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When was the United States NAVY born?
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13 October 1775
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On 13 October 1775 the Second Continental Congress authorized the purchase of how many ships?
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Two
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During the Revolutionary War and into the 19th century naval vessels were grouped into what three major classes?
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Ships-of-the-line
Frigates
Sloops-of-war
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What ships were commisioned by the Continental
Congress and by individual states to capture enemy
merchant ships as prizes of war.
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Privateers
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Privateers typicaly sailed what types of ships?
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Schooners
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What was the name of the first warfare submarine?
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The Turtle
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Who built the first warfare submarine?
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David Bushnell
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The first instance of an ANTI-submarine attack was when the British sunk what submarine?
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The Turtle
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What was the NAVY's first flagship?
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USS Alfred
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Who was the first foriegn power to recognize the american colonies as a struggling government with a nine gun salute?
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France
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Who said?
"Struck Sir? I have not yet begun to fight!"
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John Paul Jones
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The Continental Navy operated some 56 vessels at one time or another. However, it only managed to reach a peak of __ ships, that operated at the same time.
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27
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During the revolutiuonary war it is estimated that the British lost how many merchant ships?
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2,000
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What is the oldest Navy ship still in commission today?
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The USS Constitution
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When was the Department of the Navy established?
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1798
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What President established the department of the Navy?
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President John Adams
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The entirely Naval war with France between 1798-1801 was known as the ______.
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Quasi War
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The famous expression “Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute” originated from what war?
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The Quasi war
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Who led 84 seamen into the port of Tripoli and burned the captured ship USS Philidelphia on Feb 16 1804?
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Lieutenant Stephen Decatur
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On August 19, 1812 the USS Constitution earned what nickname?
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Old Ironsides
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What war began from the British forcing American Seamen to serve in the British Navy?
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The war of 1812
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Who wrote this dispatch?
“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”
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Capt. Oliver Hazard Perry
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What was the most important
development in the surface Navy during the first half of
the 19th century.
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Steam Power
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On September 5, 1843, the Navy’s first successful
steamship, the USS ______, was launched.
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Princeton
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The Mexican-American War was primarily a _____ war.
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Land
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Commodore Matthew C. Perry signed a treaty with _____
on March 31, 1854, that opened ports to American trade and provisioning of ships.
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Japan
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Name the two famed Iron cladds of the civil war.
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USS Merrimack (Confederate)
USS Monitor (Union)
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How many crewmembers died on the first voyage of the CSS Hunley?
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Seven
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The first successful attack by a submarine sank what ship?
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The USS Housatonic
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What was the name of the first submarine to complete an attack againt a surface ship?
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The CSS Hunley
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Who gave the famous order? “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!”
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David Farragut
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Who is considered the father of modern naval ordnance?
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John Dahlgren
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Who defined sea power; showed the importance of understanding naval needs; and advocated a large, powerful Navy capable of assembling an overwhelming force to defeat the enemy’s Navy.
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Alfred T. Mahan
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What ship was labeled as the first modern cruiser in the U.S. Fleet.
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USS Newark
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What was the first torpedo boat to join the fleet?
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USS Cushing
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The ______ was the US Navy's first gas-powered submarine
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USS Holland
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What was a major reason for the start of the Spanish-American War?
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The sinking of the USS Maine in Havana, Cuba
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The battle cry "Remember the Maine" came from the begining of what war?
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The Spanish-American war
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Who gave the order “You may fire when you are ready,
Gridley.”?
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Commodore George Dewey
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The Battle of Manila Bay was during what war?
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The Spanish-American war
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When did the Navy accept its first operational submarine?
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1900
the USS Holland
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The first two submarines to have diesel engines were?
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USS Skipjack (SS 24)
USS Sturgeon (SS 25)
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What was the name of our first First-Class Battle ship?
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USS Indiana (BB 1)
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Where did the first flights of the Wright brothers take place?
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Kitty Hawk, North Carolina
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Eugene Ely successfully took off from and later landed a
biplane on a platform rigged aboard the __________.
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USS Pennsylvania
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Who was the Navy's first aviator?
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Lieutenant T. G. Ellyson
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On November 17, 1917, the
Destroyers USS Nicholson and USS Fanning were the first
U.S. ships to do what?
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Sink an enemy submarine
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When was the Nurse Corps officialy born?
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1908
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Women were first enrolled into the Navy as ____.
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Yeomen
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In the 1930's Americans felt the economic strain known as the ________.
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Great Depression
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