Ship Trivia Quiz

EDIT:  Q out of turn... removed.

Hang on there Echo. I'm working on it, just been busy this week.

bondoman

Hang on there Echo. I'm working on it, just been busy this week.

Sorry about that Bondoman...  I saw "bump" and figured it was open for the next Q.  It has been removed and I will patiantly await my turn.  

Here's a picture of a very lovely chapel, on a decommissioned Navy Yard, that is a very favorite place of mine.

Name the patron Saint.

Lee, you are out. That's a hint.

That would be St. Peter.

Mare Island Chapel

Yessir. Famous for the Tiffany windows. Over to you, echo

Echo, your question before you deleted it was about the  Philadelphia Experiment  with  destroyer escort USS Eldridge . saw the movie years ago.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment

ddp59

Echo, your question before you deleted it was about the  Philadelphia Experiment  with  destroyer escort USS Eldridge . saw the movie years ago.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia_Experiment

Correct!   What?  No extra points attempt?    Over to you ddp59..

Here is the question for all anyone who missed it. 

Echo, post a new question.

ddp59

Echo, post a new question.

In Columbus' time, a ritual performed each evening was to point at the North Star, and then slowly lower the arm in a steady arc to the ship's compass. What was this ritual called?

The Pilot's Blessing

http://www.commanderbob.com/hallfam9.html

yep!

All you dd59.

how many props do the nevada class have?

Two! 

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

Five if you count the float planes and later 4 (minus one plane).

correct. why do people when using an arizona hull as a new york class or nevada class have them showing 4 props instead of 2 props. laziness?

What do the following sunk ,WWII, German and Japanese subs have in common?

• U-157

• U-175

• U-352

• U-371

• U-550

• U-606

• U-626

• U-853

• U-857

• U-866

• U-869

• I-12

• RO-32

Sunk by hedgehogs

Not the answer I am looking for.

All of these submarines were sunk by US Coast Guard vessels.

Mike T.

telsono

All of these submarines were sunk by US Coast Guard vessels.

Mike T.

Yes! Correct.

On to you Mr. telsono

What was one of the first  naval vessels destroyed during the beginning of Germany's attack on Poland (not a tender)?

Where did the vessel sink?

Extra credit:

What was Lt. Jacek Dehnel doing when the wave washed him overboard?

Mike T.

ORP Mazur  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ORP_Mazur 

was in a port of Oksywie. At 2 pm she was at a pier, preparing to leave port, when she was attacked by German bombers Junkers Ju 87 from IV./LG.1.^[

The sailor, who although the ship was sinking, still fired until waves washed him overboard was First Lieutenant Jacek Dehnel, grandfather of the famous polish poet and writer Jacek Dehnel.^[4]

Excellent - I would have accepted Gdynia or Danzig - Oksywie is a section of that city.

over to you ddp59

NMike T.

how many rudders are on the queen elizabeth class battleships? 

One

....bump........

Two, according to the illustration on page 249 of Landstrom's "The Ship".

My favorite illustration in that book, of the Barham.

WEM made a kit in 1/700 of Warspite.

They appear to be kind of shallow affairs, maybe so she could ride in over the Heligoland Bight at low tide.

Or miss the Firth of Forth bridge.

A very lovely ship.

my current little ship project is curiously connected:

Here's Pietro and Paolo. Ready to go sink HMS Queen Elizabeth.

Italeri 1/35 Siluro Lenta Corsa "Maiale" (pig). The Decima Flottiglia had some brio.

I just love this kit. It was the most expensive cigar I've ever bought at $ 45.00, but what a fun build so far.

The booklets that Italeri now include are really well done, and the PE, clear styrene and detailed castings really make it.

bondo has it.

In the Tintin series of books by Herge, there's a ship that appears in several books. What is her name?