US Warships

Question 1

USS CONSTITUTION NICKNAME?

Answer 1

OLD IRONSIDES

Question 2

USS CONSTITUTION WARS?

Answer 2

• flagship Quasi-War
• Barbery War
• War of 1812

Question 3

USS CONSTITUTION POEM

Answer 3

Old Ironsides by Oliver Wendell Holmes

Question 4

USS CHESPEAKE LAUNCH

Answer 4

1798-1799 Norfolk Naval Shipyard

Question 5

USS CHESAPEAKE NOTABLE SKIRMISH

Answer 5

British Leopard off Cape Henry in 1807 (which led to the duel between Commodores James Barron and Stephen Decatur), one of the causes of the War of 1812.

Question 6

USS CHESAPEAKE CAPTURE

Answer 6

She was captured off Boston in 1813 by the British frigate Shannon, on which occasion her commander, Captain James Lawrence, uttered his celebrated dying words, “Don’t give up the ship,” which have become a tradition in the U.S. Navy.

Question 7

BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE KEY AMERICAN SHIPS

Answer 7

USS Lawrence and USS Niagara Oliver Hazard Perry’s decisive victory over the British fleet in the Battle of Lake Erie on September 10, 1813 ensured American control of the Great Lakes during the War of 1812.

Question 8

PERRYS WORDS TO GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON

Answer 8

We have met the enemy and they are ours.

Question 9

Battle of Lake Erie Summary

Answer 9

In the battle, Perry’s flagship, the USS Lawrence, was severely damaged and four-fifths of her crew killed or wounded. Commodore Perry and a small contingent rowed a half-mile through heavy gunfire to another American ship, the USS Niagara. Boarding and taking command, he brought her into battle and soundly defeated the British fleet.

Question 10

What was USS NAUTILUS’ UNIQUE POWER SOURCE?

Answer 10

1st Nuclear Powered Sub