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BMR Chapter 5 - Naval History Flashcards

1
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When is the Navy Birthday?

A

13 October 1775

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2
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What were the the three major classes of ships in the late 1700s?

A

Ships of the line
Frigates
Sloops of War

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What vessel was a small, fast, flexible slush deck ship that carried smooth bore cannon, and was typical of “fleet” Privateers?

A

Schooners

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4
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What was the first Untied States Submarine?

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the Trutle

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5
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Who built the first United States Submarine?

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David Bushnell

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What is the first U.S. Navel Vessel on which the “Flag of Freedom” was hoisted?

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USS Alfred - hoisted by John Paul Jones

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Who was the first Commander in Chief?

A

Esek Hopkins

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What was the first amphibious operation carried out by the American Navy and Marines?

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Hopkins raid on New Providence Island

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When was the Navy’s first official recognition by a foreign nation?

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14 February 1778 - John Paul Jones sailed into Quiberon Bay, France in the USS Ranger

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10
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What year was the navy disbanded?

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1785

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When did navy get re-established?

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1794

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What year did John Adams establish the Navy Department?

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1798

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13
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What were the two wars between the Revolutionary War?

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Quasi war with France

Barbary States War

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Who led the raid to burn the captured USS Philadelphia during the Barbary Wars?

A

LT Stephen Decartur

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When did the USS Constitution earn it’s nickname Old Ironsides?

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when it defeated the British Frigate Guerriere 19 Aug 1812

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16
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Who was the Captain of the USS Constitution when it defeated the British Frigate Guerriere?

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Captain Isaac Hull

17
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Who wrote the dispatch “We have met the enemy and they are ours”?

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Captain Oliver Hazard Perry after defeating the British Squadron on Lake Erie

18
Q

What was the Navy’s first ship to use steam?

A

USS Demologos - rechristened into the USS Fulton

19
Q

What was the Navy’s first Iron-hulled warship?

A

USS Michigan

20
Q

Who proved conclusively that Antarctica was a continent?

A

LT Charles Wilkes - 1840

21
Q

In what conflict did the first large-scale amphibious operation in US Military history occur??

A

Mexican-American War - landing at Vera Cruz

22
Q

Who signed the treaty with Japan March 31, 1854, opening Japan’s ports to American trade?

A

Commodore Mathew C. Perry

23
Q

What was the first true submarine attack in naval history?

A

when the CSS Hunley attacked the USS Housatonic

24
Q

Who is considered the Navy’s first Admiral?

A

David Farragut

25
Q

Who said “Damn the torpedoes! full speed ahead!”

A

David Farragut

26
Q

Who wrote the book The Influence of Sea Power Upon History?

A

Alfred T. Mahan - one of the first instructors at the Naval War College

27
Q

What is ship was labeled the first modern cruiser in the U.S. Fleet?

A

USS Newark

28
Q

What was the battle cry for the Spanish-American war?

A

Remember the Maine

29
Q

What were the first two battleships?

A

USS Texas and the USS Maine

30
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Who was the Navy’s first aviator?

A

LT T.G. Ellyson

31
Q

What was the first ship to use oil?

A

USS Nevada

32
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Who reached the North Pole 6 April 1909?

A

Commander Robert E. Peary and Mathew Henson

33
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What was the first carrier designed from the keel up?

A

USS Ranger

34
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What is considered the turning point of the war in the Pacific?

A

Battle of Midway

35
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What is the largest amphibious operation in history?

A

Normandy

36
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Aboard what ship were the Japanese Surrender Documents signed?

A

USS Missouri

37
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What was the first nuclear submarine?

A

USS Nautilus

HM Advancement - Blakeslee (52 decks)

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