Rates
Seebee's Birthday
March 5th, 1942
Battle of Coral Sea
7-8 may 1942
BATTLE WAS FOUGHT ENTIRELY WITH AIRCRAFTS LAUNCHED FROM CARRIERS (FLEETS NEVER SAW EACH OTHER). ADMIRAL F. J. FLETCHER LAUNCHED 93 ATTACK PLANES AGAINST THE JAPANESE CARRIERS SHOHO, SHOKAKU, AND ZUIKAKU.
INVOLVED SHIPS WERE:
USS YORKTOWN (CV-5)- DAMAGED
USS LEXINGTON (CV-2) – SCUTTLED
PREVENTED INVASION OF AUSTRALIA
WHEN DID CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY?
APRIL 30TH, 1798
First Six Frigates?
USS CONSTITUTION
CONGRESS
CONSTELLATION
CHESAPEAKE
PRESIDENT
UNITED STATES
Name all N-Codes
N-1: ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
N-2: INTELLIGENCE OFFICER
N-3: OPERATIONS OFFICER
N-4: SUPPLY OFFICER
N-5: PLANS / PROJECTS
N-6: COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
N-7: TRAINING OFFICER
N-8: ORDNANCE
N-9: MEDICAL
Why where the Seebees created?
-WWII needed overseas bases
-The first battalions were organized in January 1942, called construction battalions (CB)
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY
THE TURNING POINT OF THE WAR ON THE PACIFIC INCLUDED 3 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS. THE JAPANESE HAD CONCENTRATED ON THE CENTRAL PACIFIC WITH THE INTENTION OF OCCUPYING MIDWAY ISLAND.
INVOLVED SHIPS WERE :
USS HORNET (CV-8)
USS ENTERPRISE (CV-6)
USS YORKTOWN (CV-5) WAS SUNK
4 JAPANESE SHIPS WERE SUNK – FORCING THEM TO RETREAT
WHEN WAS THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY?
4-7 JUNE 1942
FATHER OF EOD
LT DRAPER KAUFFMAN
The current commander of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC)?
Rear Adm. Brad Andros
Father of the Seebees?
RADM BEN MOREELL
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE INVASION OF NORMANDY?
THE LARGEST AMPHIBIOUS OPERATION IN HISTORY.
A.K.A: OPERATION OVERLORD
OPERATION NEPTUNE: D-DAY
OVERTAKING OF 5 BEACHES
WHEN WAS D-DAY?
JUNE 6TH, 1944
WHY WAS THE EOD RATE CREATED?
RENDER SAFE ALL TYPES OF ORDINANCE, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. CONDUCT DEMOLITION OF HAZARDOUS MUNITIONS, PYROTECHNICS.
EARLY IN WORLD WAR II, SKILLED TECHNICIANS WERE NEEDED TO RENDER SAFE OR DISPOSE OF UNEXPLODED ORDNANCE ITEMS.
US NAVAL OFFICERS AND ENLISTED WORKED WITH BRITISH UNITS AND BROUGHT THOSE SKILLS TO THE US.
SECNAV
Hung Cao
WHAT/WHEN WAS THE FIRST SEEBEE UNIT CREATED?
1ST CONTRUCTION UNITS WERE ORGANIZED (DAVISVILLE, R.I.).
JANUARY 5th, 1942
WHAT WERE THE BEACHES WERE AT D-DAY?
SWORD – U.K.
GOLD – U.K.
UTAH – U.S.
OMAHA – U.S.
JUNEAU - CANADA
CPO BIRTHDAY?
APRIL 1ST, 1893
WHAT WERE THE FIRST TWO MAJOR EOD UNITS?
PACIFIC FLEET EOD UNIT ONE: PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII
ATLANTIC FLEET EOD UNIT TWO: CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
Admiral Daryl Caudle
WHEN IS THE NAVY BIRTHDAY?
OCTOBER 13TH 1775
WHEN DID THE US JOIN IN WWII?
December 8, 1941
WHEN WAS THE ATTACK ON PEARL HARBOR?
7 December 1941
WHY WAS THE NAVY FORMED?
RECOGNIZING THE STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE OF BRITISH RESUPPLY BY SEA DURING THE AMERICAN REVOLUTIONARY WAR, GENERAL GEORGEWASHINGTON INITIATEDAMERICA'S FIRST SEA-BASED OFFENSIVE AGAINST THE BRITISH.WASHINGTON'S ARMED VESSELS PROVIDED SIGNIFICANT SUPPORT TO COLONIAL EFFORTS, DEMONSTRATING THE VALUE OF MILITARY OPERATIONS AT SEA
MCPON
John Perryman