Heritage and Doctrine Flashcards
(45 cards)
Six Areas that Comprise Navy Doctrine
Warefare, Intelligence, Operations, Logistics, Planning, and Command and Control
7 Principles of Navy Logistics
Flexibility, Economy, Attainability, Responsiveness, Simplicity, Sustainability, and Survivability
First Navy Ship Name after enlisted Man
USS Osmond Ingram; Ingram was the first enlisted man killed in action in WWI
First sub used in Naval Warfare
The Turtle, meant to be used to attached explosives to ship’s hull when in harbor. Was ultimately destroyed on transport.
First US flagship and who commanded it
Alfred, named after Alfred the Great. Commanded by Commodore Esek Hopkins
What led to the formation of the U.S. Navy
Congress created the Continental Navy in 1775 prior to and to use during the Revolutionary War. As the war came to an end, the lack of support and funding, the Navy was disbanded. Nearly a decade later, US merchants were exposed to pirates and the Naval Act was passed to reestablish the Navy in 1794.
Three Classes of Navy Vessels
Ships-of-the-Line: Battleship of the day; Largest; Carried 64-100 guns of various sizes
Frigates: Cruisers of the 18th Century; next in size, carried 28-44 guns
Sloops-of-War: small sailing warship, carried 10-20 guns
Military Customs and Courtesies
Hand Salute, Saluting the Ensign, Dipping the Ensign, Gun Salute: always in sets of odd numbers
Battle of the Coral Sea
Japanese and the U.S. launched all their planes against each other. They passed each other unseen in the clouds in the first world’s first carrier versus carrier battle. Japanese carrier was damaged. US carrier Lexington was sunk, the Yorktown was damaged
Voyage of the Great White Fleet
Exercise to demonstrate Naval Strength. Left Hampton Roads, VA to go on a world cruise to show the flag
Battle of Normandy
Largest amphibious operation in history
Battle of Midway
Turning point of the Pacific War. US breaking Japanese code was key element; Japanese sank the Yorktown
Battle of Guadalcanal
Navy policy was to place family members in separate ships. They made an exception for the 5 Sullivan brothers and they all died when the USS Juneau was torpedoed. The policy was reinstated after the incident
Battle Leyte Gulf
The last major naval battle in WWII. The Japanese lost the Phillipines.
Mercury 3
first manned Space flight
Gemeni 3
First U.S. two-manned space mission. First spacecraft to maneuver from one orbit to another; 3 Earth orbits
Apollo 11
First manned lunar landing
Apollo 17
Seventh and final lunar landing mission
STS-1
First orbital test flight of a space shuttle; All Navy Crew.
On-The-Roof- Gang
enlisted radio operators were trained to intercept and analyze foreign radio comms at a unique school located on the roof of the old Navy Department Building.
The Purple Code
PURPLE was a machine cipher system used by the Japanese for comms with major diplomatic posts
Battle of Midway
The Japanese planned to lure aircraft carriers into a trap and occupy Midway. American cryptographers determined the location and date of the planned attack and the U.S. Navy prepared its own ambush.
Attack on USS Liberty
USS Liberty found itself stuck in the middle of an Arab-Israeli war and was attacked by the Israeli. No cause was clear and Israel claimed an identification area.
Capture of USS Pueblo
North Koreans attacked the Pueblo. Once man was killed while destroying crypto material. Capture of the ship remains to this day as the largest single loss of such sensitive material
