NAVAL HERITAGE

Question 1

NOVEMBER 14, 1910

Answer 1

1ST TAKE OFF FROM A SHIP- EUGENE,ELY A CIVILIAN PILOT FROM A WOODEN PLATFORM USS BIRMINGHAM

Question 2

MAY 8, 1911

Answer 2

CAPTAIN W. I. CHAMBERS DEMANDED TWO GLEEN CURTIS BIPLANES. THE AIRPLANES WERE PURCHASED FOR 5,500 EACH AND BECAME THE NAVY 1ST AIRCRAFT (A-1 TRIAD) MAY 8TH IS THE BDAY OF NAVY AVIATION. THE WRIGHT BROTHERS SOLD THE NAVY AN AIRCRAFT. WRIGHT BROTHERS AND CURTIS AGREED TO TRAIN A PILOT AND MECHANIC

Question 3

JUNE 20, 1913

Answer 3

ENSUNG WILLIAM D. BILLINGSLEY, PILOTING THE B-2 AT 1,600 FEET OVER THE WATER. HE WAS THROWN FROM THE PLANE. THE 1ST FATALITY OF NAVAL AVIATION. LIEUTENANT JOHN H TOWERS, FELL BUT SURVIVED

Question 4

OCT 22, 1917

Answer 4

SPEC. COURSES ADDED TO TRAIN MEN AS INSPECTORS WHERE ADDED TO THE GROUND SCHOOL PROGRAM AT MIT WITH 14 ENROLLED. ESTABLISHED AS AN INSPECTRO SCHOOL. THIS PROGRAM WAS EXPANDING OF THE AERONATUTICAL MATERIAL BY PRODUCING 58 MOTOR AND 114 AIRPLANES INSPECTORS BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR BECOMING THE PREDECESSORS OF QAR

Question 5

MARCH 20 1922

Answer 5

JUPITER, A FORMER COLLIER OR CORAL CARRIER WAS RECOMMISIONED AFTER CONVERSION TO NAVY 1ST CARRIER USS LANGLEY (CV-1)

Question 6

MARCH 10 1948

Answer 6

FJ-1 FURRY, THE 1ST NAVY JETS MADE ITS FIRST CARRIER LANDING ON THE USS BOXER (CV-1)

Question 7

CORAL SEA 7-8 MAY 1942

Answer 7

THANKS TO THE BREAKING OF THE JAPANESE NAVY CODE, THE U.S WAS ALERTED TO A LARGE JAPANESE FORCE MOVING TO CORAL SEA TO SEIZE PORT ON THE SOUTH WEST COAST OF NEW GUINEA. IT WAS TO BE THE 1ST OF STEP OF A PLANNED INVASION OF AUSTRALIA. THE JAPANESE OPERTATION CENTERED AROUND THREE AIRCRAFT CARRIERS AND DOZEN OF TROOPSNTRANSPORTS, BUT AMERICANS MET THEM WITH 2 CARRIERS OF THEIR OWN. ON MAY 7 THE JAP PLANE SNAK TWO MINOR SHIPS WHILE US PLANES SANK ALL ISOLATED ENEMY CARRIERS. THE NEXT DYA BOTH SIDES LAUNCHEDS ALL PLANE. THE 1ST CARRIER VS CARRIER BATTLE 1 JAPANESE CARRIER WAS DAMAGED. THE U.S LEXINGTON SUNK . THE YORKTOWN DAMAGED. BOTH SIDED WITH DREW.

Question 8

MIDWAY 3-5 JUNE 1942

Answer 8

MIDWAY WAS THE TURNING POINT OF THE PACIFIC WAR. A HUGE ARMADA OF 160 JAPANESE SHIPS WAS INVOLVED. THE US HAD 3 HAD 3 CARRIERS AND NO BATTLE SHIPS. THE US PLANES HEADED DOE THE ENEMY CARRIERS THE US CREW FINALLY GOT THROUGH AND SANK 3 JAPANESE CARRIERS. IN ONE DAY JAPAN LOST ITS BID CONTROL OF THE PACIFIC

Question 9

GUADALCANAL 13-15 NOVEMBER 1942

Answer 9

AFTER 3 DAYS OF FIGHTING. THE JAPAN NAVAL FORCES RETREATED AND THE US MARINES WERE ABLE TO SECURE GUADALCANAL. JAPAN LOST 2 CRUISERS AND 6 DESTROYERS. THE USS JUNEAU WAS INVOLVED IN BATTLE. THE NAVY POLICY WAS TO PLACE DIFFERENT BRO’S ON DIFF. SHIPS BUT THE 5 SULLIVAN BROS FROM IOWA INSISTED ON STAYING TOGETHER. THIS SHIP WAS DESTROYED WITH 700 CREW MEMBERS AND BECAUSE OF THIS NAVY POLICY OF OF FAMILY SEPERATION WAS REINSTATED.