Question 1

What are the primary and secondary propulsion systems for galleys?

Accepted Answer

Primary: Oars
Secondary: Sails

Question 2

What are the primary weapons systems for galleys?

Accepted Answer

Primary: Infantry
Secondary: Rams/Projectiles

Question 3

What formation did galleys use?

Accepted Answer

Line-Abreast

Question 4

Where was the first maritime-oriented civilization?

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 5

Where was the world's first Navy established?

Accepted Answer

Crete

Question 6

Greco-Persian War: Which battle involved 10000 greeks throwing the persians back to the sea?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Marathon (490)

Question 7

Greco-Persian War: which battles were lost for King Xerxes when he mounted attacks in 480?

Accepted Answer

The battle of Thermoplyae and Salamis

Question 8

Name some tactics from the battle of salamis

Accepted Answer

-Set up false agent to misinform persians of navy placement and retreat route.

Question 9

What was the last battle of the Age of Galleys?

Accepted Answer

The Battle of Lepanto

Question 10

What were some of the after effects of the battle of Lepanto?

Accepted Answer

Combined Christian fleets defeat the Ottoman Turks.
Cannons were mounted on front of galleys for infantry support.
Turkish Mediterranean domination ends.
Barbary Pirates control safe passage in North Africa.
Shift from Med. to Atlantic

Question 11

Describe ships of the line

Accepted Answer

Heavy gunned ships take line-ahead formation during battle.
Smaller ships detach for patrol, reconnaissance, blockade, and attacks on merchant ships.
Better gunnery skills gain advantage.

Question 12

What is the Melee Tactics Theory?

Accepted Answer

To gain advantage through concentrated firepower, you must maneuver the fleet to gain advantage in firepower.
-Massing
-Doubling
-Breaking the line

Question 13

When was the Navy officially born?

Accepted Answer

13 October 1775

Question 14

When were the marines born?

Accepted Answer

10 November 1775

Question 15

When was the declaration of independence signed?

Accepted Answer

4 July 1776

Question 16

When was the first submarine operation?

Accepted Answer

7 September 1776

Question 17

What happened at the battle of valcour? What it a success?

Accepted Answer

On lake champlain benedict arnolds lost 11 out of 16 of his ships escaping a british pursuit. It was a tactical loss and a strategic victory because it stalled the british until they had to halt conquest because of winter conditions.

Question 18

What was important about the battle of Saratoga?

Accepted Answer

Turning point for Revolutionary war because France entered as American Ally.

Question 19

What did the french navy consist of?

Accepted Answer

80 ships of the line

Question 20

Great Britain was faced with multiple enemies during the revolutionary war. Who were they?

Accepted Answer

1775: American Colonies
1778: France and Spain
1780: Russia, Denmark,Sweden, Prussia, Austria, and Portugal form an Armed Neutrality.

Question 21

What was privateering and why was is useful?

Accepted Answer

Captured enemy shipping and was very profitable and therefore easy to find sailors. It was also difficult to man Continental ships.

Question 22

Who was Conningyham?

Accepted Answer

And Irish American that captured, burned, or sank 60 British Vessels within 18 months. he successfully dug his way out of prison on the 3rd attempt in 1779

Question 23

Who were Lambert Wickes and the Reprisal?

Accepted Answer

First American Ship in European waters (1777) that captured 23 ships and transported ben Franklin to France.

Question 24

Who was John Paul Jones?

Accepted Answer

He receieved the first salute to an American ship from French Navy.

Question 25

What was initially wrong with the battle of the virginia capes?

Accepted Answer

It initially contained very poor cooperation between the continental army and the French Navy.

Question 26

How did the Battle of the Virginia Capes end?

Accepted Answer

Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender forces at Yorktown on 19 Oct 1781.

Navy Science 202

maritime affairs and Sea Power; US Naval History

Question	Answer
What are the primary and secondary propulsion systems for galleys?	Primary: Oars Secondary: Sails
What are the primary weapons systems for galleys?	Primary: Infantry Secondary: Rams/Projectiles
What formation did galleys use?	Line-Abreast
Where was the first maritime-oriented civilization?	Crete
Where was the world's first Navy established?	Crete
Greco-Persian War: Which battle involved 10000 greeks throwing the persians back to the sea?	The Battle of Marathon (490)
Greco-Persian War: which battles were lost for King Xerxes when he mounted attacks in 480?	The battle of Thermoplyae and Salamis
Name some tactics from the battle of salamis	-Set up false agent to misinform persians of navy placement and retreat route.
What was the last battle of the Age of Galleys?	The Battle of Lepanto
What were some of the after effects of the battle of Lepanto?	Combined Christian fleets defeat the Ottoman Turks. Cannons were mounted on front of galleys for infantry support. Turkish Mediterranean domination ends. Barbary Pirates control safe passage in North Africa. Shift from Med. to Atlantic
Describe ships of the line	Heavy gunned ships take line-ahead formation during battle. Smaller ships detach for patrol, reconnaissance, blockade, and attacks on merchant ships. Better gunnery skills gain advantage.
What is the Melee Tactics Theory?	To gain advantage through concentrated firepower, you must maneuver the fleet to gain advantage in firepower. -Massing -Doubling -Breaking the line
When was the Navy officially born?	13 October 1775
When were the marines born?	10 November 1775
When was the declaration of independence signed?	4 July 1776
When was the first submarine operation?	7 September 1776
What happened at the battle of valcour? What it a success?	On lake champlain benedict arnolds lost 11 out of 16 of his ships escaping a british pursuit. It was a tactical loss and a strategic victory because it stalled the british until they had to halt conquest because of winter conditions.
What was important about the battle of Saratoga?	Turning point for Revolutionary war because France entered as American Ally.
What did the french navy consist of?	80 ships of the line
Great Britain was faced with multiple enemies during the revolutionary war. Who were they?	1775: American Colonies 1778: France and Spain 1780: Russia, Denmark,Sweden, Prussia, Austria, and Portugal form an Armed Neutrality.
What was privateering and why was is useful?	Captured enemy shipping and was very profitable and therefore easy to find sailors. It was also difficult to man Continental ships.
Who was Conningyham?	And Irish American that captured, burned, or sank 60 British Vessels within 18 months. he successfully dug his way out of prison on the 3rd attempt in 1779
Who were Lambert Wickes and the Reprisal?	First American Ship in European waters (1777) that captured 23 ships and transported ben Franklin to France.
Who was John Paul Jones?	He receieved the first salute to an American ship from French Navy.
What was initially wrong with the battle of the virginia capes?	It initially contained very poor cooperation between the continental army and the French Navy.
How did the Battle of the Virginia Capes end?	Lord Cornwallis was forced to surrender forces at Yorktown on 19 Oct 1781.

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