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The United States Navy

Can you guess these facts about the U.S. Navy and its history?
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Last updated: August 21, 2022
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First submittedAugust 21, 2022
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The U.S. Navy has 11 of this type of ship, equal to all other countries combined
Aircraft carrier
President who served in the Navy, commanding PT-109
John F. Kennedy
Blockbuster 1986 film about a school for Navy aviators
Top Gun
Virginia-class vessels are this type of ship
Submarine
Navy unit that killed Osama Bin Laden
SEAL Team Six
What John Paul Jones supposedly said in 1779 when the British asked
him to surrender
I have not yet
begun to fight!
Place in Hawaii where the Pacific Fleet is based
Pearl Harbor
City in Virginia home to the Atlantic Fleet
Norfolk
Famous 1942 victory over the Japanese, called the turning point of the Pacific Theater
Battle of Midway
Nickname of the USS Constitution, the world's oldest ship still afloat
Old Ironsides
Lowest rank of commissioned officer in the Navy (hint: starts with E)
Ensign
First ironclad ship in the U.S. Navy - it battled the Merrimack during the Civil War
USS Monitor
Nickname of the U.S. fleet which traveled around the world from 1907–1909
to display American naval power
Great White Fleet
Name one of the five star admirals from WWII
William Leahy |
Ernest King |
Chester Nimitz |
William Halsey Jr.
City in Maryland home to the U.S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Official fight song of the Naval Academy, composed in 1906
Anchors Aweigh
Country that was forcibly opened to world trade in 1854 in part because of
Commodore Matthew Perry
Japan
Name one of the two Presidents to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Theodore Roosevelt |
Franklin D. Roosevelt
cornflakesfu
+8
Level 86
Aug 21, 2022
Interesting contrast to the "Great White Fleet"--the ships that Perry sailed to Japan were famously known to the Japanese as the "black ships" (kurofune).
rabble
+1
Level 66
Oct 27, 2022
Same thought.

Tough stats; minus 2, 3 points, beat 75% of people :/

Wouldn't have given the clue, 'starts with E'

Fun quiz, ty.

buck1017
+3
Level 77
Aug 22, 2022
I admit that i'm a bit clueless with military terminology, but when the Bin Laden clue is asking for the specific unit, shouldn't we have to give more than just "seal"?
tbolt
+5
Level 76
Aug 22, 2022
They are called Navy Seals so seals should ok, IMO
Jacktheguy
+3
Level 89
Oct 27, 2022
My grandfather served in the Navy. I wonder how well he'd do on this quiz.
Deru
+2
Level 37
Oct 27, 2022
No.
OregonMike
+1
Level 58
Apr 6, 2024
submarines are boats, not ships
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