Common Core 101: Naval History Flashcards
September 11, 2001
4 planes/2 WTC, 1 Pentagon, 1 Shanksville
19 hijackers
3000 victims
USS Forrestal
July 29, 1967
134 killed
$72 million in damage
electronic anomaly caused Zuni rocket to explode
USS Stark
May 17, 1987
First and only successful anti-ship missile attack
37 Sailors were killed; 21 were injured
USS Cole
October 12, 2000
Al-Qaeda terrorist suicide attack
Yemeni port of Aden
Battle of Midway
June 3-5, 1942
160 Japanese ships
3 US Carriers
turning point in WW2
Battle of Coral Sea
May 7-8, 1942
USA able to break Japanese Code
May 7, Japanese sank 2 minor ships
Pearl Harbor
December 7, 1941 2402 sailors killed 1282 wounded 188 aircraft destroyed 65 Japanese killed 1 captured 29 Japanese aircraft destroyed
Great White Fleet
December 16, 1907
Presence of Power
Battle of Normandy
June 6, 1944
Operation Overlord
D-Day
Guadalcanal
November 13-15, 1942
5 Sullivan brothers killed on USS Juneau along with 700 others.
Family member separation
Battle of Leyte Gulf
October 23, 1944
Final blow to Japanese Navy
USS Independence
LCS-2
Mission Modules
40 knots
3 ships at the inception of Navy
Ships-of-the-Line 64-100 Guns
Frigates 28-44 Guns
Sloops-of-War 10-20 Guns
Oldest Ship?
USS Constitution
1797
Naval Act of 1794
Navy’s Birthday
October 13, 1775
first ships named after Enlisted man?
USS Osmund Ingram
First enlisted sailor killed in WW1
DD255 launched February 28 1919
Gun Salutes
always in odd numbers and separated by 5 seconds 21 Guns President or heads of state, Washington's Birthday, Memorial Day, Independence Day 17 Admiral 15 Vice Admiral 13 RADM 11 Commodore
