Basic Military Requirements

Basic Military Requirements HM1 (SW/AW) Alburg

This ship is built to fight. You’d better know how.—Admiral Arleigh Burke

Basic Military Requirements Chapter 5 Naval History

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. George Santayana

U.S. NAVY Birthday October 13, 1775 The Second Continental Congress purchased 2 vessels; the United States Navy was born.

U.S. NAVY History 3 Types of ships during the inception of the Navy Ships-of-the-line Frigates Sloops-of-war

U.S. NAVY History Ships-of-the-line -Battleships of the sailing days -Largest of the sailing warships -Carried 64 to over 100 guns

U.S. NAVY History Frigates -Cruisers of the 18th century -Carried 28 - 44 guns

U.S. NAVY History Sloops-of-war -Small sailing warships -Carried 10 - 20 guns

U.S. NAVY History The Turtle -First warfare submarine -Maximum speed of 3 knots -Sunk by British in New York harbor (first recorded antisubmarine attack)

U.S. NAVY History USS Alfred U.S. Navy’s first Flagship

U.S. NAVY History Esek Hopkins First Commander-in-Chief

U.S. NAVY History John Paul Jones “Struck, sir? I have not yet begun to fight!”

Questions???? During the 18th century, battleships were classified as___

Answer???? Ships-of-the-line

U.S. NAVY History The Quasi War with France 1798-1801

U.S. NAVY History The War of 1812 Started because of the British forcing Americans to serve in the British Navy

U.S. NAVY History Civil War Saw the development of two famed ironclads: USS Merrimack USS Monitor

U.S. NAVY History USS Ranger The first carrier designed from the keel up, 1934

U.S. NAVY History Battle of the Coral Sea -The first battle where the two fleets never saw each other -battle was fought entirely with aircraft launched from carriers

U.S. NAVY History Battle of Midway The turning point of the war in the Pacific

U.S. NAVY History Battle of the Guadalcanal Fought November 1942

Questions???? What was the significance of the Battle of the Coral Sea?

Answer???? -The first battle where the two fleets never saw each other -battle was fought entirely with aircraft launched from carriers

Naval History USS Nautilus First nuclear submarine

Basic Military Requirements Chapter 8 SHIP/AIRCRAFT CHARACTERISTICS

NAVEDTRA 14325 -Lengthwise direction on a ship is fore and aft -Front of the ship is the bow • The rearmost is the stern • Everything to your right is starboard • Everything to your left is port

NAVEDTRA 14325 You never go downstairs in a ship; you always go below. To go up is to go topside. However, if you climb the mast, stacks, rigging, or any other area above the highest solid structure, you go aloft. The bridgeis topside and usually forward. It contains control and visual communication stations. Human beings live ina ship or on board a ship. Inanimate objects, stores, and equipment are aboarda ship. Similarly, you boarda ship or go on board. Stores, ammunition, and so on are taken aboardand struck below.

NAVEDTRA 14325 • The hullis the supporting body of a ship. • The keelis the backbone of the ship. • The interior of a ship is divided into compartments by vertical walls, called bulkheads. • A ship rollsfrom side to side; it pitcheswhen it goes up and down fore and aft; it yawswhen the bow swings to port and starboard because of wave action.

NAVEDTRA 14325 • Forecastle(pronounced folk’ sel) deck. The forecastle deck is the deck above the main deck at the bow. • Poop deck. The poop deck is a partial deck above the main deck located all the way aft. • Quarterdeck. The quarterdeck is not an actual deck, but an area designated by the CO for the conduct of official functions.

NAVEDTRA 14325 Doors & Hatches Doors: - provide access through bulkheads. -Can be watertight or non-watertight -are held closed by “dogs” Hatches: -horizontal openings for access through decks

NAVEDTRA 14325 Superstructure -The solid part of a ship above the main deck -The bridge, from which the ship is controlled while under way, is located in the superstructure

NAVEDTRA 14325 COMPARTMENT DESIGNATION/DECK NUMBERING SYSTEM

NAVEDTRA 14325 • Ship’s compartment designations consist of a deck number, a frame number, the relationship of the compartment to the centerline, and a letter showing the use of the space. Where a compartment extends through two or more decks, the number of the lower deck is used. • Compartments located on the centerline carry the number 0. Compartments to starboard are given odd numbers, and compartments to port are given even numbers.

Question?? You never go downstairs in a ship; you always go ________

Question?? Below

Question?? This is topside and usually forward….

Question?? The Bridge…..

Question?? AKA the backbone of the ship…

Question?? The Keel

Question?? This is a partial deck above the main deck located all the way aft.

Question?? The poopdeck..

NAVEDTRA 14325 SHIP IDENTIFICATION

Ship size • The size of a ship usually is given in terms of its displacement in long tons. • Displacement means the weight of the volume of water that the ship displaces when afloat; • in other words, the weight of a ship by itself.

Ship categories • Combatant ships • Auxiliary ships • Combatant craft • Support craft

Combatant ships Combatant ships are of two types—warships and other combatants.

Warships Most warships are built primarily to attack an enemy with gunfire, missiles, or other weapons

Warships • Aircraft carriers • Battleships • Cruisers • Destroyers • Frigates • Submarines

Warships

Battleships The battleships have been decommissioned. However, they could be reactivated.

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