Naval Skills, Unit Six Chapter One: Introduction to Naval Weapons
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In 1453 the first recorded use of naval gunfire in combat occurred between which two forces?
The Spanish and the Turkish Fleets
The Spanish and the English Fleets
The Spanish and the French Fleets
The French and the English Fleets
The French and the Turkish Fleets
What two things most directly contributed to the nine-mile range achieved by naval gunfire by the time of WWI?
Rifled barrels and detailed studies of projectile motion.
Faster-burning gunpowder and detailed studies of projectile motion.
Faster-burning gunpowder and rifled barrels
Faster-burning gunpowder and more aerodynamic projectiles
Rifled barrels and more aerodynamic projectiles.
Forward-thrown projectiles first used in anti-submarine warfare in WWII were known as what?
Hedgehogs
Depth Charges
Torpedoes
ASROC
Harpoon
When was the first aircraft carrier developed, and by which country.
WWI, England
WWI, Germany
WWII, Germany
WWII, England
WWII, The United States
The sinking of what two battleships early in WWII ended the era of the battleship as the principal fleet unit?
HMS Repulse and HMS Prince of Wales
The Bismarck and the USS Arizona
HMS Repulse and the USS Nevada
HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Hood
HMS Hood and HMS Repulse
What term is used to denote weapons and other related physical equipment?
Ordnance
Explosives
Gunnery
Guns
Launchers
Gun ammunition, missiles, torpedoes, and mines would be examples of what?
Explosive ordnance
Inert ordnance
Ballistics
Weaponry
Gunnery
All armaments of a similar type and size on a ship are called what?
A battery
Gunnery
Trajectory
Exterior ballistics
Point defense weapons
What is the name of the art and science of projectile motion?
Ballistics
Trajectory
Weaponry
Gunnery
Artillery
What term relates to the action of a projectile in flight along its trajectory?
Exterior ballistics
Interior ballistics
Gunnery
Weaponry
Ballistics
Aboard a U.S. warship, which department is responsible for all matters pertaining to ordnance?
The Weapons Department
The Operations Department
The First Lieutenant Department
The Ordnance Department
The Combat Department
Which of the following officers would not work directly for the ship's Weapons Officer?
The Electronic Warfare Officer
The Gunnery Assistant
The Fire-Control Officer
The Missile Officer
The USW Officer
Which of the following would NOT be and example of enlisted personnel assigned to the weapons or gunnery department/division?
Boatswain Mates
Gunner's Mates
Fire-control Technicians
Missile Technicians
Torpedomen
The increased lethal range of nuclear weapons has required the introduction and use of what tactic?
Dispersion
Forward-basing
Mass
Stealth
Littoral Warfare
What is the main consideration that governs what type of weapons a ship will have?
The ship's combat mission.
The ship's draft
The ship's beam
The age of the ship
The name of the ship
These type of defensive weapons are designed to provide self-protection for a single unit.
Point Defense
Area Defense
Unit Defense
Perimeter Defense
In-Close Defense
What a weapons system or component is supposed to do relates to which design requirement?
Military Requirement
General Requirement
Naval Requirement
Fire-Control Requirement
Functional Requirement
How well a weapons system or component is supposed to do what it was designed to do relates to which design requirement?
General Requirement
Military Requirement
Accuracy Requirement
Ability Requirement
Operational Requirement
Which of the following is NOT one of the areas of General Requirements of weapons systems and weapons?
Speed and accuracy
Safety
Simplicity of Operation
Maintainability
Reliability and Flexibility
Which General Requirement area is concerned with the design of systems and components so that they function satisfactorily in spite of some failures in power supply?