norfolk, Virginia from 1928 until July 12, 1942

what are my NAMES 

RickF wrote:

Well done - but I thought it would take longer than an hour! I visited Fort Rinella on Malta last year, where the 100-ton Armstrong gun is preserved. Over to you, dostacos Rick

names of the ship.....

Well done - but I thought it would take longer than an hour! I visited Fort Rinella on Malta last year, where the 100-ton Armstrong gun is preserved.

Over to you, dostacos

Rick

OK, here's a really obscure one, which I hope will get you all guessing.

What connects Newcastle upon Tyne, Gibraltar, Malta and the Italian battleship Duilio (1876)?

Rick

USS Charger (CVE-30) had three  sister ships - HMS Avenger, HMS Biter and HMS Dasher, transferred to the RN under Lend-Lease. All were converted merchant ships .

Charger's area of operations throughout the war was Cheasapeake Bay as a training ship for pilots and ships' crews in carrier operations. She was converted back to a merchant ship after the war. Avenger and Dasher were both sunk. Biter was sold to France in 1945.

Rick

subfixer wrote:

Well, we don't want any breath that has bait in it, so, here's a hint: they were CVEs.

• (CVE-6) Altamaha became HMS Battler
• (CVE-7) Barnes became HMS Attacker
• (CVE-8) Block Island became HMS Hunter
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• (CVE-9) Bogue

I'm interested. Very! I jusst have no clue. My searches have turned up nothing so far. I'm waiting and watching with bated breath. 

Thanks Rick, but from what I understand, the America's stern anchor was indeed due to the sonar. She had to have two and as a second bow anchor would somehow interfere with the sonar dome, the second was placed at her stern.

Next question: What three Royal Navy ships had a US Navy sister that lived in the Chesapeake Bay throughout WWII?

true - it was America - thus the bow anchor.  (I didn't know about the stern anchor and that wouldn't have been related to the sonar outfit.  fascinating.)

over to you, finally.  I must restrain myself from answering if I don't have a question prepared.

Rick 

Really sorry, folks.  I've been cursed with trivia block.  And this may be worse than nothing.

What U.S. carrier since WWII was fitted with ASW sonar?  (not just fitted with spaces for sonar, but actually fitted with the equipment and manned with the Sonar Technicians?) 

Which makes the answer TRUE--there is no actual Midway Island. Please re-read my question.

However, your explanation outweighs your mistaken entry of "False, strictly", so despite your slip, you get it right (but please don't attempt this in a court of law!)

It has long been a pet peeve of mine to see or hear the term "Midway Island" being used in describing the atoll, in text and film accounts of the battle. 

Okay Rick, good job! I guess it's your question next, I'm tapped-out for awhile!

False, strictly.  Midway Atoll is composed primarily of Sand Island and Eastern Island.  There is no particular chunk of land named Midway Island.

Rick 

In 1942, the epic Battle of Midway was fought in the Pacific between Japanese and United States forces.

True or false: There is actually no Midway Island at that location.

Turrets and mountings from Glorious and Courageous.

Her actual guns came from different ships. As these weapons wore down from firing, they were removed from their particular ships and refurbished, then stored away as spares and eventually supplied to other ships as replacements. By the time Vanguard came along, only 1 of her guns was from either Glorious or Courageous, the rest having been swapped-out among a number of other warships over the years.

There is an article I once read on the subject with more information on this, but my notes on it are buried somewhere (this is not an answer to the question, just an expansion on ddp's previous answer).

Yes, Billy answers correctly. BTW, I did not mean to imply I even had a question, but was just curious if all new questions had to come from winning answerers within what appeared to me a rather small group. I thank you for allowing me to post!

Mine was carefully worded because, long before the IJN mounted their 18.1" guns to Yamato and Musashi, HMS Furious was fitted with a single 18" to her aft barbette, and was the only aircraft carrier once fitted with such a massive gun. 

According to Nathan Okun's "Navweaps" site, one of the only three British 18" guns produced was mounted aboard the monitor General Wolfe. While it is unclear whether or not Wolfe's gun was the one removed from Furious, the monitor holds the record for the longest hit ever fired from a Royal Navy warship (36,000 yards), although it was against a land target in Belgium.

Based on the above, the British were apparently the only navy ever to successfully score a hit with an 18" gun, against an enemy target. The IJN fired their 18.1" guns at Leyte Gulf but never scored a hit before turning away to evade torpedoes (Yamato). Japanese 18.1" ordnance was also fired against aircraft, but I don't believe these resulted in any direct hits, either (if I'm wrong, I apologize).

Interesting bits of trivia, to be sure--unless they are factually in error.

So, was i close enough? If i am, here's the next q:

The 15 inch gun mountings for HMS Vanguard were ones that had been removed from what 2 ships?