Age of Sail
What is the primary type of wood used in the hull of age-of-sail warships, and why?
A. Oak for its durability and strength
B. Birch for they have bad taste in wood
C. Pine for its fire resistance
D. Elm because it was cheap
A. Oak for its durability and strength
What was the first naval battle of the American Civil War?
A. Chesapeake
B. Mobile Bay
C. Hampton Roads
D. Cherbourg
C. Hampton Roads
Which battle cruiser was supposed to be converted into a carrier in place of Kaga
A. Izumo
B. Kongo
C. Amagi
D. Akagi
C. Amagi
Which body of water was the German battleship Bismarck sunk in?
A. North Atlantic Ocean
B. Bay of Biscay
C. North Sea
D. Norwegian Sea
A. North Atlantic Ocean
Which city was the primary target of the Doolittle Raid?
A. Nagasaki
B. Yokohama
C. Tokyo
D. Kyoto
C. Tokyo
Which proposed battleship would have the largest ever naval guns?
A. USS Montana
B. HMS Lion
C. H-41
D. A-150
D. A-150
Which British battleship was the toughest to scrap?
A. HMS Warspite
B. HMS King George V
C. HMS Vanguard
D. HMS Royal Sovereign
A. HMS Warspite
What is the most polygonal class of destroyers by appearance?
A. Arleigh Burke
B. Zumwalt
C. Daring
D. Sovremenny
B. Zumwalt
What is the most recent (as of creating these questions) major ship commissioned?
A. ARG Nagorno (G122)
B. USS Utah (SSN 801)
C. PLAN Fujian (CV 18)
D. USS Santa Barbara (LCS 32)
C. PLAN Fujian (CV 18)
Where is the battleship museum USS Wisconsin?
A. New Haven, Connecticut
B. Portsmouth, Virginia
C. Biloxi, Mississippi
D. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
B. Portsmouth, Virginia
Which monarch learned shipbuilding while incognito in Amsterdam?
A. William of Orange
B. Louis XIV
C. Peter the Great
D. Mehmed IV
C. Peter the Great
What was the name of the first submarine to sink an enemy vessel?
A. CSS Stonewall
B. HMS Inflexible
C. USS Turtle
D. CSS Hunley
D. CSS Hunley
What were the main batteries of France’s Richelieu-class battleships?
A. Twin 406 mm
B. Triple 406 mm
C. Triple 380 mm
D. Quadruple 380 mm
D. Quadruple 380 mm
How many escort carriers came from conversions during WWII?
A. ~168
B. ~106
C. ~127
D. ~133
C. ~127
What was the submarine that sank the Taihou?
A. USS Albacore
B. USS Archerfish
C. USS Drum
D. USS Tuna
A. USS Albacore
Which of the Littorio-class battleships had plans to be converted to an aircraft carrier?
A. Littorio
B. Vittorio Veneto
C. Roma
D. Impero
D. Impero
Which was the last aircraft carrier to take part in Operation Desert Storm?
A. USS Midway
B. USS Enterprise
C. USS Theodore Roosevelt
D. USS America
C. USS Theodore Roosevelt
Where did the Battle of Bubiyan take place?
A. Mediterranean Sea
B. Red Sea
C. Persian Gulf
D. Gulf of Mexico
C. Persian Gulf
In the South China Sea, the Chinese PLAN cutter 3104 and destroyer Guilin tried to block and ram the Philippines Coast Guard patrol vessel BRP Suluan. What happened next?
A. The Suluan suddenly stopped, which caused the two PLAN ships to crash into each other
B. The Suluan, in an attempt to avoid getting rammed by the cutter, rammed the Guilin
C. The Suluan outmanoeuvred the two PLAN ships, making them crash into each other.
D. The Suluan was rammed and sank a few hours later.
C. The Suluan outmanoeuvred the two PLAN ships, making them crash into each other.
Out of the four Fletcher-class destroyers that are fully preserved as museums, one is located outside of the US in which country?
A. Greece
B. Colombia
C. Taiwan
D. Argentina
A. Greece
What is the battle line known for being effective in?
A. Made the fleet look pretty by lining them up
B. Allowed for ships to fire all their broadside cannons
C. If a ship is boarded, it allows allies to send aid and support.
D. It allowed for orderly management in ramming
B. Allowed for ships to fire all their broadside cannons
Though intended to combat battleships, HMS Dreadnought only sank one ship, a(n) ___.
A. Monitor
B. Destroyer
C. Ironclad
D. Submarine
D. Submarine
Which is the only Japanese class of cruisers to comply with the Washington Naval Treaty’s 10,000-ton limit on cruisers?
A. Takao
B. Furutaka
C. Tone
D. Aoba
B. Furutaka
How many planes is the HMS Ark Royal designed to carry?
A. 67
B. 55
C. 72
D. 59
C. 72
What is the main dive bomber aircraft used by American carriers during the Battle of Midway?
A. TBD Avenger
B. F4U Corsair
C. SB2C Helldiver
D. SBD Dauntless
D. SBD Dauntless
The proposed German aircraft carrier Weser was a proposed refitting of which ship?
A. Tirpitz
B. Scharnhorst
C. Seydlitz
D. Blücher
C. Seydlitz
South Korea’s submarine chaser ROKN Baekdusan played an important role in the Korean War by protecting Busan during which battle?
A. Incheon
B. Korea Strait
C. Chumonchin Chan
D. Haeju
B. Korea Strait
What is the oldest submarine still in commission?
A. ROCS Hai Shih
B. USS Kentucky
C. HMS Trump
D. PRC Long March
A. ROCS Hai Shih
The Moskva, a cruiser sunk during the Russo-Ukrainian War, belonged to which class?
A. Kirov
B. Slava
C. Kuznetsou
D. Borei
B. Slava
What was retrofitted on the Greek cruiser, Geogios Averof, in 2016?
A. elevator
B. escalator
C. anti-air guns
D. missile launcher
A. elevator
The novel series Master and Commander was inspired by the naval exploits of which naval officer?
A. Cuthbert Collingwood
B. Horatio Nelson
C.Thomas Hardy
D. Thomas Cochrane
D. Thomas Cochrane
How many ironclads did the Confederate States build during their short time as a country?
A. 24
B. 2
C. 3
D. 16
A. 24
Which country did the Paraguayan navy order the gunboats Paraguay and Humaitá from?
A. Italy
B. United Kingdom
C. Brazil
D. Canada
A. Italy
Which ship was the target for HMS Warspite’s co-record for hits from a moving ship to a moving target?
A. Littorio
B. Giuseppe Garibaldi
C. Guilio Cesare
D. Strasbourg
C. Guilio Cesare
How many flight decks did the Akagi and Kaga have when they were originally commissioned?
A. 1
B. 3
C. 5
D. 0, they were battleships
B. 3
Japan’s Project G14 aircraft carrier, a likely response to the USS Midway, was meant to address the flaws of which aircraft carrier?
A. IJN Amagi
B. IJN Shinano
C. IJN Taiho
D. IJN Unryu
C. IJN Taiho
The crew of the USS Essex stocked up on what armaments in preparation for the Bay of Pigs Invasion?
A. Incendiary bombs
B. Tactical nuclear weapons
C. Tomahawk missiles
D. Kamikaze aircraft
B. Tactical nuclear weapons
The Amphibious Transport Dock USS New York (LPD 21) is connected to its namesake place in more than just name. What is this connection?
A. It is stationed near New
B. It has a New York hot dog stand in its mass hall
C. The steel it is made of is from the same steel used to make NYC skyscrapers
D. It is made of steel scrapped from the WTC after 9/11
D. It is made of steel scrapped from the WTC after 9/11
What ship was repaired after capsizing in 2024?
A. Daring
B. Magen
C. Fateh
D. Sahand
D. Sahand
In which prefecture is the museum battleship IJN Mikasa located?
A. Tokyo
B. Saitama
C. Chiba
D. Kanagawa
D. Kanagawa
Which third-rate ship of the line regulated the disembarking and embarking of troops for the Burning of Washington in 1814?
A. HMS Cambridge
B. HMS Warspite
C. HMS Swiftsure
D. HMS Royal Oak
D. HMS Royal Oak
How did the Hai Yung-class cruisers meet their fate during the Xinhai Revolution in 1911?
A. Sank in the Yangtze during a confrontation with the Wuhan Revolutionary Army
B. Linked up with the Yangtze River Patrol and placed under US custody
C. Switched sides and lowered the Qing flag after a mutiny
D. Received critical damage from friendly fire with Qing fortifications
C. Switched sides and lowered the Qing flag after a mutiny
What weakness did the Italian navy incorporate into its ships?
A. Shorter-range guns
B. Poor turning control with increased speed
C. Continued use of coal-fired boilers
D. Refusal to use radar and sonar
D. Refusal to use radar and sonar
Which of the following German ships were part of Operation Berlin?
A. Scharnhorst
B. Tirpitz
C. Brandenburg
D. Bismark
A. Scharnhorst
What was the last Japanese ship sunk during WWII?
A. Nagato
B. Kirishima
C. Haguro
D. Yamato
C. Haguro
Besides the Super Shimakaze, what class of destroyers were proposed to have a “super” version?
A. Akizuki
B. Kagero
C. Kamikaze
D. Hatsuharu
A. Akizuki
From the 70s and 80s, numerous US and USSR submarines were found to have circular-shaped damage on their hulls. This almost started a conflict between the two as they blamed each other for the damage. What was the actual cause?
A. Sea worms and other small organisms latching onto and digging holes into the hull.
B. Cookie-cutter sharks biting off parts of the hull, they thought the subs or ships were dolphins or whales.
C. The subs collided with large pieces of sea debris but didn’t notice.
D. Attacked by colossal squid (Mesonychoteuthis hamiltoni) coming up to the surface for their breeding season and mistaking the subs for sperm whales
B. Cookie-cutter sharks biting off parts of the hull, they thought the subs or ships were dolphins or whales.
What was the Russian Navy’s first operation after the collapse of the Soviet Union about?
A. Anti-piracy patrols in the Gulf of Aden after the hijacking of the merchant vessel Faina
B. Deployment of the Admiral Kuznetsov for Mediterranean operations training and celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy.
C. Missile tests and sea ice breaking in the Arctic.
D. Aiding in the Russo-Georgian war.
B. Deployment of the Admiral Kuznetsov for Mediterranean operations training and celebrating the 300th anniversary of the Russian Navy.
The Taiwanese navy plans to resume progress of the “___ Ton Program”
A. 7000
B. 6000
C. 4500
D. 5300
B. 6000
What was the main cause of the sinking of the museum destroyer USS Sullivans in its dock in 2022?
A. The ships hit her mooring piles causing the hull to be weakened
B. Weather caused the water level to rise and fall, causing the ship to hit the bottom
C. The hull breached due to its age without restoration
D. All the above
C. The hull breached due to its age without restoration