U.S. Navy

Answer: USS Idaho (BB-42)

Idaho was one of 4 wagons not at Pearl Harbor, she and her sisters were attached to LANTFLT on 7 DEC 1941.

Answer: six thousand

A typical deployment compliment of crew might consist of:

* 3,200 Naval ship personnel, including about 205 officers, and
* 2,800 Naval personnel assigned to the Air Wing, including 365 officers.

As a Nimitz-class supercarriers, is often referred to as a "cities on the sea", Naval ship personnel perform a wide assortment of duties not associated with the flight deck operations.
Other shipboard jobs includes a mess and galley staff, responsible for preparing meals for all personnel aboard the supercarrier, a deck or "boatswain" crew responsible for resupplying the supercarrier during cruises, a full medical staff, including doctors, dentist, and hospital staff members, security personnel, and staff to manage the numerous office administrative duties, including a postal staff for the ships post office. The post office aboard a supercarrier routinely handles over one million pounds of mail annually.

Supercarrier Tidbit:
To accommodate the basic needs of the crew, a supercarrier must have a food supply storage capacity for refrigerated and dried foods sufficient to feed the crew of 6,000, four complete meals daily, for 70 day period.

To replenish the supercarriers inventories of supplies and aviation fuel, they are resupplied, usually on a weekly basis, by naval supply ships that perform the hazardous duty of transferring cargo to the supercarriers while both ships are underway.

Answer: 0

This fact along with the failure of the Japanese to destroy the submarine and fuel facilities, was a major reason why the attack did little more than awaken a sleeping giant. Had they taken out any one of these objectives, the US's ability to retaliate and wage war in the Pacific theater would have been greatly reduced.

Answer: Slowly and carefully.

Being an ensign, Mr. Jones will likely perform the docking procedure slowly and sloppily.

Answer: She received a lot of attention

First of the U.S. Navy's modern battleships, USS North Carolina received so much attention during her fitting out and trials that she won an enduring nickname. Radio star Walter Winchell, who often witnessed the new battleship coming and going in New York harbor, and began to call her "The Showboat", after the riverboat in the popular Broadway musical. The name stuck and has been with her ever since.

Answer: A ceremony that takes place when the captain awards non-judicial punishment for misconduct or official recognition for jobs well done.

Captain's Mast generally connotes non-judicial punishment while Meritorious Mast is used more commonly to signify positive recognition.

Answer: General of the Armies John J. "Blackjack" Pershing

Late in 1924, USS Utah was chosen to carry the United States diplomatic mission to the centennial celebration of the Peruvian struggle for independence. Designated as flagship for a special squadron to represent the United States at the festivities, USS Utah departed on November 22, 1924 with General of the Armies John J. "Blackjack" Pershing, and a former U.S. congressman.

Answer: Admiral Chester Nimitz

Rear Admiral Chester Nimitz hoisted his flag over his first fleet command in the USS Arizona late in 1938 before rising to CINCPAC shortly following the Japanese Attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941. In the rarefied days of WWII, Chester Nimitz went from no stars to two stars to four stars to five stars in eight years skipping the rank of Vice Admiral all together. At that time the U.S. Navy did not have a one star Rear Admiral's rank.

Answer: Ten (10) 14" guns in five twin turrets

USS TEXAS (BB-35)and USS New York (BB-34) were the last US battleships designed with five turrets and the first with 14" guns. That arrangement of armament made them the most powerful ships afloat during their heyday. Many of her contemporaries had as few a six 12" guns, and the older Pre-Dreadnought ships were even less potent than that. Even as late as the end of World War II, she was a formidable lady firing her ten 14" guns onto the beach head.

Answer: Naval Hospital Pensacola

Pensacola is also home of the Blue Angels. Many of the Navy's aviation technical training schools were previously located in Millington, TN (near Memphis).

Answer: Commodore George Dewey

On May 1 1898, Commodore Dewey sailed with a fleet to engage the Spanish Navy anchored in Manila Bay in the Phillipines during the Spanish-American War.

Answer: maroon

It's awarded for three years of service by an "all-around" good enlisted sailor, with no courts-martial, NJP or civilian convictions.

Answer: Roof

When aviators don their flightgear, they "walk" to their aircraft on the "roof". Since all Ready Rooms are located on the 0-3 level just below the flightdeck, it is a "roof" over their heads and all noise from flightdeck operations carried through the steel construction (chains being dragged, tractors scurrying to and fro, aircraft taxiing, landing and/or taking off). Daily status of jets may be referred to having 6 on the "roof" and 4 in the "barn" (or hangar bay").

Answer: United States, Constitution, Constellation

Answer: Old Misery

If one of the boat crews drops their log or even hesitates during log PT, they have to pick up "Old Misery", a log that weighs over 250 pounds. They have to lift it up on their shoulders, then lift up and over their heads to bring down on their other shoulder. They do this for quite sometime, then they have to slowly put the log in the sand without dropping it, or they have to do the process all over.

Answer: 1991

In 1991, all NAVCAMS names were changed to NCTAMS. This was done because of the addition of computers to Navy Communications. Some stations switched designation a little earlier, but it was all done by 1991.

Answer: He has been promoted

When one is promoted to the paygrade of E-4, one becomes a "petty officer." Petty officers wear a badge denoting their rank on their left arm. It consists of an eagle (or crow) on top, with one or more inverted chevrons below it, denoting one's rank. On dress uniforms, there is a symbol embroidered between the eagle and the chevrons that denotes one's specialty, or rating (for Electrician Mates' it is a globe, which looks exactly like a basketball; for Botswain's Mates, two crossed anchors, etc.) All of one's shipmates of equal or higher rank celebrate your promotion by hitting you, as hard as they can, on your rating badge. This is called "tacking on the crow." This is a lot of fun for the tackers, not so much fun for the tackee. When I was promoted to Electrician's Mate First Class, my left arm was a solid bruise from elbow to shoulder.

Answer: Enterprise

The keel was laid in February 1958 and took 3 years and 9 months to complete. The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) had a top speed of 33knots, although during sea trials speeds up to 35knots were reached.

Answer: Cryptologic technician

Cryptologic technician ratings (CTT, CTA, CTM, CTO, CTR, CTI) work with some of the most sophisticated and complex systems the Navy has to offer in performance of their mission. All of the CT career fields offer impressive training pipelines, excellent promotion opportunities and diverse job assignments.

Answer: NAF El Centro, CA

They train for 3 months (January through March) in El Centro every year.

Answer: 0

Four were in and out of service through the 1980's, but have since been placed in reserved status (mothballed).

Answer: Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service

During WWII more than 80,000 officers and enlisted women served in the WAVES. The WAVES continued as a separate organization until 1978 when they were incorporated into the regular Navy.

Answer: Esek Hopkins

Hopkins was appointed Commander by the Naval Committee of the Continental Congress (Hopkins' brother Stephen was a member of the Naval Committee). Hopkins was the only Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Navy fleet during the Revolutionary War. The fleet consisted of eight merchant ships converted to men-of-war. The fleet attacked a British garrison at Nassau and seized a large amount of weapons and ammunition, along with two ships, but failed to capture the third. Hopkins received harsh criticism for his failure to capture the third British ship and he was also accused of disobedience to orders. He was defended by John Adams, but was nonetheless censured by Congress, suspended, and was dismissed from the Navy on January 2,1778.

Answer: CSS Virginia

The battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia was the first battle of ironclad warships. The two ships fought to a draw in the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. This historic battle signalled the beginning of steam-powered ironclad warships. The CSS Virginia was originally the USS Merrimack until captured by the Confederates.

Answer: Less than three years

Both Alaska and Guam were completed in 1944, and both ships were decommissioned in 1947. Alaska served for a total of 32 months, while Guam was in commission for 29 months.