Ships
Name 2/4 of the Navy's missions
Strategic deterrence
Sea control
Projection of power ashore
Naval presence.
USS stands for
United States ship
What is meteorology?
Study of weather
California's state capital
Sacramento
The rhythmic rate of march at a uniform step is called
cadence
Backbone of the ship
Keel
vessels that are used to carry wheeled cargo.
Ro-Ro ships
Three basic cloud types
Cirrus, cumulus, stratus
New York's state capital
Albany
What is the formation called in which cadets are placed one behind the other?
File
distance from the waterline to the main deck
freeboard
Oldest active ship in the US Navy
USS Constitution
The effect that causes wind deflection due to Earth's rotation is called the
Coriolis Effect
Delaware state capital
Dover
When in files, the space between the chest of one cadet and the back of one cadet ahead is called
distance
supporting body of ship
hull
world’s first nuclear submarine
USS Nautilus
What planet is the largest in our solar system?
Jupiter
Maine
Augusta
How many counts are required when given a "RIGHT, FACE: command?
2
To go ---- is to head towards the stern of a ship
aft
warships known as the "greyhounds of the sea"
Destroyers
"For every action there is an equal but opposite reaction"
Newton's third law of motion
Alaska's state capital
Juneau
Which hand removes your cover when the command "UNCOVER, TWO" is given?
Right hand