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20th Century Ships #2

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Introduction:
"Again, famous ships of the past - with a WWII flavor."


1. Off the coast of Ireland in 1942, the RMS Queen Mary rammed and sank which ship?
    HMS Kelly
    HMS Curlew
    HMS Cossack
    HMS Curacoa


2. The SS America, launched in 1939 was under tow and broke free during a storm in 1994. She was grounded in the Canary Islands, where her rusting hulk still remains. By what name is the former America now known?
    West Point
    Italis
    Australis
    American Star


3. The enormous French Liner Normandie is said to have sank at her berth in New York Harbour on February 9, 1942. This is not exactly correct, is it? By what name was she known when she burned and settled on her side?
    USS Lafayette
    USS France
    USS Normandie
    USS Dunkirque


4. After the government-forced merger of Cunard and White Star, what major difference appeared on the Queen Mary that had never before been seen on a Cunarder?
    3 Funnels
    Named after a Queen
    Quadruple Screws
    Raised Forecastle


5. In what was one of the last battleship engagements of all time, which ship came to the rescue of a damaged USS South Dakota to destroy the Japanese battleship Kirishma in November 1942?
    USS Washington
    USS Indiana
    USS North Carolina
    USS Wisconsin


6. Of all the carnage resulting from the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbour on December 7 1941 only 2 battleships were total losses. Obviously the USS Arizona was one of them; which was the other?
    USS Mississippi
    USS Pennsylvania
    USS Oklahoma
    USS Maryland


7. The "Great White Whale" was an affectionate name given to which ship?
    Canberra
    Mauretania
    Aquitania
    Oriana


8. Which former Blue Riband holder met an unhappy demise at the hands of the R.A.F.?
    Bremen
    Albert Ballin
    Columbus
    Rex


9. Which is the only modern day U.S. carrier that is not based in the United States?
    USS Carl Vinson
    USS Ronald Regan
    USS Constellation
    USS Kitty Hawk


10. The RMS Britannic was to be named what until the loss of her sister the Titanic changed the view of White Star officials?
    Oceanic
    Majestic
    Homeric
    Gigantic


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