questions with answers
USS Juneau / USS DeHaven (Both A & C) - correct answer ✔✔ On 29 June 1950, which of the
following ships fired the first bombardment of the Korean War?
Korean War - correct answer ✔✔ Helicopters were first studied and developed during
_____________________________.
True - correct answer ✔✔ During the Korean War a program was established giving outstanding
enlisted women the opportunity to receive commissions in the regular Navy.
17 Jan 1955 - correct answer ✔✔ The first nuclear submarine went to sea under the command
of Commander Eugene P. Wilkinson on _______________________________.
Nautilus - correct answer ✔✔ The first nuclear submarine to reach the geographic North Pole
was ___________________________________.
True - correct answer ✔✔ The Polaris submarine provided a combined explosive power greater
than the total of all the bombs dropped by all aircraft in WWII.
False - correct answer ✔✔ The USS ENTERPRISE (GVN-65) was the first nuclear powered surface
warship commissioned by the U.S.
Alan Shepard - correct answer ✔✔ America's first suborbital flight was made by which of the
following naval officers?
, True - correct answer ✔✔ Naval operations in Vietnam consisted mainly of gunfire support and
carrier aircraft operations.
90% of personnel & supplies used - correct answer ✔✔ During Vietnam, U.S. Navy service and
amphibious forces transported over ___________________________________.
True - correct answer ✔✔ The VANGUARD was developed by the Naval Research Laboratory.
False - correct answer ✔✔ The first man to set foot on the moon was Air Force Pilot Neil
Armstrong.
Navy - correct answer ✔✔ All crew members of the Apollo 12 mission were from which branch
of the service?
True - correct answer ✔✔ Five of the six men to walk on the surface of the moon in the period
of 1969 to 1979 were Naval Aviators.
USS OHIO - correct answer ✔✔ The first U.S. Trident submarine was
______________________________________.
Sputnik 1 - correct answer ✔✔ What Jawas the name of the Soviet satellite that launched the
U.S. into the space race?
3 - correct answer ✔✔ Of the seven original astronauts, how many were Navy officers?
Alan Shepard - correct answer ✔✔ The first U.S. astronaut to go up in space was:
John Glenn - correct answer ✔✔ Who was the first Astronaut to orbit the earth?