Ship Trivia Quiz

One Arm.

Both.

I think up through DDG-14 Buchanan there was 1, after that 2 plus all sorts of Tomahawk tests etc.

GMorrison, it is 2 arms then 1. your turn.

USS CHARLES F. ADAMS (DD-952 / DDG-2) www.navsource.org/.../05010201.jpg

USS BERKELEY (DDG-15)  www.navsource.org/.../05011570.jpg

SSN-571 depended on an early generation INS (Internal Navigation System) in order to transit the Polar ice cap and pass directly below the geographic North Pole, as did SSN-578 a week later. That system, the North American Aviation N6-derived N6A-1, was suitable because of this rather pragmatic requirement.

The crew relied on the technology of the North American Aviation N6A-1 Inertial Navigation System, a naval modification of the N6A used in the Navaho cruise missile, to navigate at the extreme latitudes without surfacing.

www.edn.com/.../Submarine-crosses-under-North-Pole-for-1st-time--August-3--1958

I hate to be the guy who says "not what I had in mind",

but...

That problem you identify is true but a little too sophisticated and follows the question too closely.

This was a much more simple and physical problem.

can't see the stars or sun from under the ice to know where their location is.

In addition, when at the North Pole, all the compasses would be going nuts because everywhere the boat pointed, it would be pointing south. Finding the correct longitude would be nearly impossible.

True enough. They set a bearing due south from the stern of the boat for a full twenty four hours before they estimated arrival at 90 N.

So the magnetic compasses were useless, the gyro compass only slightly less so, no way to shoot the stars, no LORAN.

The INS was absolutely key.

I'll try to rephrase my question to get the answer I had in mind.

Given all of the challenges to navigation, an INS system was installed in the boat, and a couple of North American guys came along for the ride to care for and feed it. This INS was originally developed for the Navaho cruise missile. What was the physical factor that made this INS most suitable for installation in Nautilus?

I am going to suppose, since I cannot find anything else on the subject, that it was small enough to fit through the hatch. Tough one, George.

Lee

Yes that was an important consideration. It had to fit down the hatch!

Over to you, Lee

OK, what is a rain locker?

a shower. www.urbandictionary.com/define.php

It's all yours, ddp.

what happened on 18-19 December 1944?

U-737 sunk in accidental collision with depot ship MRS-25?

nope, wrong ocean.

Task Force 58 was severely damaged by a typhoon in the Philippine Sea. Three destroyers capsized and sank, 146 aircraft destroyed and 790 men lost.

yes, your turn.

Which future POTUS was there?

George H W Bush

Not as far as I know. San Jacinto was there, but I am certain HW had been reassigned to teach flight school in Norfolk at that time. Correct me if I'm wrong, however another future POTUS was.

I'll go with Jimmy Carter for the block.

No, he was commissioned in 1946.

Gerald R. Ford in USS Monterey.

Thats the one. Monterey suffered a catastrophic av gas fire during the storm, but Jerry was involved in the heroic fire fighting effort that saved her.

Your turn, Ranger Boy.

BUMP

Boy-Oh-Boy! Did I ever drop the ball?! 

Sorry, sorry everyone....

Had a major computer crisis that get resolved this morning I Thanks for waiting for me, I wouldn't have.

Anyway, to get back to the quiz;

If you were to sashay up to the fo'csl of a US Navy ship while at sea, and spotted a young sailor in full foul weather gear (and I didn't specify what the weather conditions are, either), with a sound powered  phone around his neck and over his ears, peering through binoculars while scanning the horizon, and a boat hook at the ready. What would you say his duty was?

This is a fast toss up to get this floundering quiz back in gear.

Could it be a fog watch ? tankerbuilder

No, this person is doing something else.