America’s Wars
DVD - Weapons of War: US Navy Carriers
1. How many active carriers does the US currently use?
2. What was the name of the ship that an aircraft first took off from?
3. In the early years, what was the mission of airplanes?
4. What is "arrestor gear?"
5. How many guns did a "Lexington" class carrier have onboard?
6. How many planes could a "Lexington" carry?
7. Which ship was the "Yorktown's" sister ship? Which ship came after these two?
8. What was the "WASP?"
9. Which attack dawned a new era in naval warfare? Which ocean was the "war of the carrier?"
10. From which carrier were the Doolittle Raiders launched?
We will skip ahead in the DVD at this point.....
11. What type of new airplane technology required carrier operation to change?
12. As the Cold War began, what was the new priority of our navy and the carrier fleet?
13. What was by far the most important innovation for carrying jet fighters?
14. How many aircraft could the U.S.S. Forrestal carry? (Largest ship in the world at the time)
15. The "Enterprise" was the first carrier to have what type of engines? (giving it unlimited range to travel anywhere in the world)
16. The Soviet surface fleet of their navy was no threat to us. However, what did the Soviets have that was a serious threat to our carriers?
We will skip ahead in the DVD at this point.....
17. What ship is the standard carrier design still used today?
18. The attack on Libya in 1986 was the first time which airplane saw combat action?
19. How many carrier groups were sent to the Persian Gulf in response to Saddam
Hussein invading Kuwait?
20. How much money does it cost and how long does it take to build a carrier?
21. How many ships accompany carriers anywhere they go?
22. Which plane will join the F-18 on carriers in the second decade of the 21st century?
(this DVD is a bit dated, these planes are currently being used)
23. What other countries have the same number of carriers as we do today?