RustyBattleship

Darn close. But you missed 3, 6 and 7. Number 3 is near the end of the movie and made all of us from Code 200 go "WOW. They showed THAT?", number 6 is the m------t of the ship and number 7 the first name is wrong (and they are actually medium distant relatives).

With those hints, I'll give you one more free try.

By the way, I scrapped number 5 because I thought they used the USS Pratt (DLG 13) or the USS Mahan (DLG-11) and merely added one digit to the hull number. Turns out it was trick scenes of another ship.

Hmmm. Maybe that SHOULD be question 5. What was the name of THAT ship? And what country was it from?

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RustyBattleship

That takes care of number 7.

Kansas Bear

HMS Wakeful

UK


They showed the actual firing sequence of an ASROC?

RustyBattleship

Right on. We were absolutely shocked that they showed the entire sequence from launch to booster drop to parachute deployment to nose drop-off to parachute detachment upon water entry.

Those of us who didn't work in the weapons sections would look at an ASROC and wonder what part was what (though in my design section we had to design the loading rails from magazine to launcher).

And as for number 6, the underwater scenes (done with a model in those days) showed the BOW of the ship moving port or starboard to go between the ice floes. It's the STERN of the ship, where the rudders are, that does the moving and the bow is almost just a pivot point. Well, the ship is supposed to pivot at her center of gravity, but due to the shape of the hull it doesn't quite work that way.


For asking the next question it looks like it's a cage match between Knaur Amarsh (who answered most of the questions), maximusslade (who knew James MacArthur was a nephew of General MacArthur) and Kansas Bear for not only answering the question of the ASROC firing but the proposed question as to the real name of the ship.

On your marks, get ready, GO.

Albany Rifles

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I know James MacArthur is adopted son of the playwrite Charles Macarthur and that wonderful actress Helen Hayes, but I don't think he was related to Doug Macarthur.

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Knaur Amarsh

Hey,I knew about HMS Wakeful and the launch of the ASROC was what I was going to attempt in the next try,darn it,early bird and all that,someone else take the question

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Silent Hunter

Since no-one's taken this...

What happens to the USS Ethan Allen in Tom Clancy's first novel?

maximusslade

Blown up to fool the Russians.

Silent Hunter

Correct.

Great book- and film.

maximusslade

Ok, here is an easy one. What is the disposition of the only battlecruisers the United States ever laid down?

Dreadnought

If we are talking the Alaska class they are all scrapped.

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maximusslade

The Alaska class is classified as "Large Cruisers," CB1-6. So the short of it is, Alaskas are not the answer I am looking for.

Johnny W

If I am not mistaken, one is sitting at the bottom of the Coral Sea (USS Lexington), One Survived the war (USS Saratoga) while the remaining hulls were scrapped without being completed due to the Washington Naval Treaty. I am not sure how many were actually planned or laid down, but the total number would have been four or more I think.

Dreadnought

Ok, Looking at it that way some became Aircraft carriers and some were scrapped on the ways.

Lexington was lost in the Coral Sea sunk.
Saratoga is in Bikini Atoll sunk.
Constellation was scrapped
Ranger was scrapped
Constitution was scrapped
United States was scrapped.

Sound better?