NAVY BMR EXAM 2025 WITH 100% ACCURATE
SOLUTIONS
What date did the Second Continental Congress create the United States Navy by authorizing the
purchase of two vessels - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Oct 13, 1775
Ships-of-the-line, Frigates, along with what else were the three major classes of vessels during the
Revolutionary war and into the 19th century? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Sloops of war
Which ships were the largest of all the sailing warships carrying 64 to over 100 guns of various sizes
during the revolutionary war and into the 19th century? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Ships of the line
How many guns were generally carried by Frigates during the revolutionary war and into the 19th
century - ✅✅✅CORRECT -28-44
Which type of vessel was characterized as a small, fast, flexible, flush-deck ship that carried smooth-bore
cannons? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Schooner
What was the name of the first warfare submarine - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Turtle
What was the first U.S. Navy flagship that is said to be the first U.S. naval vessel where the "Flag of
Freedom" was hoisted by John Paul Jones? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -USS Alfred
What year was the first Continental Navy squadron put to sea by Esek Hopkins? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -
1776
Who is the father of our highest naval traditions? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -John Paul Jones
What became one of the first foreign powers to recognize the struggling government of the American
Colonies? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -France
, At the end of the Revolutionary War, a new federal government was established. In 1783, the Navy was
down to five ships. The Navy was disbanded, and the last frigate, the USS Alliance, was sold in what
year? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1785
What year was the Department of the Navy established by John Adams? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1798
What war was the origin of the famous expression "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute"? -
✅✅✅CORRECT -Quasi War
What nickname was earned by the USS Constitution when Captain Isaac Hull defeated the British frigate
Guerriere with it on August 19, 1812? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Old Ironsides
Who defeated a British squadron on Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, and wrote his dispatch "We have
met the enemy and they are ours."? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Captain Oliver Hazard Perry
Who was the first to successfully power a commercial steamboat with steam? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -
Robert Fulton
What was the first Navy warship to use steam? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -USS Demologos
What year did the Navy launch the USS Pennsylvania which was the largest of ship-of-the-line vessel? -
✅✅✅CORRECT -1837
What year did the Navy launch the USS Missouri and the USS Mississippi which were our first ocean-
going, steam-driven capital ships? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1841
What year did the Navy launch the USS Michigan which was the first iron-hulled warship? -
✅✅✅CORRECT -1843
Who is referred to as the "Father of the Steam Navy"? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Commander Mathew
Calbraith Perry
SOLUTIONS
What date did the Second Continental Congress create the United States Navy by authorizing the
purchase of two vessels - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Oct 13, 1775
Ships-of-the-line, Frigates, along with what else were the three major classes of vessels during the
Revolutionary war and into the 19th century? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Sloops of war
Which ships were the largest of all the sailing warships carrying 64 to over 100 guns of various sizes
during the revolutionary war and into the 19th century? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Ships of the line
How many guns were generally carried by Frigates during the revolutionary war and into the 19th
century - ✅✅✅CORRECT -28-44
Which type of vessel was characterized as a small, fast, flexible, flush-deck ship that carried smooth-bore
cannons? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Schooner
What was the name of the first warfare submarine - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Turtle
What was the first U.S. Navy flagship that is said to be the first U.S. naval vessel where the "Flag of
Freedom" was hoisted by John Paul Jones? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -USS Alfred
What year was the first Continental Navy squadron put to sea by Esek Hopkins? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -
1776
Who is the father of our highest naval traditions? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -John Paul Jones
What became one of the first foreign powers to recognize the struggling government of the American
Colonies? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -France
, At the end of the Revolutionary War, a new federal government was established. In 1783, the Navy was
down to five ships. The Navy was disbanded, and the last frigate, the USS Alliance, was sold in what
year? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1785
What year was the Department of the Navy established by John Adams? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1798
What war was the origin of the famous expression "Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute"? -
✅✅✅CORRECT -Quasi War
What nickname was earned by the USS Constitution when Captain Isaac Hull defeated the British frigate
Guerriere with it on August 19, 1812? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Old Ironsides
Who defeated a British squadron on Lake Erie on September 10, 1813, and wrote his dispatch "We have
met the enemy and they are ours."? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Captain Oliver Hazard Perry
Who was the first to successfully power a commercial steamboat with steam? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -
Robert Fulton
What was the first Navy warship to use steam? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -USS Demologos
What year did the Navy launch the USS Pennsylvania which was the largest of ship-of-the-line vessel? -
✅✅✅CORRECT -1837
What year did the Navy launch the USS Missouri and the USS Mississippi which were our first ocean-
going, steam-driven capital ships? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -1841
What year did the Navy launch the USS Michigan which was the first iron-hulled warship? -
✅✅✅CORRECT -1843
Who is referred to as the "Father of the Steam Navy"? - ✅✅✅CORRECT -Commander Mathew
Calbraith Perry
