102 Heritage and Doctrine

Question 1

Six Areas of Naval Doctrine

Answer 1

(COWLIP)
Naval Command and Control
Naval Operations
Naval Warfare
Naval Logistics
Naval Intelligence
Naval Planning

Question 2

Seven Principles of Naval Logistics

Answer 2

(FEARSSS)

1. Flexibility
2. Economy
3. Attainability
4. Responsiveness
5. Simplicity
6. Sustainability
7. Survivability

Question 3

First Navy ship named after an enlisted man.

Answer 3

Osmond Ingram (DD255)
First enlisted man killed in action in WWI.  Lost when DD 43 Cassin was torpedoed in October 1917.

Question 4

Birthday of the US NAVY

Answer 4

13 OCTOBER 1775

Question 5

Three classes of naval vessels during inception of the U.S. Navy

Answer 5

Ships of the line -battle ships carried 64-100 guns
Sloops of war - Small sailing warships; 10-20 guns
Frigates - cruisers; carried 28-44 guns

Question 6

Battle of Coral Sea

Answer 6

7-8 May 1942

1. Broke the Japanese Navy code.
2. First Carrier to Carrier battle and aircrafts passed each other unseen
3. USS Lexington was sunk (carrier)
4. Strategic set-back for the Japanese

Question 7

Voyage of the Great White Fleet

Answer 7

December 16, 1907

Demonstrated the strength of the U.S. Navy

Question 8

Battle of Normandy

Answer 8

June 6, 1944 D-Day

1. Largest Amphibious operation in history.

Question 9

Midway

Answer 9

3-5 June 1942

1. Turning point of the Pacific war.
2. 4 Japanese carriers were sunk to 1 US carrier (Yorktown)

Question 10

Battle of Leyte Gulf

Answer 10

October 23, 1944

1. Final blow to the Japanese Navy
2. Japanese plan to salvage the Philippines backfired.
3. Loss of the Philippines severed their empire and their main source of supply from the south was cut off.

Question 11

Mercury 3

Answer 11

05 May 1961
First Manned Spaceflight.
Alan B. Shepard

Question 12

Gemini 3

Answer 12

23 Mar 1965

1. First U.S. two-man space mission
2. 3 Earth Orbits; John W. Young

Question 13

Apollo 11

Answer 13

16-24 JUL 1969
First manned lunar landing
1. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin

Question 14

Apollo 17

Answer 14

07-19 DEC 1972

1. Seventh and final lunar landing mission
2. Eugene A. Cernan and Ronald E. Evans

Question 15

STS-1

Answer 15

12-14 APR 1981
First orbital test flight of Space Shuttle.
All Navy crew

Question 16

The On-the-Roof Gang

Answer 16

1. 176 enlisted radio operators
2. Trained to intercept and analyze foreign radio communications
3. Cornerstone of Naval Cryptology.

Question 17

The Purple Code

Answer 17

1. Broke the purple code September 1940

2. Genevieve Grotjan

Question 18

The Battle of Midway

Answer 18

Cryptology allowed us to anticipate Admiral Yamamoto’s next move. (Broke the purple code)

Question 19

USS Liberty

Answer 19

June 8, 1967
Attacked by Israeli Air Force jet fighter aircraft and motor torpedo boats
Claims USS Liberty attack was not a mistake (Israeli claims identity confusion)
Only maritime incident that was never investigated by the U.S. Congress

Question 20

USS Pueblo

Answer 20

American ELINT and SIGINT Banner-class technical research ship (Navy Intelligence.
Boarded and captured by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on January 23, 1968.
Still remains a commissioned vessel held by the DPRK