BMR-Ch5 Naval History

1. What two quotes tell you the reasons why you should know what happen in the past?

2. How can you avoid the mistakes made in the past?

3. By studying both the ________ and ________of the past, you can to plan for the future success.

4. What is an adventure story?

5. What term is the story of a person’s life?

6. What is the definition of naval history?

7. What year was the United States Navy formed?

8. How was the United States Navy formed?

9. Who authorized the purchasing of two vessels to form the United States Navy?

10. List the two reasons why navies are created.

11. How does the Navy become mature?

12. What did the American colonies depend on for their livelihood?

13. What was the American Navy sometime passed before?

14. What were the three major classes that naval vessels were grouped into?

15. List the three types of ships that were included in the Continental Navy.

16. What ships was small, fast, flexible, and flush-deck?

17. Which class of naval vessels is smaller and faster than the ship-of-the-line?

18. Which ship in the Continental Navy contained a 16-brig?

19. Which class of naval vessels were the battleships of the sailing days?

20. Which class of naval vessels were the cruisers of the 18th century?

21. What ship carried smooth bore cannons?

22. Which ship in the Continental Navy contained a 12-gun sloop?

23. Which class of naval vessels were the largest of all sailing warships?

24. Which class of naval vessels carried 28 to 44 guns of various sizes?

25. Which ships broke the British strangehold on main New England Harbors?

26. Which class of naval vessels carried 64 to over 100 guns of various sizes?

27. Which class of naval vessels were the small sailing warships?

28. What group of naval vessels captured enemy merchant ships as prizes of war?

29. Which ship in the Continental Navy was a loan from the French?

30. Which class of naval vessels carried 10 to 20 guns of various sizes?

31. List the two groups of authority that commissioned the privateers.

32. Which class of naval vessels didn’t come into existence until years later after the revolutionary war

33. What was the name of the first warfare submarine?

34. Who invented the first warfare submarine?

35. What year was the first warfare submarine created?

36. What did the first warfare submarine resemble?

37. What was the maximum speed of the first warfare submarine?

38. How long could the first warfare submarine stay down?

39. How many pounds of explosives was the first warfare submarine armed with?

40. What year was the first recorded instance of an antisubmarine attack?

41. The New Navy ordered in the last months of (year) ________.

42. Who was the New Navy ordered established by?

43. How many ships in total were constructed to build a fleet?

44. List the two types of ships that the fleet consists of.

45. How many frigates ships were constructed to build a fleet?

46. How many merchant ships were constructed to build a fleet?

47. List the two merchant ships that the fleet consists of.

49. Which merchant ships had the distinction of being the U.S. Navy’s first flagship?

50. Who was the first Commander-In-Chief to put the first squadron of the Continental Navy to sea?

51. When did the first Commander-In-Chief to put the first squadron of the Continental Navy to sea?

52. How many sailors and marines landed on New Providence Island in the Bahamas?

53. Who served as the first lieutenant aboard the USS Alfred?

54. What was the first amphibious operation carried out by the American Navy and Marines?

55. List the two ships that were bottled up in the port of New York.

56. How many years was the USS Trumbull bottled up?

57. Which ship was captured by the British and served in the revolution on the enemy’s side?

58. Who captured the USS Nancy while in Washington’s Navy?

59. Who was the skipper of the USS Providence?

60. What country was the first foreign power to recognize the government of the American colonies and

61. Which merchant ships is said to be the first U.S. Navy’s to hoist the flag of freedom?

62. Who hoisted the flag of freedom?

63. When was the American “Star and Stripes” Flag first officially recognized by a foreign nation?

64. List the three men that were among those who brought the battle to the British on their own waters.

65. Who was among the most daring commanders bringing the war to British waters?

66. Which ship was captured by the British and renamed the USS Iris?

67. Which American ship was officially recognized by France for their “star and stripes” flag”?

68. Who was the skipper of the USS Ranger?

69. What battle went down as one of the greatest naval battles in history?

70. What group harassed British shipping over the lengthy sea-lanes?

71. What was established at the end of the Revolutionary War?

72. How many ships was the Navy down to by 1783?

73. What ship was one of the first ships to be of a new design with a combination of firepower and class?

74. Who is considered the father of our highest naval traditions?

75. What president did the USS Constitution fulfilled the thoughts and dreams of?

76. List the two wars that the early U.S. Navy was involved in between America’s first two wars with Great

77. What war was entirely a naval war?

78. What war was fought to deal with the barbary states, who were forcing other nations to pay ransom

79. What lieutenant slipped into the harbor at Tripoli and burned the capture frigate, USS Philadelphia?

80. Who landed on British soil and raided Whitehaven, England?

81. Who established the Navy Department?

82. When did John Adams established the Navy Department?

83. What war fought over worsening diplomatic relations with France?

84. What act was described as one of the most boldest and daring acts of the age?

85. What war was brought on, in part, because the British were impressing American seamen?

86. What United State Ship earned the nickname “Old Ironsides” by defeating the British frigate Guerriere?

87. When did the USS Constitution defeat the British frigate Guerriere?

88. What victory convinced Congress and President Madison that a stronger Navy was needed?

89. What war was fought because of the refusal by the French to receive U.S. representatives unless a

90. What was the most important development in the surface Navy during the first half of the 19th century?

91. List the two hazards that steam promised to eliminate.

92. What began to replace wind as a means of propulsion?

93. The principles of steam were known for ___________.

94. Who successfully used steam to power a commercial steamboat?

95. Who created the steam engine?

96. During what war was the famous expression “millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute”

97. What was the first United States warship to use steam?

98. What name was the USS Demologos rechristened to?

99. What was the largest of America’s ship-of-the-line?

99. List the two first ocean-going, steam-driven capital ships.

100. What war was the baptism of fire for the United States Navy under the new constitution?

101. Name the first iron-hulled warship launched in 1843?

102. Who is referred to as the “father of the steam Navy”?

103. Name the first successful steamship launched in 1843?

104. What state was the 28th state to be admitted to the United States?

105. What type of war was a land war?

106. Name the first largest amphibious operation in U.S. military history?

107. List the two ironclad ships that were developed during the civil war.

108. What was known as the first true submarine attack in naval history??

109. What lieutenant demonstrated that submarines could be useful weapons of war?

110. What might be labeled as the Navy’s first aircraft carrier of the civil war days?

111. Who was the Navy’s first Admiral?

112. Who is considered the father of naval ordnance?

113. What ship new type of propeller eliminated the vulnerable paddle wheels?

114. What book became the bible on many navies?

115. Who wrote the book, The Influence of Sea Power upon History?

116. List the three types of ships that the U.S. Fleet consisted of by 1895.

117. List the two naval vessels that the first diesel engines were installed in.

118. What type of power was a major development in ship propulsion during the first haft of the 19th

119. What type of construction was an outstanding development of the second haft of the 19th century?

120. What was the advantage of building wooden ship opposed to iron ships?

121. What ship has been labeled as the first modern cruiser in the U.S.Fleet?

122. What was the first torpedo boat that joined the fleet?

123. What ship permitted the ship’s engine to be placed below decks?

124. Who proved that the nation controlling the oceans is the nation that maintains its supremacy?

125. What ship led the design of our present-day destroyers?

126. Who gave the famous order of “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead”?

127. The explosion of the USS Maine was the major reason for the start of the __________________war?

128. The explosion of the USS Maine was the major reason for the start of the Spanish-American war in

129. What became our battle cry of the Spanish-American War?

130. What one event stood out in the Spanish-American War?

131. Who seized Manila Bay?

132. Who’s order won the battle of mobile bay?

133. What submarine was accepted as the first operational submarine by the Navy?

134. List the first two battleships built in 1895.

135. What types of ships became submarine hunters?

136. Who was instrumental in quickly ending the Spanish-American War?

137. Who was the U.S. first OIC of aviation?

138. Who was the Navy’s first aviator?

139. What battleship was the first to use oil?

140. What types of ships was the main defense against German U-boats?

141. List the first destroyers to sink an enemy submarine?

142. What was the role of the Air Force during World War I?

143. Who became the Navy’s first ace?

144. What year was the nurse corps officially born?

145. Who was enrolled in the naval reserve as yeomen during World War I?

146. Who was the first pilot to fly the Atlantic?

147. Who was the first pilot to fly over both poles?

148. Name the first carrier designed from the heel up that joined the fleet?

149. What was one reason of the United States Navy entry in World War II in the Atlantic?

150. What was the first attack in history to be solely conducted from aircraft carriers?

151. What battle did the southern solomons come under allied control and Australia was in less danger

152. What battle was fought entirely with aircraft and the two fleets never saw each other?

153. What battle was the turning point of World War II in the Pacific Ocean?

154. What battle was the Japanese homeland cut off from its main source of supplies from the south?

155. What battle ended with the Japanese carrier forces short of ships, gas, and pilots?

156. What battle saved Australia from being invaded by the Japanese?

157. What battle forced the Japanese to retreat after 3 days of fighting?

158. What battle did the dive-bombers proved to be the downfall of Japanese carrier force?

159. What battle was the Japanese fleet paralyzed from heavy losses?

160. What battle was the deciding blow to the Japanese Navy?

161. List the two battles that signaled an approach to the end of the war by defeating the Japanese in both

162. Name the largest amphibious operation in history?

163. List the two devices that came into full use during World War II to help locate aircraft and submarines.

164. What destroyer escort ships called?

165. What were both radars and sonars initially used for by the English?

166. Who was sworn in to become the commander of the women’s reserve?

167. What act abolished the women’s reserve?

168. What type of power was the long-awaited propulsion source for the submarine?

169. List the two first nuclear powered guided missile cruisers that ended Operation Sea Orbit.

170. Name the first nuclear powered submarine put into the sea?

171. What device has become the most important of the submarine’s senses?

172. What war did Navy jets fly from carriers for the first time in a war situation?

173. Name the second nuclear powered submarine put into the sea?

174. How many complete crews that each Polaris submarine has?

175. List the two crews that each Polaris submarine consists of.

176. What act gave women full partnership in the Navy?

177. What type of power turned submersible surface ship into a true submarine?

178. What provide maximum on-station time for the Polaris submarine?

179. What was the endurance of the Polaris submarine limited to?

180. What types of naval vessels were followed by nuclear powered submarines?

181. What operation was an unreplenished cruise around-the-world?

182. Operation Sea Orbit was ____ days long.

183. How long is the oldest man-made satellite expected to remain aloft in orbit?

184. Name the first nuclear powered carrier that ended Operation Sea Orbit?

185. Who was the first man to set foot on the moon?

186. When was the first foot set on the moon?

187. List the three principal elements of the Trident Undersea Nuclear Weapon System.

188. Name the first deep diving vehicle that was used for undersea research?

189. Name the first nuclear powered, deep submergence research and ocean-engineering vehicle?

190. What weapon system was mated with nuclear propulsion?

191. What new weapon system was more effective that the Polaris weapon system?

192. Name the first undersea nuclear weapon system?

193. Name the first Trident submarine delivered to the Navy in 1981?

194. What war did the U.S. Navy escorted and protected oil tankers in transit to and from the Persian

195. What operation was perform to stem Iraq’s aggression from the invasion of Kuwait?

196. List the three contributions that were made by the U.S. Navy during Operation Dessert Storm.

197. When did the events leading to an increase number of U.S. Naval Units in the Persian Gulf begin?

198. How many years ago did the United States Navy begin?

199. What unit is the heart of today’s nuclear fleet?

200. What type of ship is the largest and fastest amphibious ship in the Navy?

201. Name the first LHA ship built in the Navy?

202. What is the general purpose of the assault ships?

203. What does tactical integrity means?

204. What class of destroyers are the Navy’s prime ASW destroyers?

205. What class of cruisers is the most recent addition to the surface fleet?

206. What class of destroyers is the most recent addition to the surface fleet?

207. What type of weapon system are the new destroyers and cruisers class ships outfitted with?