Game 69, August, Quiz 4

[Glorybound]

Answers due in by Sept. 4th, 6pm central

1….What was the top speed of the CSS Virginia?


2….How long did it take the Virginia to make a 180 degree turn in the water?


3…Who was instrumental in setting up the north's ironclad building program?


4…..What was the name of first Union Navy ship sunk by the CSS Virginia?


5… Before 1865, what date is known as the worst date in the US Navy's history?

 

[Bmac48]

1...9 knots, but this may have been the speed of USS Merrimack with engines running only before conversion to an ironclad. The mile-wide turning circle and the time it took to make such a maneuver indicate a slower operational speed.

2...30 minutes.

3...John Ericsson

4...USS Cumberland

5...The Honda Point disaster of September 8, 1923.

 

[Glorybound]

Clarification on Question 5: It should read, and I've changed it - Before 1865, what is known as the worst date in US naval history? Thanks.

Lee

 

[Bmac48]

more answers

1. 9 knots

2. 30 minutes

3. John Ericsson

4. USS Cumberland

5. March 8, 1862 (loss of USS Cumberland and USS Congress to CSS Virginia)...or October 31, 1803 (loss of USS Philadelphia during the 1st Barbary War); or June 22, 1807 (Chesapeake/Leopard affair); or June 1, 1813 (loss of USS Chesapeake to HMS Shannon); or March 1823 (disappearance of USS Grampus); or February 28, 1844 (gun explosion onboard USS Princeton)

 

[hoosier]

1. Nine knots

2. It took the Virginia 45 minutes to make a full circle, so to make a 180 degree turn would have taken 22 ½ minutes.

3. I can think of at least three people who could have been considered "instrumental."

A. James Eads, who constructed City class ironclads as early as 1861 for service on the Mississippi River (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Buchanan_Eads)

B. Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy, who decided that the Navy needed an oceangoing ironclad in response to news about construction of the CSS Virginia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Monitor)

C. John Ericsson, who designed the USS Monitor (same source as Welles)

4. USS Cumberland

5. March 8, 1862

 

[Glorybound]

Game 69, August, Quiz 4

1….What was the top speed of the CSS Virginia?

Answer: four to five knots

2….How long did it take the Virginia to make a 180 degree turn in the water?

Answer: Around 30 minutes.

3…Who was instrumental in setting up the north's ironclad building program?

Answer: Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles

4…..What was the name of first Yankee ship sunk by the CSS Virginia?

Answer: The Cumberland.

5…Before Pearl Harbor, what date is known as the worst date in the US navy's history? Answer: March 9th, 1862 - CSS Virginia sinks two US Navy ships within three hours, killing 240 sailors, including the captain of the USS Congress. Not until December 1941 will the US navy suffer more destruction in one day.