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RE: Next quiz - 10/28/2010 7:06:30 PM   
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I didn't respond to the 10 men question because I'd stumbled on the answer while checking out the Pennsylvania, so --

What ship sank the last combatant vessel of WWII?

During WW II or after WW II?

During WWII (before Japanese surrender) -- good point.

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RE: Next quiz - 10/29/2010 4:02:44 AM   
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if we were talking about after.

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RE: Next quiz - 10/29/2010 4:05:52 AM   
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BB55 - North Carolina is the answer. A beauty and worth a trip to Wilmington should you get the chance.

Correct!

Stumbled on that tidbit when I visited her last October.

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RE: Next quiz - 10/29/2010 5:26:23 AM   
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I've woken up on a few wonderful mornings gazing over at the guns of the North Carolina after a night in the bars on the other side of the river. Fun town.

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RE: Next quiz - 10/29/2010 7:39:20 PM   
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I kept thinking it would be the USS New York on all-Atlantic duty. I wonder how that ship lost more than ten men?

I've woken up on a few wonderful mornings gazing over at the guns of the North Carolina after a night in the bars on the other side of the river. Fun town.

There may be other BBs that lost less. It just struck me on the tour that with a compliment of over 2500, it would have been a good berth for four years of war.

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RE: Next quiz - 10/29/2010 8:54:32 PM   
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I kept thinking it would be the USS New York on all-Atlantic duty. I wonder how that ship lost more than ten men?

I've woken up on a few wonderful mornings gazing over at the guns of the North Carolina after a night in the bars on the other side of the river. Fun town.


The USS New York was redeployed to the Pacific in 1945. It was grazed by a kamikazee at Okinawa, she was also at Iwo Jima.

Here's a nifty map of where the New York was during WWII: http://www.acepilots.com/ships/USSNYchart.jpg

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RE: Next quiz - 10/30/2010 8:52:06 PM   
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I didn't respond to the 10 men question because I'd stumbled on the answer while checking out the Pennsylvania, so --

What ship sank the last combatant vessel of WWII?

During WW II or after WW II?

During WWII (before Japanese surrender) -- good point.


This action was also the last torpedo fired during the war.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/1/2010 11:13:09 PM   
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ORIGINAL: SewerStarFish

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ORIGINAL: SewerStarFish
I didn't respond to the 10 men question because I'd stumbled on the answer while checking out the Pennsylvania, so --

What ship sank the last combatant vessel of WWII?

During WW II or after WW II?

During WWII (before Japanese surrender) -- good point.


This action was also the last torpedo fired during the war.

Warspite1

I think another clue is required ....or the answer.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/2/2010 2:10:24 AM   
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ORIGINAL: SewerStarFish
I didn't respond to the 10 men question because I'd stumbled on the answer while checking out the Pennsylvania, so --

What ship sank the last combatant vessel of WWII?

During WW II or after WW II?

During WWII (before Japanese surrender) -- good point.


This action was also the last torpedo fired during the war.

Warspite1

I think another clue is required ....or the answer.


On August 14,1945 she sank Coast Defense Vessel 13 and Coast Defense Vessel 47.

She is named for a gadoid fish.


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RE: Next quiz - 11/2/2010 2:25:36 AM   
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ORIGINAL: SewerStarFish
I didn't respond to the 10 men question because I'd stumbled on the answer while checking out the Pennsylvania, so --

What ship sank the last combatant vessel of WWII?

During WW II or after WW II?

During WWII (before Japanese surrender) -- good point.


This action was also the last torpedo fired during the war.

Warspite1

I think another clue is required ....or the answer.


On August 14,1945 she sank Coast Defense Vessel 13 and Coast Defense Vessel 47.

She is named for a gadoid fish.


Even cooler, one of my sister ships is still on active duty in the Republic of China Navy. A literal lend lease unit.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/2/2010 8:23:09 PM   
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ORIGINAL: SewerStarFish
I didn't respond to the 10 men question because I'd stumbled on the answer while checking out the Pennsylvania, so --
What ship sank the last combatant vessel of WWII?

During WW II or after WW II?

During WWII (before Japanese surrender) -- good point.

This action was also the last torpedo fired during the war.
Warspite1
I think another clue is required ....or the answer.

On August 14,1945 she sank Coast Defense Vessel 13 and Coast Defense Vessel 47.
She is named for a gadoid fish.

Even cooler, one of my sister ships is still on active duty in the Republic of China Navy. A literal lend lease unit.

In the 1950's she was fitted with a Regulus Missile sytem. In 1960 she received a Presidential Unit Citation for operations in the Lebanon Crisis. In 1962 she won a Naval Commendation medal for the Cuban Blockade. She is only one of two of her class still in the US.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/2/2010 8:39:30 PM   
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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 5:02:17 AM   
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Which British battleship torpedoed another battleship during WWII



I believe it was the Rodney, firing at the Bismarck.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 7:49:43 AM   
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Which British battleship torpedoed another battleship during WWII



I believe it was the Rodney, firing at the Bismarck.

Warspite1

Is the correct answer

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 3:00:26 PM   
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You guys will have to settle for a stupid one, I guess.


So what was Isaac Asimov's "explanation" for the phenomenon of "Kilroy was here" graffiti appearing in odd places, like the inside normally sealed areas of ships, or areas that were in the path of American advances?

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 7:06:24 PM   
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Status: offline 		During the war Kilroy was an inspector of some type of military gear coming off a production line in the USA somewhere. Soldiers picked up on seeing his name frequently and began spreading the phrase. Perhaps a good trivia question would be what was the original equipment he was inspecting? (I think the answer might even already be in this thread?)

I have a WWII question, not quite a trivia question but I wasn't able to find the answer quickly with Google so I thought I'd ask y'all.....how many merchant ships did German surface ships, both regular naval combat ships (SCS in WiF) and commerce raiders (CX) sink in total?

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 7:15:04 PM   
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During the war Kilroy was an inspector of some type of military gear coming off a production line in the USA somewhere. Soldiers picked up on seeing his name frequently and began spreading the phrase. Perhaps a good trivia question would be what was the original equipment he was inspecting? (I think the answer might even already be in this thread?)

I have a WWII question, not quite a trivia question but I wasn't able to find the answer quickly with Google so I thought I'd ask y'all.....how many merchant ships did German surface ships, both regular naval combat ships (SCS in WiF) and commerce raiders (CX) sink in total?

Warspite1

I'll dig around on the SCS front, but CX was 780,000 tons (129 ships). I suspect that the SCS return was woeful measured by cost and manpower compared to the auxiliary cruisers.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 7:33:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		Gneisenau, Scharnhorst, Scheer and Hipper sunk 270,000 tons up to May 1941. Add in the few thousand tons that Deutschland sunk (just three ships) + the 50,000 tons from Graf Spee, and you get circa 325,000. Add a few more odds and sods e.g. I don't think Operation Juno counts in the Gneisenau and Scharnhorst nos. and you get a whole lot of not very much compared to the auxiliary cruisers and a miniscule no. when compared to the U-boat arm.



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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 8:11:34 PM   
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ORIGINAL: SewerStarFish
I didn't respond to the 10 men question because I'd stumbled on the answer while checking out the Pennsylvania, so --
What ship sank the last combatant vessel of WWII?

During WW II or after WW II?

During WWII (before Japanese surrender) -- good point.

This action was also the last torpedo fired during the war.
Warspite1
I think another clue is required ....or the answer.

On August 14,1945 she sank Coast Defense Vessel 13 and Coast Defense Vessel 47.
She is named for a gadoid fish.

Even cooler, one of my sister ships is still on active duty in the Republic of China Navy. A literal lend lease unit.

In the 1950's she was fitted with a Regulus Missile sytem. In 1960 she received a Presidential Unit Citation for operations in the Lebanon Crisis. In 1962 she won a Naval Commendation medal for the Cuban Blockade. She is only one of two of her class still in the US.

Answer USS Torsk SS-423
http://www.usstorsk.org/history/423hist.htm

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 8:13:05 PM   
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During the war Kilroy was an inspector of some type of military gear coming off a production line in the USA somewhere. Soldiers picked up on seeing his name frequently and began spreading the phrase. Perhaps a good trivia question would be what was the original equipment he was inspecting? (I think the answer might even already be in this thread?)


I've heard this explanation, but it would seem to me to be inaccurate. While some inspector named "Kilroy" might put his mark on something he's checked at, the little doodle with the guy looking over the wall and a huge nose, seems a bit childish and, perhaps more importantly, time wasting.

Furthermore, you have drawings of extremely similar natures with different names "Foo" and "Chad" being very common, especially where British and Australian forces wound up, which casts some doubt about it being an inspector's sigil.

Furthermore, there was a chalked graffito of the thing on Fort Knox, which was at least accompanied by a date of 5/13/1937 (Although there was some doubt that the date was genuine in the thing I heard about it, there was some sway to the idea that someone put it in at a later date signed it to earlier) And the "Foo was here" graffiti dates all the way back to WW1.


Lastly, the question was what was Asimov's "explanation" Although, all this expansion has kind of killed the joke I wanted to make, so Brian brian, feel free to hit with a trivia question.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 8:22:34 PM   
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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 8:39:04 PM   
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Speaking of CX, which was the most successful of the German auxiliary cruisers in terms of number of ships sunk and tonnage?

I belive that to be Pinguin.

At last a question that i had some knowledge about.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 8:57:43 PM   
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Speaking of CX, which was the most successful of the German auxiliary cruisers in terms of number of ships sunk and tonnage?

I belive that to be Pinguin.

At last a question that i had some knowledge about.

Warspite1

You believe correctly - 32 ships and 155,000 tons.

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 9:09:38 PM   
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Merchant Navy Losses in WW2.

Schiff 33 "Pinguin" Hilfskreuzer (HSK 5)

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 9:33:58 PM   
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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 9:39:20 PM   
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While on patrol and escort duty in Western Australian water HMAS Sydney was lost with all hands. When and why was she lost? And what year was the wreck found?




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She fought a duel with the auxiliary cruiser Kormoran in [?] November 1941. Both ships were mortally wounded in the engagement, but at least soem of the German vessel's crew were picked up, unlike the Aussie ship .

The wreck was found in [2008?]

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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 9:48:35 PM   
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While on patrol and escort duty in Western Australian water HMAS Sydney was lost with all hands. When and why was she lost? And what year was the wreck found?




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She fought a duel with the auxiliary cruiser Kormoran in [?] November 1941. Both ships were mortally wounded in the engagement, but at least soem of the German vessel's crew were picked up, unlike the Aussie ship .

The wreck was found in [2008?]

All correct.

Sydney was lost, with all 645 hands, after the battle with the auxiliary cruiser Komoran (HSK-8) on the 19th november 1941. Sydney was the largest loss of life in the history of the Royal Australian Navy. The wreck was found 17 March 2008.

Komoran was scuttled because of the damage she got in the battle with Sydney. 318 men was rescued, and inprisoned, by Australia.





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RE: Next quiz - 11/3/2010 10:02:05 PM   
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Status: offline 		The light cruiser HMAS Sydney was the largest ship in WWII to be sunk with all hands. But which ship - of similar size and type - was sunk with just one survivor in WWII?

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RE: Next quiz - 11/4/2010 4:02:13 AM   
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I always thought it somewhat morbidly amusing that the mutual destruction outcome of the Sydney vs Kormoran is impossible to actually get in Wif........

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RE: Next quiz - 11/4/2010 4:15:55 AM   
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