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MSW Naval Trivia Contest
#021
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Posted: Thursday, December 20, 2007 - 07:16 AM UTC
hello Mark,
the Japannese first used a mirror landing system on the IJN Hosho.i do not have a date when they did it,but it had to be before the end of WW2.
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Bruce
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Posted: Saturday, December 22, 2007 - 03:58 PM UTC
The answer to you question is: Rear Admiral John Adolphus Bernard Dahlgren, USN, (November 13, 1809 – July 12, 1870). I knew who he was, but for the life of me couldn't spell his name!
Jim
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Posted: Monday, December 24, 2007 - 12:49 PM UTC
Jim,
Yes, that is correct. I don't count off for spelling, I am they type of preson that causes spell check to work over time!
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Posted: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 - 07:59 AM UTC
hello James,
you are up for the next question.the 24 hour rule starts now.
cheers,
Bruce
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Posted: Monday, December 31, 2007 - 01:35 PM UTC
hello Jim,
James has not asked a new question.so you get another chance to a ask a question.i know it is the holidays,but i let him have 4 extra days to post his question.
so Jim,lets have it.
cheers,
Bruce
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Posted: Monday, December 31, 2007 - 04:33 PM UTC
Sorry about that, I knew that was going to cause a problem! Timing and all. Anyway, here's my question:
Sticking with the Rear Admiral Dahlgren theme, what ship is he standing on? Extra credit for the year of the photo & size of the gun!
Again, I appologize for the delay.
Jim
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Posted: Wednesday, January 02, 2008 - 12:39 AM UTC
Holy cow, I don't even think I know all of that. It will be interesting to try and track that down.
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Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 02:12 PM UTC
Is my question to specific? Should I withdraw it? Not even a guess?
Jim
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Posted: Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 07:20 PM UTC
I guess that would be about a 50 pounder gun onboard USS Pawnee, taken in about 1864.
Rick
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Posted: Friday, January 11, 2008 - 12:31 AM UTC
It was a good question, I just did not have time over the past few days to look it up. But I do think that Rick has it right.
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Posted: Friday, January 11, 2008 - 01:42 AM UTC
Rick,
You are correct, sir! You even got the extra credit correct.
TAG! You're it!
Jim
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Posted: Monday, January 14, 2008 - 12:40 PM UTC
Sorry to take so long. This was harder than I expected. Everything seems either too trivial or not trivial enough.
Q: What ship named her masts for the days of the week?
(Bonus: What ship named her gun turrets for the days of the week?)
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 12:39 AM UTC
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Sorry to take so long. This was harder than I expected. Everything seems either too trivial or not trivial enough.
Q: What ship named her masts for the days of the week?
(Bonus: What ship named her gun turrets for the days of the week?)
Ahoy Rick!
Here' s my stab at it...
The Great Eastern, the largest steamship in the world in the second half of the 19th century.
The bonus Q...
HMS Agincourt ( British Battleship, 1914-1924)
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 07:01 AM UTC
These things are always intersting, Gunny. You find answers you hadn't expected. It turns out that you are correct - Great Eastern had six masts, which they indeed named Monday through Saturday.
I had the schooner Thomas W Lawson in mind, with her seven masts.
And Agincout is most definitely the seven-turreted battleship.
Over to you -
Rick
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Posted: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 - 11:54 PM UTC
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These things are always intersting, Gunny. You find answers you hadn't expected. It turns out that you are correct - Great Eastern had six masts, which they indeed named Monday through Saturday.
I had the schooner Thomas W Lawson in mind, with her seven masts.
And Agincout is most definitely the seven-turreted battleship.
Over to you -
Rick
indeed, Rick!
Ok, I'm not going to make this very difficult, but do put on your thinking (or Google!) caps, mates...
"Give us the name of the WWI battleship turned over to the Russian Navy by agreement in 1947, as well as what she was named thereafter by the new owners...." "And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by..."
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 02:42 AM UTC
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These things are always intersting, Gunny. You find answers you hadn't expected. It turns out that you are correct - Great Eastern had six masts, which they indeed named Monday through Saturday.
I had the schooner Thomas W Lawson in mind, with her seven masts.
And Agincout is most definitely the seven-turreted battleship.
Over to you -
Rick
Very interesting indeed, Rick!
Ok, I'm not going to make this very difficult, but do put on your thinking (or Google!) caps, mates...
"Give us the name of the WWI battleship turned over to the Russian Navy by agreement in 1947, as well as what she was named thereafter by the new owners...."
You had to make this a hrad one. I'll track it down.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 04:29 AM UTC
HMS Royal Sovreign was turned over to the USSR and renamed Archangelesk.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 04:43 AM UTC
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HMS Royal Sovreign was turned over to the USSR and renamed Archangelesk.
Not quite, mate...another hint to get ya closer to the vessel in question........
Think
Ragu..............
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 04:53 AM UTC
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HMS Royal Sovreign was turned over to the USSR and renamed Archangelesk.
Not quite, mate...another hint to get ya closer to the vessel in question........
Think Ragu..............
I thought the Sovreign at first but the dates were off. Now Ragu has me thinking in a different direction.
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 06:26 AM UTC
It was the Italian Battleship, Giulio Cesare (Italian for Julius Caesar) Her Russian name was, Novorossiysk (Новороссийск).
Laid down: June 24, 1910
Launched: October 15, 1911
Commissioned: 1915
Decommissioned: 18 May 1928
Recommissioned: 1937
Struck: 1947
Status: Given to Soviet Navy, sunk 1955
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 06:29 AM UTC
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It was the Italian Battleship, Giulio Cesare (Italian for Julius Caesar)Novorossiysk (Новороссийск).
Laid down: June 24, 1910
Launched: October 15, 1911
Commissioned: 1915
Decommissioned: 18 May 1928
Recommissioned: 1937
Struck: 1947
Status: Given to Soviet Navy, sunk 1955
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_battleship_Giulio_Cesare
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Good work, mate...batter up!
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 07:20 AM UTC
OK, time to take off the gloves and get serious.
What is this and what is it given for?
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 03:54 PM UTC
It's a Joint Meritorious Unit Award/Commendation.
The Joint Meritorious Unit Award is the only ribbon award granted by the Department of Defense and is the organizational equivalent of the Defense Superior Service Medal. It is awarded to joint units or activities where the joint activity must either report through Unified, Combined, or Specified Command channels or pursue a joint mission under the cognizance of the Secretary of Defense; the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; the commander of a Unified, Specified or Combined Command that is also a joint command; or the Secretary of a military department that has been designated the Executive Agent for the Secretary of Defense.
Why? Do you have one?
Jim
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Posted: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 - 04:23 PM UTC
Jim,
Thats it.
Yes, we received one for our actions in the Red Sea. We were operating in a multi national force stopping ships heading to Jordon. We also had Coast Guard with us at the time. Our ship was the flag ship of the operation.
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Posted: Thursday, January 17, 2008 - 02:16 AM UTC
This might cause some "lively" debate, so here we go:
How many battleships (battleships, not battle crusiers) were sunk in World War II by naval gunfire?
Jim
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