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US Navy
The US Navy is a service branch of the US Armed Forces that deals with naval warfare. It is the world’s largest naval force, and has the largest carrier fleet, operating 286 ships in active service and over 3,700 aircrafts.
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Why do people hate the armed forces?
Could be for a number of reasons. People who joined, only to find out they couldn't hack it, tend to have animosity towards the military. I know a lot of people who've joined and have been sent to Iraq, only to find out it was going to lead to some of the worst experiences of their entire life. They're not going to be particularly fond of the military. And, of course, there are people who have been genuinely screwed over by the military.
Who was US Army Chief of Staff during first Gulf War?
Gen . Carl E. Vuono served up to June 21, 1991 and then Gen . Gordon R. Sullivan served from June 21, 1991 to June 20, 1995 . The 1st Gulf War was from August 2, 1990 -- February 28, 1991 which means there were two Army Chiefs of Staff whose service overlapped each other during the conflict .
See related link below for a list of US Army Chiefs of Staff .
Why does the US Navy have airplanes?
Reasons and uses vary but include: # Force projection # Force protection # Anti Submarine Warfare # Logistic supply of the Fleet # Air Sea Rescue # Threat analysis # Support of the Fleet in Amphibious Operations # Intelligence Operations # Medical relief Operations # Liaison The aircraft carrier has become the ultimate means of Showing the Flag just as the Nuclear Submarine became the leading figure in the Nuclear Triad of Mador mutually assured destruction. The fleet can provide air operations to every corner of the globe when a threat to US or International Security is encountered.
What letter represents the site of the attack on the USS Cole?
I am unaware of what "letter" represents the site of the USS Cole Bombing, but the attack occurred in Aden, Yemen.
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What does the CS mean in Marlin model 336 CS?
I believe it means Covered Sights. My 336 doesn't have a covered front site blade, and my 336CS does. CS does not mean "covered sights". It is the designation for a Marlin C-"Carbine" with S-"Safety" which means it's a carbine with the latest crossbolt safey.
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Yes. Before escort carriers were built, or rather converted from merchant or passenger ships, some ships, known as CAM ships (Catapult Armed Merchantman) were fitted with a 64 ft rail, from which a Hawker Hurricane fighter could be catapulted, using rockets, to combat the Focke-Wulf 200 "Condor" bomber. As there was no way to land the plane back on the ship it would have to ditch, usually near one of the escorts, and the pilot would then be picked up by one of the ship's boats. The value of the Focke-Wulf Condor to the Germans, by the way, was not so much as a bomber or surface attack aircraft, but much more as a reconnaisance aircraft to keep tabs on the convoys and direct the U-boat "wolf-packs" on to them.
Why does the us not have battleships?
Because an aircraft carrier can destroy a battleship. Carriers began destroying battleships in WWII. Prior to WWII, the battleships ruled the seas; after 10 December 1941, airpower ruled the seas (carriers=airpower).
Note: British battleship HMS Prince of Wales and the British battle cruiser HMS Repulse were sunk by Japanese aircraft on 10 Dec '41.
Another reason that they don't have battleships is because there is almost no need for them. NGFS (Naval GunFire Support) is practically non-existent nowadays, that role is taken over by smaller gunned cruisers with 5-inch guns, and stealth and conventional bombers. There is no need for 16-inch guns, with guided and rocket assisted munitions in development for the 5-inch guns, and the bombers can be fitted with nuclear weaponry, something guns can't do. But the prime reason is because the battleships were aging. By the time the Iowas were recommissioned for Reagan's "600 ship Navy" program during the 1980's, the battleships were at least 40 years old, and some had been in reserve for 20+ years. By the time the last (USS Missouri) was decommissioned for the last time, the ship was at least 40 years old. Most of the ships now, with the exception of the USS Iowa, cannot be recommissioned, and are Museum ships.
Actually, to counter the above, there is a severe need for Naval Gunfire Support ships. The current 5"/54 cal standard naval gun on all US destroyers and cruisers is significantly lacking in utility for effective NGFS role usage. This has been recognized for over a decade now, and the US Marine Corps has bitterly complained about the Navy's over-reliance on missiles and aircraft. There have been several experiments around a new 8" or 155m Naval gun, for use on the DD21 (Zumwalt) destroyers; the likely final winner is the Advanced Gun System from BAE. However, as it is expect that only 2 Zumwalt Destroyers will be ordered, this is still significantly below what the Marines (and Army) would like for real NGFS roles. Both branches were bitterly sorry to see the Iowa-class decommissioned, since these ships are arguably the best NGFS ever created.
The real reason the Iowa class battleships (the last surviving operational battleships in the world, by almost 40 years) was cost. Building new battleships is massively expensive (even more than a Supercarrier), so no new ones have been built since mid-WW2. The reason the Iowa-class was finally decommissioned was that, as a 1940s-era ship, it was designed with a requirement for huge crew, over 2700 men, and lacked significant automation. Automating the Iowas to reduce the manpower requirement was deemed impossible, and the cost to run a 2700-man ship that wasn't an aircraft carrier was prohibitive (for comparison, a Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruiser has under 400 crew, and a Nimitz supercarrier has 3,200 crew + 2500 aircrew). It all boiled down to bang-for-buck. The Navy (which was unenthusiastic of the NGFS role), saw better utility in the newer Aegis cruisers and destroyers, and more firepower in a Supercarrier, so the battleships were phased out to make room for more cost-effective weapon systems.
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Is the US navy the third largest navy in the world?
No.
The US Navy is both the largest and most modern navy in the world.
Top 10 navies in the world:
USA 683,500 total (433,500 sailors + 250,000 marines)
(289 ships, 3700+ aircraft)
China 250,000
Russia 142,000
South Korea 68,000
India 64,000
France 57,000
Mexico 56,000
Taiwan 53,000 (this is 23,000 sailors + 30,000 marines)
Turkey 48,600
North Korea 48,000
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Note that most countries report both sailors and marines in their navy total numbers, for example Taiwan's 53,000 member navy is 23,000 sailors and 30,000 marines. I don't know the break downs for sailor to marine ratio in most countries navy totals.
Note also numbers are rough estimates for example 250,000 US marines breaks down to around 200,000 on active duty and 50,000 reserve. Or the numbers for France include 15,000 "part time" sailors.
What years did Roger Staubach play for the Naval Academy?
Roger Staubach's football career at the Naval Academy spanned 1962-1964.
Was the USS Yorktown prematurely abandoned?
Probably not. She had been very badly damaged, almost sunk, at the battle of the the Coral Sea. She should have spent months in drydock after that. Instead she was patched together in 48 hours! She was beiong held together with spit and bailing wire. She was attacked and hit twice during the battle of Midway. The second strike knocked out her boilers beyond the capacity to repair them at sea. Without power her pumps could not be worked, nor could she be steered. Even if she could have remained afloat long enough to be towed back to Pearl Harbor (highly unlikely in itself) to do so would have required many ships to protect her, all of which would have been endangered by having to move slowly with a carrier under tow. In all likelyhood she would have sunk, and might have cost us other ships as well. Scuttling her was the best thing to do. Michael Montagne According to Robert Ballards book "Return To Midway", the Yorktown wasn't scuttled. After being attacked and badly damaged on June 4, 1942, during the Battle of Midway, she was abondoned by all hands when she began to list severely to port. But by the morning of June 6, her list had stabilized at 24 degrees, and Captain Buckmaster decided to organize a salvage party to make what repairs they could and if possible tow the ship back to Pearl Harbor. They had improved her list to 22 degrees and the minesweeper USS Vireo was struggling to tow her when the Japanese submarine I-168 managed to sneak in and fire 4 torpedos at her. One torpedo struck the destroyer USS Hammann, which sunk in 5 minutes, one was a complete miss, and two struck the Yorktown. The order was given once again to abandon ship, and at 0458 on the morning of June 7 the Yorktown "turned over on her port side and sank in about 3,000 fathoms of water with all battle flags flying", according to Captain Buckmasters official report.M. Evans,California
What does MV stand for on a ship?
Note: When I worked for the Port of Houston, I was informed that M/V stood for "Maiden Voyage."...SherryKB
Which US General saw the need for a US Navy?
George Washington may have suggested it, but Congress commissioned the Navy on Oct. 13, 1775. John Adams stated " a navy is our natural and only defense". Since the question does not give time frame Congress is given the credit for the establishment of the navy.
Us navy ships that suffered combat damage?
1. Light Cruiser USS Oklahoma suffered light damage due to a bomb attack by NVAF MiG17 in 1972.
2. Destroyer USS Higbee suffered heavy damage when it's aft 5 inch mount was destroyed by a direct hit from the same attack involving the USS Oklahoma in 1972. Only it was a separate MiG17. One NVAF MiG each attacked one warship each.
3. USNS Card (former CVE-11 escort aircraft carrier) sank in Saigon harbor from VC frogmen in 1964. (Sapper attack).
4. Destroyer USS Maddox did receive 25mm hit from NVN P4 Torpedo Boat attack on 02 August 1964. Torpedoes missed however.
5. USS Oriskany-Fire; very heavy damage
6. USS Enterprise-Fire; very heavy damage
7. USN Brown Water Navy Riverine Boats-Swift Boats (PCF-Patrol Boat Fast); PBRs (Patrol Boat River); Alpha Boats (ASPB-Assault Support Patrol Boats); Monitors (River Battleships). Several of each category of Riverine craft were sunk during the war.
What does nar mean for a US Navy ship?
The term "NAR" doesn't refer to a Navy ship - it's the standard Navy acronym for Naval Air Reserve.
A propeller works by converting the rotation of the engine into horizontal thrust similar to a fan. The blades push the air backwards creating acceleration, and create a difference in pressure between the forward and rear surface adding to the movement.
The above is, of course true for a boat propeller. For an airplane propeller Bernoulli's pincipal is involved. Bernoulli's principle states that the greater the speed of a fluid, the less the lateral pressure. So the propeller uses the same deal as the wing.
Who was the First commander of the USS Nautilus?
Vice Admiral (then Commander) Eugene P. "Dennis" Wilkinson, was the first CO of the USS Nautilus (SSN-571).
He was selected for the Nautilus command as well as 2 other historic assignments:
First Commanding Officer of USS Long Beach (CGN-9), the Navy's first nuclear powered surface ship
First CEO of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations
When were blue lights first used on policed cars in the us?
Blue lights were first used on a police car in the 1980's. This was in the United States.
Ernest T. "Ernie" Pyle (1900-1945)was KIA on the island of Ie Shima, April 18, 1945. His death was not however caused by a sniper, but by fire from
a Japanese machine gun.
Richard V. Horrell
WW 2 Connections.com
What US Navy ships are named after women?
Few ships have been named for women by the military. Ships often are named after people who served in the Navy or who served in the government. Women have only recently been in such prominent positions, and therefore few have been so honored by the Navy. The gunboat Lady Washington was commissioned in 1776 and was the first American armed ship named for a woman. She was a row galley, a small wooden river gunboat, built in 1776 by New York State to defend Hudson River, named in honor of Martha Washington. She remained active, under General Washington's command, through June 1777. The sidewheel steamer Harriet Lane was launched in 1857. She was the first armed ship in service with the U.S. Navy to be named for a woman. Originally a Revenue Cutter, she was named for Harriet Lane, niece of President James Buchanan, who served as Buchanan's White House hostess. The ship was transferred to the Navy in 1858 and was later returned to Revenue Cutter Service. She was transferred again to Navy when the American Civil War began, 1861 and was captured by Confederates at Galveston, Texas Jan 1863. She was not returned to government service after end of war. The sternwheel river steamer Bloomer was launched in 1856. Apparently this name was retained from a former name; she was named for feminist Amelia Bloomer. Bloomer was captured from Confederates in 1862 and served in the U.S. Navy from 1863-65. The harbor tug Sacagawea (YT-241), 1942, was the first instance of a Martime Commission's assignment of woman's name to naval vessel. She was named for Sacagawea, a Shoshone woman. The name was assigned to a tug acquired by Maritime Commission for the Navy; it ended up being retained by Maritime Commission and was never commissioned in the Navy. * Pocahontas (YT-266), a harbor tug commissioned in 1942 and named for Pocahontas. * USS Victoria (AO-46) (ex- USS George G. Henry (SP-1560)) * Five transports commissioned in 1942: o USS Dorothea L. Dix (AP-67), named for Dorothea Dix o USS Elizabeth C. Stanton (AP-69), named for Elizabeth C. Stanton o USS Florence Nightingale (AP-70), named for Florence Nightingale o USS Lyon (AP-71), named for Mary Lyon o USS Susan B. Anthony (AP-72), named for Susan B. Anthony * Sacagawea (YT-326) (later designation of YTM-326), a harbor tug that served in Charleston harbor from 1942 to 1945. * Watseka (YT-387), a 1944 harbor tug named for a Potawatomi woman. * USS Higbee (DD-806), 1945 a Gearing-class destroyer named for Lenah S. Higbee, Superintendent of Navy Nurse Corps 1911-1922, Higbee served in Fast Carrier Force. She was the first ship laid down, christened, and commissioned for a woman who had served in the U.S. Navy, and the first to see combat so named. * USS Hopper (DDG-70), 1996. Built and commissioned at Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine, the Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer is named for RADM Grace Murray Hopper, a computer technology pioneer who led the Navy into the digital age. * USS Roosevelt (DDG-80) is explicitly named for both Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt * USNS Sacagawea (T-AKE-2) was announced in 2000. She is the second of a new class of replenishment ships. * USNS Mary Sears (T-AGS-65), an oceanographic survey ship, was launched in October 2000 and is still active as of 2005. She was named for Commander Mary Sears. Note that even though the name Shenandoah is an American Indian word meaning "Daughter of the Stars," the navy airship Shenandoah and other ships are named for the river Shenandoah in Virginia. * USS Marie (SP-100) * USS Miss Betsy (SP-151) * USS Lady Anne (SP-154) * USS Emeline (SP-175) * USS Marguerite (SP-193) * USS Lady Mary (SP-212) * USS Edithia (SP-214) (later YP-214 Edithia) * USS Katherine K. (SP-220) * USS Ellen (SP-284) * USS Mary Pope (SP-291) * USS Margaret (SP-328) * USS Alice (SP-367) * USS Mary Alice (SP-397) * USS Guinevere (SP-512) * USS Nightingale (SP-523) * USS Margaret (SP-524) * USS Margaret (SP-527) * USS Margaret (SP-531) * USS Estella (SP-537) * USS Bonita (SP-540) * USS Empress (SP-569) * USS Betty M. II (SP-623) * USS Joy (SP-643) * USS Lady Betty (SP-661) * USS Katie (SP-660) * USS Lady Betty (SP-661) * USS Mary B. Garner (SP-682) * USS Annie E. Gallup (SP-694) * USS Katherine (SP-715) * USS Sister (SP-822) * USS Josephine (SP-913) * USS Lady Thorne (SP-962) * USS Elizabeth (SP-972) * USS Isabela (SP-1035) * USS Elizabeth (SP-1092) * USS Katrina (SP-1144) * USS Jane II (SP-1188) * USS Maggie (SP-1202) * USS Margaret Anderson (SP-1203) * USS Annabelle (SP-1206) * USS Ellen (SP-1209) * USS Lucielle Ross (SP-1211) * USS Josephine (SP-1243) * USS Marie (SP-1260) * USS Jeanette Skinner (SP-1321) * USS Eliza Hayward (SP-1414) * USS Anna B. Smith (ID-1458) * USS Nellie Jackson (SP-1459) * USS Miss Toledo (SP-1711) * USS Anna O'Boyle (ID-1736) * USS Bessie (SP-1755) * USS Bessie J. (SP-1919) * USS Joanna (SP-1963) * USS Laura Reed (SP-2009) * USS Bella (ID-2211) * USS Princess Matioka (SP-2290) * USS Annie B. Embry (ID-2401) * USS Julia Luckenbach (SP-2407) * USS Elinor (SP-2465) * USS Margaret (SP-2510) * USS Luella (ID-2691) * USS Clare (SP-2774) * USS Katrina Luckenbach (SP-3020) * USS Sara Thompson (ID-3148) later reclassified AO-8 * USS Katherine W. Cullen (SP-3223) * USS Mary M (SP-3274) * USS Betty Jane I (SP-3458) For many years sailors NEVER called their ships after women because they considered the ship a woman and she would be jealous causing bad luck. This applied to mines as well. I was working at the W.C. Bennett Dam up North and when they were mining the Intake Tunnels women were not allowed inside (bad luck) until it was completed.
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