Naval Heritage Flashcards
WHAT ARE THE 3 MAJOR CLASSES OF WARSHIPS THAT EXISTED WHEN OUR NAVY WAS FOUNDED
SHIPS OF THE LINE, FRIGATES, AND SLOOPS OF WAR
HOW MANY GUNS DID SHIPS OF THE LINE HAVE
64-100
HOW MANY GUNS DID FRIGATES CARRY
28-44
HOW MANY GUNS DID A SLOOP OF WAR CARRY
10-20 GUNS
WHAT IS THE OLDEST COMMISSIONED VESSEL
USS CONSTITUTION
WHAT IS THE NAVYS BIRTHDAY
13 OCT 1775
WHAT WAS THE FIRST NAVY SHIP NAMED AFTER AN ENLISTED MANB
THE USS OSMOND INGRAM
WHAT IS THE FLY AND HOIST OF A FLAG
FLY: THE LENGTH OF THE FLAG
HOIST: THE WIDTH OF A FLAG
VOYAGE OF THE GREAT WHITE FLEET
16 DECEMBER 1907: ROUND THE WORLD VOYAGE IN PEACE TIME WHITE COLOR SCHEME. HELPED ESTABLISH THE US AS A MAJOR NAVAL POWER
PEARL HARBOR
DEC 7, 1941
BATTLE OF THE CORAL SEA
7-8 MAY 1942 WE BROKE THE JAP CODE, AND PWNED THEM, AND IT WAS THE FIRST CARRIER-ON-CARRIER BATTLE
NORMANDY
JUNE 6, 1944
MIDWAY
3-5 JUNE 1942, TURNING POINT OF THE WAR IN THE PACIFIC. WE INTERCEPTED A JAP MESSAGE AND WE SANK 4 JAP CARRIERS, A HEAVY CRUIAWE
GUADALCANAL
13-15 NOVEMBER 1942, THIS IS WHERE THE SULLIVAN BROTHERS WERE KILLED ON THE USS JUNEAU
BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF
23 OCT 1944, OVERWHELMING US VICTORY, WE SECURED THE PHILLIPINES
HOW MANY USS INDEPENDENCE SHIPS HAVE THERE BEEN
5
USS FORRESTAL
JULY 29, 1967
USS STARK
MAY 1987, IRAQI/IRAN WAR, IRAQI JET ACCIDENTLY FIRED ON THE SHIP, KILLING 37 SAILORS
USS COLE
OCT 12, 2000