NAVAL HISTORY

Question 1

14 NOVEMBER 1910

Answer 1

FIRST TAKE-OFF FROM A SHIP- PILOTED BY EUGEN ELY. TOOK OFF IN 50 HP CURTISS PLANE FROM USS BIRMINGHAM.

Question 2

8 MAY 1911

Answer 2

CAPTAIN W.I. CHAMBERS PREPARED REQUISITIONS OF TWO CURTISS BIPLANES. 5,500 EACH. NAVAL AVAIATION’S BIRTHDAY.

Question 3

20 JUNE 1913

Answer 3

ENSIGN WILLIAM BILLINGSLEY, PILOTING THE B-2 AT 1,600 FEET OVER WATER NEAR ANNAPOLIS, MD., FELL TO HIS DEATH. FIRST FATALITY OF NAVAL AVIATION. LT.TOWERS WAS ALSO IN PLANE, BUT CLUNG TO IT, RECIEVED SERIOUS INJURIES.

Question 4

22 OCTOBER 1917

Answer 4

COURSES TO TRAIN MEN AS INSPECTORS WERE ADDED TO THE GROUND SCHOOL PROGRAM AT MIT WITH 14 MN ENROLLED.EVENTULLY BECAME INSPECTOR SCHOOL. MET THE NEED FOR QUALIFIED AERONAUTICAL INSPECTORS. PRODUCED 58 MOTOR AND 114 AIRPLANE INSPECTORS BEFORE THE END OF THE WAR. PREDESSORS OF QARS.

Question 5

20 MARCH 1922

Answer 5

THE JUPITER, A FORMER COLLIER OR COAL-CARRIER, WAS RE-COMMISIONED AFTER CONVERSION TO THE NAVY’S FIRST CARRIER, THE USS LANGLEY.

Question 6

10 MARCH 1948

Answer 6

FJ-1 FURY, THE FIRST NAVT JET MADE ITS FIRST CARRIER LANDING ON THE USS BOXER (CV 21).

Question 7

7-8 MAY 1942

Answer 7

CORAL SEA. LEXINGTON WAS SUNK, YORKTOWN DAMAGED. VICTORY FOR THE JAPS.

Question 8

3-5 JUNE 1942

Answer 8

MIDWAY. TURNING POINT OF PACIFIC WAR. US SANK THREE JAPANESE CARRIERS.

Question 9

13-15 NOVEMBER 1942

Answer 9

U.S. MARINES SECURED ISLAND. JAPS LOST 2 CRUISERS AND 6 DESTROYERS. THE USS JUNEAU WAS SANK. ALL FIVE SULLIVAN BROTHERS DIED.