ASTB- ANIT (Naval History) || with 100% Verified
Solutions.
Navy Birthday (Continental) correct answers Oct 13, 1775
1794 correct answers Naval Act led to the creation of the US Navy
1805 correct answers Successful Battle of Derna, Tripoli sees the American flag raised on
foreign soil for the first time
The first submarine is commissioned into the US Navy, the USS Holland IV (SS-1) correct
answers 1900
1910 November 14 correct answers Naval aviation begins when Eugene Ely takes off from the
USS Birmingham and lands safely on shore
1939 correct answers US Navy ships begin patrolling the Atlantic Ocean for German submarines
1942 correct answers damage inflicted on Japanese carriers during the battle of Midway is
considered the turning point in the pacific war
USS Mayaguez is rescued swiftly from Cambodia by Navy and Marine Corps correct answers
1975
Operation Desert Storm begins correct answers January 17, 1991
17 Sailors tragically lose their lives after terrorists bomb the USS Cole correct answers 2000
Operation Iraqi Freedom begins correct answers 2003 March 20
2011 December 31 correct answers Operation Iraqi freedom ends
December 1, 2012 correct answers The USS Enterprise is decommissioned after over 50 years of
service
1783 correct answers The french montigolfier brothers fly in a hot air balloon for 5.5 miles in 25
minutes
1861-65 correct answers observation balloons are used by both sides in the civil war
1896 correct answers american scientist samuel langley flies the first unmanned powered aircraft
17 dec 1903 correct answers american brothers Orville and wilbur wright achieve the first
recognized powered, manned flight at kitty hawk, NC
, 14 Nov 1910 correct answers first airplane takeoff from a ship (USS Birmingham) by Eugene B
Ely
18 Jan 1911 correct answers 1st successful shipboard landing USS Pennsylvania by Eugene B.
Ely
1913 correct answers Igor Sikorsky builds first multi-engines aircraft in Russia
1915 correct answers US establishes National advisory committee for aeronautics (NACA), 1st
government sponsored support of aviation research and development
1919 correct answers 1st transatlantic air crossing by Navy and 1st nonstop transatlantic air
crossing
1920 correct answers launch of 1st aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1)
1926 correct answers Robert H. Goddard, considered the father of american rocketry, launches
the 1st liquid propellant rocket
1927 correct answers charles lindbergh makes first solo flight across the atlantic
1930 (Great Britain) correct answers 1st jet engine designed and patented by Great Britain's
frank whittle, however it is not tested on an airplane until a decade later
1930 (Russia) correct answers 1st practical helicopter design, developed by Russian Igor
Sikorsky, has a large main rotor and a smaller vertical rotor on the tail boom, setting a standard
for helicopter design still used today
1939-45 correct answers WW2 mass produces US aircraft, increasing from 500 a year to 50,000
a year by wars end. 1st jet aircraft, a German effort, flies in 1939. Coordination of air power with
ground troops in Europe and amphibious landings in the Pacific proves to be a significant
advantage for the allies. the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway in the pacific are the 1st where
enemy ships never see each other, and all attacks are by naval aircraft. the p-51 mustang laminar-
flow wind reduces drag and improves aerodynamics, helping give it the range to escort allied
bombers into Germany. German Luftwaffe deploys the first operational jet, the Me-262 fighter-
bomber, in 1944. the B-29 super-fortress is the first bomber with crew cabin pressurization and
remote-controlled powered turrets. two B-29s drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
that end the war in August 1945.
1946 correct answers the FH-1 phantom is the first jet combat aircraft to operate from the deck
of a US aircraft carrier and the Navy's first airplane to fly 500mph
1947 correct answers chuck yeager, in the bell x-1 rocket powered research aircraft, is the 1st
man to verifiably break the sound barrier. 1st swept-wing jet fighter (F-86 sabrejet) and first
swept-wing multi-engine bomber (B-47 stratojet) are introduced. US air force is established
Solutions.
Navy Birthday (Continental) correct answers Oct 13, 1775
1794 correct answers Naval Act led to the creation of the US Navy
1805 correct answers Successful Battle of Derna, Tripoli sees the American flag raised on
foreign soil for the first time
The first submarine is commissioned into the US Navy, the USS Holland IV (SS-1) correct
answers 1900
1910 November 14 correct answers Naval aviation begins when Eugene Ely takes off from the
USS Birmingham and lands safely on shore
1939 correct answers US Navy ships begin patrolling the Atlantic Ocean for German submarines
1942 correct answers damage inflicted on Japanese carriers during the battle of Midway is
considered the turning point in the pacific war
USS Mayaguez is rescued swiftly from Cambodia by Navy and Marine Corps correct answers
1975
Operation Desert Storm begins correct answers January 17, 1991
17 Sailors tragically lose their lives after terrorists bomb the USS Cole correct answers 2000
Operation Iraqi Freedom begins correct answers 2003 March 20
2011 December 31 correct answers Operation Iraqi freedom ends
December 1, 2012 correct answers The USS Enterprise is decommissioned after over 50 years of
service
1783 correct answers The french montigolfier brothers fly in a hot air balloon for 5.5 miles in 25
minutes
1861-65 correct answers observation balloons are used by both sides in the civil war
1896 correct answers american scientist samuel langley flies the first unmanned powered aircraft
17 dec 1903 correct answers american brothers Orville and wilbur wright achieve the first
recognized powered, manned flight at kitty hawk, NC
, 14 Nov 1910 correct answers first airplane takeoff from a ship (USS Birmingham) by Eugene B
Ely
18 Jan 1911 correct answers 1st successful shipboard landing USS Pennsylvania by Eugene B.
Ely
1913 correct answers Igor Sikorsky builds first multi-engines aircraft in Russia
1915 correct answers US establishes National advisory committee for aeronautics (NACA), 1st
government sponsored support of aviation research and development
1919 correct answers 1st transatlantic air crossing by Navy and 1st nonstop transatlantic air
crossing
1920 correct answers launch of 1st aircraft carrier, USS Langley (CV-1)
1926 correct answers Robert H. Goddard, considered the father of american rocketry, launches
the 1st liquid propellant rocket
1927 correct answers charles lindbergh makes first solo flight across the atlantic
1930 (Great Britain) correct answers 1st jet engine designed and patented by Great Britain's
frank whittle, however it is not tested on an airplane until a decade later
1930 (Russia) correct answers 1st practical helicopter design, developed by Russian Igor
Sikorsky, has a large main rotor and a smaller vertical rotor on the tail boom, setting a standard
for helicopter design still used today
1939-45 correct answers WW2 mass produces US aircraft, increasing from 500 a year to 50,000
a year by wars end. 1st jet aircraft, a German effort, flies in 1939. Coordination of air power with
ground troops in Europe and amphibious landings in the Pacific proves to be a significant
advantage for the allies. the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway in the pacific are the 1st where
enemy ships never see each other, and all attacks are by naval aircraft. the p-51 mustang laminar-
flow wind reduces drag and improves aerodynamics, helping give it the range to escort allied
bombers into Germany. German Luftwaffe deploys the first operational jet, the Me-262 fighter-
bomber, in 1944. the B-29 super-fortress is the first bomber with crew cabin pressurization and
remote-controlled powered turrets. two B-29s drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
that end the war in August 1945.
1946 correct answers the FH-1 phantom is the first jet combat aircraft to operate from the deck
of a US aircraft carrier and the Navy's first airplane to fly 500mph
1947 correct answers chuck yeager, in the bell x-1 rocket powered research aircraft, is the 1st
man to verifiably break the sound barrier. 1st swept-wing jet fighter (F-86 sabrejet) and first
swept-wing multi-engine bomber (B-47 stratojet) are introduced. US air force is established
