U.S. Navy

Answer: General Quarters

'General Quarters, all hands man your battle stations' aka something big is about to happen, you'd better drop whatever you're doing and get to your space or you're in BIG TROUBLE!

Answer: Six

Although 8 officers and 7 planes make it to every show, there are only 6 that perform. The extra plane is for the number 7 (Narrator)and 8 (Events Coordinator).

Answer: Thomas Jefferson

CVN-71: Theodore Roosevelt; CVN-72: Abraham Lincoln; CVN-73: George Washington

Answer: North American B-25 Mitchell

Following the repudiation of the Washington and London Naval Treaties, the US Navy put in place plans for a third Yorktown-class aircraft carrier. USS Hornet was commissioned on 20 October 1941 as the final US aircraft carrier commissioned before the United States entered the Second World War. The ship was initially commissioned at Norfolk and was undertaking shakedown and carrier qualifications when Pearl Harbor was attacked less than two months after the ship entered service. As a result, it was determined that Hornet would be required as soon as possible to reinforce the Pacific Fleet, which led to her training programme being accelerated.

In February 1942, a pair of B-25 Mitchell medium bombers were loaded aboard Hornet before departing on a training mission off the coast of Virginia. While at sea, the two land-based aircraft were then successfully launched from Hornet's deck. No explanation was forthcoming to the ship's company, who then sailed for the Pacific on 4 March. Arriving in San Francisco on 20 March, Hornet's own aircraft were stored in the ship's hanger, and 16 B-25s were loaded onto her flight deck. Hornet departed on 2 April on a secret mission to undertake a bombing mission of Japan. The so-called "Doolittle Raid", named for the commanding officer of the B-25 squadron, took place when the B-25s were successfully launched from Hornet on 18 April and dropped bombs on Tokyo, the first time since the the attack on Pearl Harbor that the US had attack the Japanese home islands.

Answer: Operation Sho

The Battle of Leyte Gulf was fought over 100,000 miles of ocean between October 23-26, 1944. The Japanese Navy lost its remaining capital ships and was left as no longer an effective force.

Answer: Charleston, SC

The unconditional surrender by General Lincoln to British General Henry Clinton was America's worst defeat of the Revolutionary War. The frigates USS Boston, USS Providence and USS Ranger were captured.

Answer: Carrier escort duties

Since the German Deutschlands were out of action before the Alaskas were commissioned, and the Japanese B-65 cruisers were never built, the Alaskas served as fast carrier escorts and performed shore bombardment duties in the Pacific for their entire careers.

Answer: They had a main armament of 8-inch guns

Unique among American aircraft carriers, both Lexington and Saratoga were armed with eight 8-inch guns in four twin turrets.

Answer: USS Texas

One definition for hoodoo is something that brings bad luck. Old Hoodoo thus seems a fitting nickname for USS Texas as her crew thought she was a jinxed ship. The start of her construction was delayed due to questions being raised in her design over stability and the ship's characteristics. Either these were ignored or the design was changed by the time construction finally began. Yet while this would certainly be little to no reason to believe the ship was jinxed, discoveries while the ship was in dry dock after her sea trials probably helped with the belief she was jinxed. At this time it was discovered there were structural defects in the Texas, with floors having buckled and cracks in the cement at her keel being discovered. Though these defects were corrected, a Board of Survey was formed to determine just how structurally sound she was and what improvements could be made to fix potential structural defects.

Following improvements made to the ship's hull the next event that no doubt helped lead to the belief that Texas was jinxed came in September 1896 when she ran aground off Newport, Rhode Island. A combination of operator error and signal failure were determined to be the cause of her running aground, leading to a number of her officers being reprimanded. This event would require Texas to undergo repairs and while undergoing these repairs in New York that November water pressure would unseat the main injection valve. This caused the compartment to flood. Leaks in the water tight doors combined with the voice pipes and holes for electrical cables would allow the rising water to spread to other compartments, causing Texas to sink. Thankfully she had sunk in shallow water and was able to be raised and moved to dry dock to undergo repairs.

The crew's next reason for believing she was jinxed would come in February 1897 in Galveston, Texas. While at berth a strong tide forced her into a mud bank. Texas stuck fast and was unable to pull herself free. Nor could a Revenue steamer help her escape. She had to wait until the following day for a tug to pull her out of the mud. These various strokes of bad luck caused the crew to call her Old Hoodoo.

Answer: Sable and Wolverine

These training carriers were converted single-wheel paddle boats without hanger decks or elevators. These two platforms were responsible for training thousands of naval aviators on carrier landings and take-offs. These training ships were not given standard USS designators, but were identified using a "X" for training.

Answer: Enforce United Nations sanctions against Iraq

During the aftermath of this disaster, the United States Navy reconsidered their rules of engagement. These rules prevented the USS Cole's guards from firing upon the small boat until it fired at them. However, the guards had no way of knowing the craft was a suicide vessel. They may have gotten into larger trouble harming foreigners in the craft than losing seventeen American sailors.

Answer: I'll find out, sir.

This response is often followed up with "And report back, sir." This is a risk, however, as upper-class tend to get mad if the plebe doesn't actually get back to them with the right answer.

Answer: USS Cole DDG-67

The terrorist attack on USS Cole killed 17 sailors and injured 42 more. Interestingly, charges have been dropped by the U.S. government against the Saudi man who was accused of masterminding the bombing.

Answer: Goatlocker

The term is believed to originate in the early sailing years, when livestock was kept aboard ship to provide fresh milk, meat and eggs.

Answer: 1

No F-14's were lost to air-to-air threats. However, during Desert Storm, one Tomcat was downed by a possible SA-2 surface-to-air missile. The pilot was rescued the following day but the RIO was captured and held until the end of the conflict.

Answer: USS Massachusetts (BB-59)

Big Mamie sank Jean Bart at Casablanca. You can visit her at Battleship Cove, MA. Several former members of her crew are docents there.

Answer: A-10 Thunderbolt II

The "A-10 Thunderbolt II" is a close air support ground attack aircraft PRIMARILY used by the U.S. Air Force. It is NOT listed as a "carrier based aircraft.

The "EA-6B Prowler" is a twin jet engine aircraft primarily used as an "electronic warfare aircraft". The aircraft has the ability to jam enemy radar and to intercept enemy communications. The aircraft can also be used for the gathering of electronic intelligence.

The "E-2 Hawkeye", sometimes nicknamed "Super Fudd" or the "Hummer," is an early warning aircraft. It can provide electronic surveillance information, and with its highly advanced radar systems, can monitor activities of enemy threats and relay time sensitive and classified information to the air wing, constantly keeping the fighter jet aircraft updated on enemy activities. The computerized sensors provides threat analysis data and information to direct counteraction against air and surface targets.

The "SH-60 Seahawk" is a twin engine helicopter that serves primarily to detect and neutralize enemy submarines and to perform search and rescue missions should the need arise.

Supercarrier Tidbit:
Each supercarrier has the storage capacity for 3.3 million gallons of high-grade "JP5" aviation fuel to accommodate its fleet of aircraft and shipboard vehicles.
The supercarriers maintains a laboratory section where the fuel technician (purple shirts) continually perform fuel purification procedures and testing of the fuel to insure that the fuel maintains the required high quality. Nearly 200 fuel samples from the storage tank are tested daily.
The weight of the stored fuel also serves as additional ballast for the supercarrier.
JP5 aviation fuel has the high flash point of aviation fuels, and is used almost exclusively by aircraft carriers as an additional means to reduce the risk of shipboard fires.

Answer: Died.

This is the sailor's analogy of a ship being free from all attachments to land and able to sail as intended, representing the soul being free from earthly ties.

Answer: The person in charge of repairing a ship.

In the course of a ship's life, she will have more than one husband but this has no bearing upon her true affections. Tradition has it, her love is saved solely for her sailors.

Answer: Mobile target and gunnery ship

USS Utah was reconfigured as the U.S. Navy's first full-sized remote controlled target ship with the capability to be completely controlled from another ship while underway. She contributed greatly to the development of U.S. Navy gunnery, bombing , and torpedo tactics before WWII. The Navy's many camouflage techniques were tested on active duty ships at sea under actual fleet conditions. Although USS Utah did transport some troops just prior to the Pearl Harbor attack, she was never used in an assault. SEE, "all of these" is not always the correct answer!

Answer: A well restored ship outside and a work-in-progress inside

During Hurricane Alicia in 1983, to the surprise of almost everyone, the old girl actually floated off the bottom with the storm surge and the decision was made to "refit" her. USS TEXAS was fully restored outside in Galveston Texas from 1988-1990 and, although her interior spaces are far from wreckage, she is in the long process of being restored inside as well. The funds for this massive project are coming from many sources including the school children of Texas.

Answer: Second Class Battleship / Maine

The original USS TEXAS was a 6000 ton displacement battleship, which was sunk during naval gunfire practice in Chesapeake Bay in 1911. Her sister, the USS MAINE was sunk in Havana Harbor in 1898 and "triggered" the Spanish American War. The very next battleships designed for the US Navy were the USS INDIANA Class at over 10000 tons. Therefore, the original Battleship TEXAS was reclassified as Second Class Battleship even though she was virtually the same size as the armored cruisers of her day at 5500 tons. For reference, our USS TEXAS (BB-35) is a 27000 - 34000 ton ship, and the IOWA Class Battleships are almost 60000 tons; nearly ten times the displacement of the first Battleship Texas.

Answer: Uniform Code of Military Justice

Certain sections of this we all learned, but the most entertaining section is not for a general audience.

Answer: New London, CT

Though all four host submarine commands, Groton's command trains Navy submarine surface Independent Duty Hospital Corpsmen (IDCs). IDCs provide medical care for ships or other commands that are not allocated physicians, nurse practitioners, or physician's assistants.

Answer: Donald Francis Mason

Off of Argentia, Newfoundland, Mason, an enlisted pilot named Donald Mason onboard a US Navy ship, sent a message reporting having sunk a German U-Boat on January 28, 1942.

Shoot first, ask questions later.