LASSEN TRIVIA

Question 1

LASSEN’s Motto

Answer 1

From Courage, Life

Question 2

LASSEN’s Construction started:

Answer 2

August 24, 1998

Question 3

LASSEN’s Commissioned:

Answer 3

21 April 2001

Question 4

Lassen was launched:

Answer 4

October 16, 1999

Question 5

LASSEN’s length

Answer 5

509’ 6”

Question 6

Lassen’s Beam

Answer 6

66’

Question 7

LASSEN’s Draft

Answer 7

Draft: 31 ft (9.4 m)

Question 8

The keel was laid down on _____, at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, _____

Answer 8

The keel was laid down on August 24, 1998, at Ingalls Shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi

Question 9

USS Lassen is the 32nd ship of the Arleigh Burke class and was commissioned in April 2001. The ship is named in honor of.

Answer 9

Medal of Honor recipient Clyde Lassen, who was recognized for his actions as a naval aviator during Vietnam

Question 10

The first USS LASSEN

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The first USS Lassen (AP-3)(ammunition ship), named after a peak in the Lassen Volcanic National Park, Calif., originally named the Shooting Star

Question 11

What class is the Lassen?

Answer 11

USS Lassen (DDG-82) is a Flight IIA Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer

Question 12

Who was Clyde Everett?

Answer 12

On June 19, 1968, Lassen, then a 26-year-old Lieutenant, junior grade flying a UH-2A Seasprite of HC-7 (assigned to the USS Preble), embarked on a mission to recover two downed Naval Aviators (from VF-33, off the USS America) whose F-4J plane had been shot down on a night interdiction mission deep inside North Vietnam. Upon reaching the hilly terrain where the aviators were hiding, Lassen made several attempts to recover the aviators, but dense tree cover, enemy weapons fire and intermittent illumination frustrated his efforts. Lassen turned on the landing lights of the helicopter, despite the danger of revealing his position to the enemy. After the pilots made their way to the helicopter and with his bullet-riddled helicopter dangerously low on fuel, Lassen evaded further antiaircraft fire before landing safely at sea on board the USS Jouett with only five minutes of fuel left in the helicopter’s fuel lines. The account of the rescue was logged as a successful, routine search and rescue mission.

(MOH 01/16/69) LT Lassen became the first Naval Aviator and fifth Navy man to be awarded the Medal of Honor (MOH) for bravery in Southeast Asia (SEA)/Vietnam. He was also only one of three Naval Aviators to be awarded the MOH in SEA (along with CAPT Michael J. Estocin, and RADM James Stockdale), and the only rotary wing Naval Aviator to be awarded the MOH in SEA.

Question 13

Lassen’s Displacement:

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9,200 tons

Question 14

All LASSEN’s weapons

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1 × 32 cell, 1 × 64 cell Mk 41 vertical launch systems, 96 × RIM-66 SM-2, BGM-109 Tomahawk or RUM-139 VL-Asroc, missiles
1 × 5″/62 (127mm/62)
2 × 25 mm
4 × 12.7 mm guns
2 × Phalanx CIWS
2 × Mk 32 triple torpedo tubes[1]
Aircraft carried: 2 × SH-60 Sea Hawk helicopters

Question 15

1st General Order

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1. To take charge of this post and all government property in view.

Question 16

2nd General Order

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2. To walk my post in a military manner, keeping always on the alert and observing everything that takes place within sight or hearing.

Question 17

3rd General Order

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3. To report all violations of orders I am instructed to enforce.

Question 18

4th General Order

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4. To repeat all calls from posts more distant from the guard house than my own.

Question 19

5th General Order

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5. To quit my post only when properly relieved.

Question 20

6th General Order

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6. To receive, obey and pass on to the sentry who relieves me, all orders from the Commanding Officer, Command Duty Officer, Officer of the Deck, and Officers and Petty Officers of the Watch only.

Question 21

7th General Order

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7. To talk to no one except in the line of duty.

Question 22

8th General Order

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9. To call the petty officer of the watch in any case not covered by instructions.

Question 23

10th General Order

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10. To salute all officers and all colors and standards not cased.

Question 24

11th General Order

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11. To be especially watchful at night, and during the time for challenging, to challenge all persons on or near my post, and to allow no one to pass without proper authority.

Question 25

When was Lt Clyde awarded the MOH

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President Lyndon Johnson congratulates Lieutenant Clyde Everett Lassen on the award of the Medal of Honor, 16 January 1969.

Question 26

Established when the Continental Congress saw a need to defend their seas from the British

Answer 26

Oct 13, 1775

Question 27

First US Navy Victory

Answer 27

Sep 23, 1779 John Paul Jones lead the U.S. Navy to its first victory

Question 28

On Oct. 13, 1775, a resolution by the Continental Congress established the foundation for what is now the United States Navy: “a swift sailing vessel, to carry ten carriage guns, and a proportional number of swivels, with eighty men, be fitted, with all possible dispatch, for a cruise of three months.”
Number of Navy years?

Answer 28

Happy 248th Birthday, U.S. Navy!

Question 29

This year’s theme is “248 Years of

Answer 29

Power, Presence, and Protection”

Question 30

Year of the official authorization of the Navy

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1798

Question 32

3M types of maintenance

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The three types of maintenance are:

1. Corrective Maintenance: Fixing equipment after it fails.
2. Preventive Maintenance: Scheduled maintenance to prevent failures.
3. Predictive Maintenance: Using data to predict when maintenance is needed.

Question 33

MACH takedown

Answer 33

Mechanical Advantage Control Hold

Question 34

5 Stages of fire

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• Incipient
• Growth
• Flash Over
• Fully Developed
• Decay

Question 35

Way to inform running out of air

Answer 35

3 tugs

Question 36

Navy career interests

Answer 36

BOL -> JOIN

Question 37

Tool to generate resumes

Answer 37

MIL GEARS

Question 38

What is OPSEC?

Answer 38

Operation Security: CUI protection (Critical Unclassified Info)

Question 39

CAS

Answer 39

Collaboration at Sea