NS-3, Naval Knowledge, Unit 1 Chapter 2: The U.S. Merchant Marine

What caused the U.S. Merchant Marine to peak in the 1850s?
1. The superiority of the American Clipper Ship
2. The wars in Europe
3. Protective tariffs used to support U.S. goods over foreign goods.
4. The 1850's were actually the low point for the U.S. Merchant Marine, not the high point.
5. The development of the steam engine allowed the Merchant Marine to move goods faster.
Which war saw the drastic decline in the U.S. Merchant Marine?
1. The Civil War
2. World War I
3. The War of 1812
4. The Spanish-American War
5. World War II
Which of the following was NOT one of the reasons for the drastic decline in the U.S. Merchant Marine during and after the Civil War?
1. Competitive American wage scales
2. Loss of ships due to Confederate Commerce Raiders
3. British advances in iron-hulled shipbuilding
4. Increasing shipbuilding costs
5. Soaring insurance costs
During which war did the United States build over 2,000 Merchant Marine ships to regain a competitive edge in Merchant Marine shipping?
1. World War I
2. World War II
3. The Civil War
4. The War of 1812
5. The Korean War
What act of Congress, passed in 1936, provided for the payment of construction and operating subsidies so American ship-owners would consider expansion?
1. The Merchant Marine Act
2. The Freedom on the Seas Act
3. The Jones Act
4. The Maritime Subsidy Act
5. The Waterborne Commerce Act
What act of Congress, passed in 1920, specified that all domestic waterborne commerce between two points in the United States must be carried by U.S.-owned and operated vessels?
1. The Jones Act
2. The Merchant Marine Act
3. The Freedom of the Seas Act
4. The Maritime Commerce Act
5. The Waterborne Commerce Act
World-wide, what is the preferred method of moving large quantities of primary products and manufactured trade goods?
1. By water
2. By air
3. By rail
4. By long-haul trucks
5. By pipeline
Why is it necessary to think of the world's resources in terms of a worldwide economy?
1. Because so much of the world is dependant on imported raw materials.
2. Because every country in the world could get by on only its own resources if trade weren't established and maintained.
3. Because the stock markets of the nations of the world are tied together.
4. Because the various raw materials of the world are sold on the world market rather than bought by individual countries.
5. Because there only so many resources to go around and so they must be shared.
What did the Jones Act of 1920 require?
1. That all domestic cargoes shipped between U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-owned and operated vessels.
2. That all international cargoes shipped from U.S. ports be carried in U.S.-owned and operated vessels.
3. That all domestic cargoes shipped between U.S. ports be carried in foreign-owned and operated vessels.
4. That all international cargoes shipped from U.S. ports be carried in foreign-owned and operated vessels.
5. The payment of construction and operating subsidies to American ship-owners so that they would consider expansion.
By federal law, what percentage of U.S. government cargo must be carried by U.S.-owned shipping?
1. 50 percent
2. 100 percent
3. 25 percent
4. 90 percent
5. 75 percent
Which of the following is NOT one of the top five U.S. ports in terms of volume of cargo traffic they receive each year?
1. Miami
2. New York/New Jersey
3. Long Beach
4. Los Angles
5. Charleston
What area of the world accounts for over 70 percent of the shipbuilding market?
1. Asia
2. Europe
3. The United States
4. Africa
5. South America
What is the specialty of the large shipbuilding yards in the United States?
1. Military ship construction.
2. High-quality commercial vessels
3. Oil Tankers
4. Container Ships
5. U.S. shipyards do not specialize in one type of ship.
Why don't U.S. shipbuilding facilities produce a large number of ships today?
1. Because of higher U.S. labor and construction costs.
2. Because U.S. shipbuilding facilities have fallen behind in terms of quality and technology
3. Because they concentrate on Military vessel construction and do not have the time/capacity to do more.
4. Actually, U.S. shipbuilders lead the world in the construction of ships.
5. Because the U.S. lacks many of the raw materials necessary to produce ships in great numbers.
Which of the following is NOT one of the top five sites for U.S. shipbuilding?
1. Miami, Florida
2. Bath, Maine
3. Newport News, Virginia
4. Pascagoula, Mississippi
5. Groton, Connecticut
There have been several innovative successes in quality in recent years at U.S. shipyards. Which of the following is NOT one of these successful innovations?
1. Deep-Sea mining ships
2. Jumbo Tankers
3. Containerships
4. Barge Ships
5. Roll on/Roll off ships
Which type of merchant marine ship is considered the most productive within the U.S. merchant marine?
1. Containerships
2. Barge Transports
3. Roll on/Roll off Ships
4. Jumbo Tankers
5. Prepositioned Sealift
What type of merchant marine ship is designed to carry natural gas and other forms of petroleum gasses in the liquid state at extremely low temperatures?
1. Jumbo Tankers
2. Roll on/Roll off Ships
3. Barge Transports
4. Containerships
5. Hazardous Materials Transports
Which type of ships make up the largest portion of the active U.S. Merchant Marine fleet?
1. Tankers
2. Roll on/Roll off Ships
3. Containerships
4. Barge Transports
5. Warships
Which U.S. Cabinet Department has the ability to requisition the Merchant Marine in time of war for defense needs?
1. The Department of Commerce
2. The Department of Defense
3. The Department of State
4. The Treasury Department
5. The Department of Homeland Security
What component is responsible for arranging for the ocean transport of all Department of Defense war materiel and supplies?
1. The Military Sealift Command
2. The Active Merchant Fleet
3. Foreign-Flag Ships
4. The U.S. Navy
5. The U.S. Coast Guard
Hospital ships would fall under which category of the strategic sealift merchant ships controlled by the Military Sealift Command?
1. Inactive Ships
2. Active Ships
3. National Defense Reserve Fleet Ships
4. Maritime Prepositioning Ships
5. Naval Combatants
Which type of merchant ships controlled by the Military Sealift Command require between 30 and 120 days to be activated and are made up of mostly old World War II merchant ships?
1. National Defense Reserve Fleet Ships
2. Active Merchant Fleet Ships
3. Maritime Prepositioning Ships
4. Ready Reserve Fleet Ships
5. Naval Auxiliary Ships
Which type of merchant marine ships are the best suited to carry vehicles, both from the standpoint of economy of stowage and ease in loading and offloading?
1. RoRo ships
2. Containerships
3. Barge carriers
4. Jumbo Tankers
5. Ferries
What has been the trend in the building of merchant marine shipping?
1. Fewer but larger and more productive ships are being built.
2. Fewer but smaller and more productive ships are being built.
3. Greater numbers of ships, and more productive ships are being built.
4. Greater numbers of ships which are less productive are being built.
5. There is no general trend in the building of merchant marine shipping.
Which of the following is NOT one of the five ways in which the merchant marine can contribute to national defense?
1. These are all ways that the merchant marine can contribute to the national defense.
2. Military sealift.
3. Direct support of military operations.
4. Support of foreign policy.
5. Use as auxiliary combatants.