The United States Navy

Can you guess these facts about the U.S. Navy and its history?

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Last updated: August 21, 2022

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Hint	Answer
The U.S. Navy has 11 of this type of ship, equal to all other countries combined	Aircraft carrier
President who served in the Navy, commanding PT-109	John F. Kennedy
Blockbuster 1986 film about a school for Navy aviators	Top Gun
Virginia-class vessels are this type of ship	Submarine
Navy unit that killed Osama Bin Laden	SEAL Team Six
What John Paul Jones supposedly said in 1779 when the British asked him to surrender	I have not yet begun to fight!
Place in Hawaii where the Pacific Fleet is based	Pearl Harbor
City in Virginia home to the Atlantic Fleet	Norfolk
Famous 1942 victory over the Japanese, called the turning point of the Pacific Theater	Battle of Midway
Nickname of the USS Constitution, the world's oldest ship still afloat	Old Ironsides
Lowest rank of commissioned officer in the Navy (hint: starts with E)	Ensign
First ironclad ship in the U.S. Navy - it battled the Merrimack during the Civil War	USS Monitor
Nickname of the U.S. fleet which traveled around the world from 1907–1909 to display American naval power	Great White Fleet
Name one of the five star admirals from WWII	William Leahy \| Ernest King \| Chester Nimitz \| William Halsey Jr.
City in Maryland home to the U.S. Naval Academy	Annapolis
Official fight song of the Naval Academy, composed in 1906	Anchors Aweigh
Country that was forcibly opened to world trade in 1854 in part because of Commodore Matthew Perry	Japan
Name one of the two Presidents to serve as Assistant Secretary of the Navy	Theodore Roosevelt \| Franklin D. Roosevelt

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8 Comments

Level 89

Aug 21, 2022

Interesting contrast to the "Great White Fleet"--the ships that Perry sailed to Japan were famously known to the Japanese as the "black ships" (kurofune).

Level 68

Oct 27, 2022

Same thought.

Tough stats; minus 2, 3 points, beat 75% of people :/

Wouldn't have given the clue, 'starts with E'

Fun quiz, ty.

Level 78

Aug 22, 2022

I admit that i'm a bit clueless with military terminology, but when the Bin Laden clue is asking for the specific unit, shouldn't we have to give more than just "seal"?

Level 79

Aug 22, 2022

They are called Navy Seals so seals should ok, IMO

Level 93

Oct 27, 2022

My grandfather served in the Navy. I wonder how well he'd do on this quiz.

Level 36

Oct 27, 2022

No.

Level 62

Apr 6, 2024

submarines are boats, not ships

Level 41

Mar 28, 2025

The question with the Virginia-Class is a bit iffy since there were also Virginia-Class BBs and missile cruisers.