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August's Winner: Hannah Beck
Runners Up: Fred Muller (prize recipient), Robert Wilson, Mike Poncsak
and Chris DeMarzio
Question: Name
the 4 DDE’s that helped bring an intense fire under control on the USS
WASP CVS-18 in 1959? Courtesy of Ed Zajkowski
Answer:
DDE’s—USS HARWOOD, 861;
McCAFFERY, 860; LLOYD THOMAS, 764 and KEPPLER, 765. BLANDY DD-943 + NORRIS
DDE-859 were also there, but stayed astern to retrieve men who had to jump
overboard.
July's Winner: Mike Poncsak
Runner Up: Lou Colella (prize recipient)
Question: What
US Navy Warship earned nine battle stars for her vigilant support of
American and South Vietnamese interests during the Vietnam War and 3
Humanitarian awards for helping Vietnamese refugees escape the country
once it fell to Communism? Courtesy of Terrence Wright
Answer: USS
Sterett (DLG-31)
June's Winner: Bill Burress
Runner's Up: Hannah Beck, Mike Poncsak,
Robert Wilson, Ron Nicholls, Bill Bryant, Michael Flynn, Jeffrey Hawley,
Rick Pitz
Please note: Because both Bill Burress and Hannah Beck have received a
prize within the last 6 months, this month’s prize is going to Mike
Poncsak.
Question:
Name the first U.S.
naval vessel to fly the 50 star flag outside the United States. Courtesy
of Delane Burnette
Answer:
November 12, 1960: USS Gearing (DD-710) is the first naval vessel to fly the
50 star flag outside the U.S. As part of the ceremony, the Navy’s first 49
star flag was flown before the 50 star flag was hoisted by Chief Fred
(Eddie) Schneider.
Source: DD-710 Fleet Operations 1945-1973
May's Winner: Hannah Beck
Runner's Up: Bob Fox, Bill Burress, Tom Perkins,
George Seal, Larry Holt, Mike Poncsak, Lou Colella, Dave Watson,
Terrence Wright, Tom Erb, John Klar, Robert Wilson
Question: I was
laid down by consolidated steel corp., Orange, Tex., 25 July 1941, and
commissioned 9 February 1943.
I penetrated within
1-1/2 miles of the Japanese shoreline, probably the closes approach made
by surface ships during the entire war.
Following the Atomic
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the subsequent collapse of Japan,
I screened transports carrying occupation troops into Tokyo Bay on 6
September.
I fought in almost every major offensive campaign of the
Pacific War without losing a single man.
I received 12 Battle
Stars for World War II service.What is my Name? Question courtesy of
Delane Burnett
Answer: USS John Rogers (DD-574)
April's Winner: Hannah Beck
Runner Up: Terrence Wright
Please note: prize went to runner up.
Question:
What U.S. navy ship
was the most decorated ship in naval history? Courtesy of Ed Velasquez
Answer:
USS PARCHE
SSN-683. In addition to numerous medals, it received 9 presidential unit
citations and holds the US record for submerged endurance of 124 days in
1982.
March's Winner: Hannah Beck
Runner's Up:
Bill Burress, Charlie
Sauer, Phillip O’Donnell, John W. Klar, Lou Colella, Bill Bryant, T.
Foley, Chris DeMarzio, Ron Nicholls, John Roese, Allan Pike, Mike
Poncsak (partial answer).
Please note: prize went to 1st runner up.
Question: As a seaman first class aboard an LST during the
invasion of Lae, New Guinea I heroically stood my ground as the pilot
house was struck by an aerial bomb that mortally the helmsman and also
mortally wounded me. I grasped the helm from the dead sailor who was
manning it before me and swerved the LST out of harms way with the last
of my strength.
Still clinging to the
helm, I myself succumbed to my wounds minutes after clearing the vessel
from the onrushing torpedo. (For his single minded concerns for the
safety of his ship and his fellow shipmates he was awarded the Medal of
Honor.)
A US Navy ship was
commissioned in late August 1944.and named in my honor. Less than
three weeks after her commissioning this ship rescued sailors from an
American destroyer lost in a hurricane in Sept. 1944. Of the 5 officers
and 68 men who survived the sunken destroyer this Destroyer Escort
rescued 34 officers and men. This was almost half of the surviving
sailors.
This DE also received
the Presidential Unit citation for her actions against the Japanese Navy
9 August 1945.
For this months trivia question can you name the sailor
who was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving his LST, the name and hull
number of the ship that bore his name, the name of the USN Destroyer
lost in a hurricane in Sept 1944, and the nature of the unit citation
presented to the ship for her actions against the Empire of Japan on
August 9, 1945? Courtesy of Terrence Wright
Answer:
Johnnie Hutchins
saved his fellow shipmates while serving aboard LST 473
Hull Number: USS Johnnie Hutchins DE
360
Lost Destroyer: USS Warrington DD-383
Citation Recommendation: Sunk one Jap midget sub with gunfire, sunk a second
and damaged a third with repeated depth charge attacks 9 August 1945.
February's Winner:
Hannah R. Beck
February's Runners Up:
Bob Crawford, Mike Poncsak, Tom Perkins, Ron Nicholls, Robert
Wilson, Adam Grose, Lynn Cooper, Delane Burnette, Terrence Wright, Bob
Yarnell, Len Ostrowski, John Roese
Question:
What was the name of the
destroyer on which the first at-sea landing was made by the experimental
DSN-1 drone helicopter and what was the date on which this occurred?
Question courtesy of Ed Zajkowski
Answer:
The first at-sea
landing aboard a destroyer by the experimental DSN-1 drone helicopter was
made on 1 July 1960 aboard the USS Mitscher DL-2 off the coast of Long
Island. The DSN-1 is the first remote controlled helicopter built
expressly for use in destroyers in the Navy’s new DASH weapons concept.
SOURCE—DESLANT INFO BULLETIN--August 1960 page 5
