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RE: Next quiz - 6/29/2010 6:46:29 PM

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Name the plane�

It is the famous Grumman G-21 Goose, named JRF by the US Navy.

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RE: Next quiz - 6/29/2010 10:54:52 PM

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Name the plane�

It is the famous Grumman G-21 Goose, named JRF by the US Navy.

Correct! (or one of its numerious variants)

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RE: Next quiz - 6/30/2010 10:41:51 PM

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Answer 2 of the 3 and you can surf for the answer

Name the tank, country of origin, or owner

Crew: 3
Weight: 12.5 tons
Length with gun: 13� 9 3/4��
Height: �8� 1 7/8��
Width: 7� 8��
Main armament: 37mm
Machine guns: 2 or 3
Armor thickness: 1/2"
Speed: 25mph

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RE: Next quiz - 7/1/2010 5:25:31 AM

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Hotchkiss ? France ?

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RE: Next quiz - 7/1/2010 2:32:39 PM

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Sorry not France or Hotchkiss.

This model of tank was purchased from the country of origin in 1941.

The suspension is a dead givaway for the country of origin.

This was a 3 man light medium tank.

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RE: Next quiz - 7/1/2010 6:53:13 PM

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Polish 7TP? Manufactured in Poland but I believe it was based on the Vickers tank?

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RE: Next quiz - 7/1/2010 9:10:29 PM

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Polish 7TP? Manufactured in Poland but I believe it was based on the Vickers tank?

No.

Specifications are all wrong for both the Polish 7TP and Vickers Mark E.

The Polish 7TP (7 ton Light tank)

The Vickers Mark E (6 ton Light tank)

The tank was a 12.5 ton "Light Medium Tank".

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 1:08:44 AM

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How about the Marmon Herrington CTMS-ITBI ?

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 2:23:33 AM

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How about the Marmon Herrington CTMS-ITBI ?

Correct Name of the tank

Country of origin: USA

Owner: Mexico

Marmon Herrington CTMS-ITBI Purchased in 1941, this was a 3 man light medium tank

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 7:17:49 PM

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I came up with a question recently. What do these ships have in common, aside from all being WiF Counters?

USS Baltimore
USS Brooklyn
USS Honolulu
USS Montpelier
USS Tennessee
USS Washington

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 7:31:24 PM

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I came up with a question recently. What do these ships have in common, aside from all being WiF Counters?

USS Baltimore
USS Brooklyn
USS Honolulu
USS Montpelier
USS Tennessee
USS Washington

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They are all American

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 9:23:19 PM

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yes, very true but they have something else in common.

I thought you would get it immediately but no one else would know.

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 10:40:57 PM

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yes, very true but they have something else in common.

I thought you would get it immediately but no one else would know.

They didn't see action in WW II?

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 11:09:04 PM

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yes, very true but they have something else in common.

I thought you would get it immediately but no one else would know.

They didn't see action in WW II?

Warspite1

No - Tennessee was at Pearl and was repaired after in time for the later Pacific campaigns. Washington saw action in Europe and the Pacific. Four cruisers and Two battleships.....mmmm

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 11:24:32 PM

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yes, very true but they have something else in common.

I thought you would get it immediately but no one else would know.

They didn't see action in WW II?

Warspite1

No - Tennessee was at Pearl and was repaired after in time for the later Pacific campaigns. Washington saw action in Europe and the Pacific. Four cruisers and Two battleships.....mmmm

Warspite1

I think a clue is required here!

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RE: Next quiz - 7/2/2010 11:43:07 PM

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maybe�where they were constructed

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RE: Next quiz - 7/3/2010 4:59:17 AM

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hmmm, a clue is hard for this. the answer is a person.

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RE: Next quiz - 7/3/2010 5:19:25 AM

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this has nothing to do with the list of USN ships question, I just ran across this for the first time and like the quote...

who said this:

"The enemy is in front of us, behind us, to the left of us, and to the right of us. They won't escape this time!"

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RE: Next quiz - 7/3/2010 3:25:44 PM

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this has nothing to do with the list of USN ships question, I just ran across this for the first time and like the quote...

who said this:

"The enemy is in front of us, behind us, to the left of us, and to the right of us. They won't escape this time!"

Colonel Lewis B. �Chesty� Puller

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RE: Next quiz - 7/3/2010 4:14:03 PM

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I rather like the reckless optimism in that quote.

Were all those ships commanded by the same person at some point during the war?

Or did that Kilroy fellow mark off his 'Kilroy was here' chalk when they were under construction to show that whatever he was overseeing had been doen correctoly?

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RE: Next quiz - 7/3/2010 4:16:19 PM

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No, not the same captain of those ships, but the same naval officer served on them.

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RE: Next quiz - 7/3/2010 10:01:20 PM

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I rather like the reckless optimism in that quote.

Were all those ships commanded by the same person at some point during the war?

Or did that Kilroy fellow mark off his 'Kilroy was here' chalk when they were under construction to show that whatever he was overseeing had been doen correctoly?

I don't think it was reckless optimism this was in Korea.

Think on this...

He dropped out of VMI for WW I. was mad a Lieutenant in the Reserves. Was discharged due to force cutbacks after the war.

Joined the U.S. Marines as an enlisted man fought in Haiti.

Returned to U.S. and was promoted to 2nd Lieutenant.

Nicaragua from 1928 to 1933 where he earned 2nd Navy Crosses.

Was in China and commanded the famed "Horse Marines".

Puller commanded the 7th Marines during action on Gualalcanal in World War II.

Earned his 3rd Navy Cross on 24-25 October 1942 while his battalion defended Henderson Field.

4th Navy Cross in February 1944 while executive officer of 7th Marines at Cape Gloucester, moving through machine gun and mortar fire to take command of two battalions whose commanders had been killed.

Total personal awards: 5 Navy Crosses, the Silver Star, 2 Legions of Merit with "V", the Bronze Star, the Bronze Star with "V", the Air Medal, and the Purple Heart.

Another Puller quote orders to a company commander.: "Son, if they give you any s---, level the place."

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RE: Next quiz - 7/6/2010 6:07:11 AM

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No, not the same captain of those ships, but the same naval officer served on them.

Warspite1

It looks like no answer is going to be forthcoming - are you going to tell us?

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RE: Next quiz - 7/6/2010 1:40:50 PM

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offline a little the last few days ... I was playing World in Flames! I noticed at one point I sent out a mini task-force of the Brooklyn and the Honolulu to project presence into the Solomons...

the last three clues I could add would be these...

one could add the USS Buck and the USCGC Campbell to that list of ships. (USCGC = US Coast Guard Cutter), but those are part of an ASW counter at best

of the ships on the list, I had always thought of the Brooklyn as being the most famous, in that it featured the answer to the question for the longest time

and the answer has something to do with the history of WWII

but I'll just go ahead and tell you now that the answer is all of those ships had a famous author 'embedded' aboard during WWII, as today's parlance goes ... Samuel Eliot Morison, official USN historian of the war. As you read his volumes you start to notice that there are more likely to be first-person action stories from those ships than others. I had always thought of the CL Brooklyn as the ship he served on but I saw a complete list last week.

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RE: Next quiz - 7/8/2010 10:21:02 AM

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there is one in bundaburg australia under repair now i for get the type getting old....duck maybe.

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RE: Next quiz - 8/7/2010 4:03:25 AM

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What makes the aircraft carrier USS Robin unusual in 1943?

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RE: Next quiz - 8/7/2010 11:35:56 AM

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What�makes�the aircraft carrier USS Robin unusual in 1943?

I don't even know that "USS Robin" Carrier. Wikipeding its name, I only find a minesweeper. Why are you calling it a Aircraft Carrier ?

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RE: Next quiz - 8/7/2010 5:28:12 PM

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What�makes�the aircraft carrier USS Robin unusual in 1943?

I don't even know that "USS Robin" Carrier. Wikipeding its name, I only find a minesweeper. Why are you calling it a Aircraft Carrier ?

Second clue: She was a Fleet Aircraft Carrier (not a minesweeper).

After a fire it was decided to decomission her early.

She was scrapped at Faslane in July 1970.

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RE: Next quiz - 8/7/2010 10:15:53 PM

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Unusual? Her name?

HMS Victorious.

Renamed the USS Robin, she embarked US aircraft and aircrew, and with the Saratoga swept the Soloman Islands, whilst Saratoga embarked all the strike squadrons including the Fleet Air Arm 832 Squadron Avengers.

Resuming her former name, HMS Victorious returned to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow towards the end of 1943 and in early 1944 her aircraft participated in the attack on the Tirpitz.

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RE: Next quiz - 8/8/2010 2:04:25 PM

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Unusual? Her name?

HMS Victorious.

Renamed the USS Robin, she embarked US aircraft and aircrew, and with the Saratoga swept the Soloman Islands, whilst Saratoga embarked all the strike squadrons including the Fleet Air Arm 832 Squadron Avengers.

Resuming her former name, HMS Victorious returned to the Home Fleet at Scapa Flow towards the end of 1943 and in early 1944 her aircraft participated in the attack on the Tirpitz.