U.S. Navy

Answer: List of the ship's crew who are ill.

A binnacle is the stand on which the ship's compass was mounted. The binnacle list gets its name from the practice of posting the ship's sick list on the binnacle each morning for the captain.

Answer: Took a torpedo, rolled over and sank

The attack on Pearl Harbor lasted about two hours, but Utah's fight was over in a few minutes. At 08:01, soon after sailors had begun raising the colors, the ship took a torpedo hit forward and immediately started to roll to port. As the ship began to list heavy timbers, placed on the decks against the impact of the shells and bombs used during her mobile target duties, began to shift, trapping many of the crew trying to abandon ship. 08:12, the starboard mooring lines snapped, and Utah rolled over on her port side. Many of her survivors struck out for shore, some taking shelter on the bollards, since Japanese attack was still underway.

Answer: The fortunes of the war for the U.S.

The unique "sagging" shape of the roof of the USS Arizona Memorial signifies the pride of a nation and the fortunes of war that were high at the beginning and end of the 3 1/2 year war but were staggered low for a time after the attack. The defiance of the American people however never failed and one of the battle cries throughout the war was "Remember Pearl Harbor". Some critics of the memorial say it looks like a "sagging milk carton". How Rude!

Answer: German shore batteries

In June of 1944, in the days following the D-Day landings, the USS TEXAS, while bombarding German gun emplacements, was repeatedly "straddled" by, and eventually hit by, German shore batteries off Cherbourg, France. One hit killed the helmsman and injured 13 others after striking the armored conning tower and exploding under the Navigation Bridge. A second shell hit forward but did not explode. She continued her shore fire mission and, when relieved, retired to Plymouth, England for repairs.

Answer: a knot

A "bend" is a knot used to join 2 lines (ropes, to the non-nautical). Halliard is usually spelled "halyard" now, but I'm going for tradition.

Answer: Commander Howard Walter Gilmore

On February 7, 1943, Commander Gilmore of the USS Growler (SS-215) engaged a Japanese gunboat with his submarine. As he watched the battle unfold, he was badly wounded and knocked overboard. He was unable to climb back into his submarine.

Answer: Navy/Marine Corps Commendation Medal

The award is given to any servicemember who distinguishes themselves through heroism, achievement, or meritorious service to the Navy or Marine Corps.

Answer: Captain

Regardless of actual rank, a commissioned officer who is assigned as the Commanding Officer of a U. S. naval vessel is addressed as "Captain".

Answer: Designing the first combat submarine

Answer: Ring the bell three times

If one wants to quit, he has to ring the famous bell that is there all the time, waiting for anyone who has had enough. He has to stand on the green frog footprints, grasp the lanyard, and ring the bell three times. He then has to put his phase helmet next to all the other helmets of the men who have called it quits.

Answer: DDG

The Cole (DDG-67) is a Guided Missle Destroyer of the Arleigh Burke class. It is now back afloat defending our county, after sustaining severe damage in a terrorist attack. A DD is an older form of destroyer, lacking the guided missile capability of a DDG.

Answer: Radio Day

Radio Day is when a Radioman changes all the logs to start a new day, this is done at 0001Z may not be the new day in the time zone the ship is in, but in communications, all things are on a Zulu hour for consistency.

Answer: The ship was cruising at maximum speed

This term has nothing to do with the male anatomy. An early type of engine governor (speed control) consisted of two metal balls connected to a shaft. As speed increased, centrifugal force made the balls move outward. At maximum speed they would be horizontal, nearly touching the walls of the space that contained them. Hence, when a ship is going "balls to the wall," she is cruising at high speed.

Answer: 2 - Right Wing

The Right Wing was traditionally held by a Marine to maintain continuity throughout the team.

Answer: USS Saratoga

Despite being the oldest US carrier remaining after 1942, Saratoga played a major role throughout the Pacific War. She required repairs in the first half of 1942 after being torpedoed by a Japanese submarine, becoming the new flagship of Admiral Fletcher following the Battle of Midway, and saw service during the campaign for Guadalcanal and the Solomon Islands, being retained in the South Pacific throughout 1943, and again, following refit, in 1944. Saratoga was eventually withdrawn from operations in March 1945, owing to the number of more modern ships, and was used as a training ship for the remainder of the war. After the war's end, the ship was used as part of Operation 'Magic Carpet', the mission to repatriate US servicemen from all theaters, before being assigned as a target vessel in Operation 'Crossroads', an series of atomic bomb tests. Saratoga was eventually sunk in the second 'Crossroads' test on 25 July 1946, and was officially decommissioned on 15 August the same year.

Of the other two pre-war ships to survive the war, Ranger was assigned as a training carrier in the Atlantic Fleet in January 1944, before transiting to the Pacific in July. She remained in this role until the end of the war before returning to the Atlantic, where she was finally decommissioned on 18 October 1946, before being sold for scrap on 31 January 1947. Enterprise's war service became legendary, as she was the most decorated ship in the US Navy by the end of the war, having seen combat in almost every major action in the Pacific. Assigned to Operation 'Magic Carpet', she transferred to the Atlantic in September 1945, making three voyages to and from Europe before being decommissioned on 17 February 1947. Despite efforts to preserve her, Enterprise was eventually sold for scrap on 1 July 1958.

Answer: refuelling

The task group consisted of three nuclear-powered ships. The group travelled a total of 30,565 miles in sixty-five days.

Answer: Benjamin Stoddert

Benjamin Stoddert was nominated by President John Adams to become the Nation's first Secretary of the Navy. In that post, he guided the Navy through the undeclared war with France and achieved a significant expansion in the United States' naval strength.

Answer: CSS Shenandoah

On August 2, 1865, the CSS Shenandoah, while in process of circumnavigating the globe, learned that the Civil War had ended and the Confederacy had lost. The ship continued its mission and surrendered to the British Royal Navy at Liverpool, England.

Answer: Scrapped

Plans to convert the ships to guided missile cruisers or command ships were deemed to be too expensive. Alaska was scrapped in 1960, and Guam in 1961.

Answer: Sunk in atomic bomb test

The Saratoga was sunk in an atomic bomb test off Bikini Atoll in the Pacific on July 25, 1946.

Answer: USS Abraham Lincoln

President George W. Bush flew out to the USS Lincoln on board A F/A-18 Super Hornet to personally thank the crew for their extended deployment to support Operation Iraqi Freedom.

Answer: USS Louisville SSN-724

USS Louisville was commissioned on 8 November 1986 and is the 35th in the series of 85 Los Angeles-class attack submarines. The USS Louisville attack came just 2 days after the U.S. Navy cruiser USS San Jacinto fired 11 Tomahawk missiles into Iraq in what was the first combat use of the Tomahawk cruise missile system.

Answer: "Anchors Aweigh"

It was written in 1906 by LT Charles A. Zimmerman and Midshipman First Class Alfred Hart Miles. The final Stanza was written in 1926 my Mishipman Royal Lovell.

Answer: USS Missouri (BB-63)

Per NVR, IOWA was delivered 28 MAR 1943, NEW JERSEY 30 JUN 1943, WISCONSIN 26 MAY 1944 and MISSOURI 24 JUL 1944.