Naval Quiz

[Gun Grape]

hint: In the aftermath A famous silversmith was accused of disobedience and cowardice and discharged. But was later exonerated at a Courts Martial.

[kato]

It gets pretty easy with that hint.

[tbm3fan]

It gets pretty easy with that hint.

It certainly does

[Shinytop]

If nothing else it gave me more knowledge of the principal and his life than I had before.

[Gun Grape]

So one of you answer the question.

Hint: Americas worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbor

[RustyBattleship]

Well, Paul Revere was a famous Silversmith and also fancied himself as a Naval Architect. His ride calling out that "The British are coming" was actually shorter than planned because he was captured by the Brits. Another rider (I would guess as the fore runner of the Pony Express) continued on to spread the alarm.

As for a Naval defeat, I would surmise he wasn't quite as good in designing warships as he should have.

[tbm3fan]

So one of you answer the question.

Hint: Americas worst naval defeat until Pearl Harbor

Just wanted to drag it out.

Speaking of learning something I just got Smithsonian that had an article on Benedict Arnold. Very interesting especially the thoughts that the Colonies worst enemy was not the British by those in charge of the Colonies.

Ergo there was an early Naval incident, with another famous American and his boys who spent their time consuming British liquor, while Arnold sailed and rowed to capture several British military vessels and take command of the lake.

The initial goal was to capture a fort. Anyone know the Fort, the other famous American, and the lake?

[Gun Grape]

Well, Paul Revere was a famous Silversmith and also fancied himself as a Naval Architect. His ride calling out that "The British are coming" was actually shorter than planned because he was captured by the Brits. Another rider (I would guess as the fore runner of the Pony Express) continued on to spread the alarm.

As for a Naval defeat, I would surmise he wasn't quite as good in designing warships as he should have.

Paul Revere was the Artillery commander on this expedition.

Benedict Arnold did not have a part in this operation.

The only successful part of this operation was executed by the Marines.

[Battleship IOWA]

Penobscot Expedition

[Albany Rifles]

Bernard Cornwell (he of the Sharpe series) wrote an excellent novel about this called The Fort.

[Gun Grape]

Penobscot Expedition

Correct. Your question

[Battleship IOWA]

I got nothing, question is open.

[SW4U]

Wazzat ?

[RustyBattleship]

Wazzat ?

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2nd deck, Iowa Class, BEFORE modernization. After modernization there were fewer officers so the galley on Main Deck was sufficient. On a couple of the ships the dumbwaiter trunk was merely blanked off as a void (saving on cheapy funding from Congress). On the others the trunk bulkheads were removed and the decks inserted. On New Jersey the galley was turned into an office space. On Iowa it was turned into a secondary ship's store selling mostly tobacco products.

The Ammo hoists were for the 5"/38 secondary mounts. The Gun Tube was a VERY thick "pipe" that ran the electrical lines on up to the mount. The Conning Tower Tube has 3-inch thick walls and runs on up to 02 level on Iowa but on up to 03 level on her other three sisters because the 17-inch thick section between 02 and 03 on Iowa was "overbuilding" and stretched the limits of London Treaty weight limitations.

[SW4U]

Well done, Sir ! :-)