NS-2 Naval History Chapter 10: The Cold War

British ships constructed of this material were particularly susceptible to fire damage in the Falkland War.

Operating "Yankee Station" in Tonkin Gulf continuously for 5 years, the 7th Fleet had as many as how many CVs at once?

Which Soviet-led alliance was formed to counter NATO?

12/8/84: While escorting oil tankers in the Persian Gulf , this $125 million frigate was nearly sunk by a $1500 mine.

What did MacArthur do when Truman refused him permission to attack the Chinese bases supporting North Korea?

What happened on 25 November 1950 that changed the whole nature of the Korean War?

What was the US Navy's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier?

What class of supercarrier was commissioned in 1955, giving the Navy a platform capable of delivering nuclear weapons?

Which of these was NOT created by the National Security Act of 1947?

This nation granted independence to India, Pakistan, Jordan, Burma, Ceylon, and Israel in the late 1940s.

Which is NOT a possible explanation for the complacency of the American public following victory in WWII?

Which of these was NOT created by the National Security Act of 1947?

Who won the Korean War?

What was the primary objective of the proposed post WWII unification of the armed services?

This Far Eastern country was divided at the 38th parallel following World War II iaw the Potsdam Conference of 1945.

What naval action did Kennedy order to stop the influx of nuclear weapons & associated equipment to Cuba in October 1960

What strategic objective did Stalin hope to achieve by moving on Turkey after WWII?

What was the official cause for which Truman relieved MacArthur in 1951?

In 1983, who attempted to take over the island nation of Grenada?

The drastic reduction in the size of military force

In what month / year did N. Korea invade S.Korea?

What was the name of the 1st submarine launched ballistic missile, launched by the USS George Washington on 7/20/1960?

What two countries went to war in 1982 in the Falkland Islands?

After N. Korea invaded S. Korea, who was named Commander in Chief of Far East Forces?

What was the official name of the Marshall Plan?

In what month and year did the Cuban Missile Crisis occur?

What naval action did President Nixon order in May 1972 which cut off their supplies to force them to negotiate?

Which of the following is NOT a mission carried out by the USN in the Korean War?

Who originated the term "Iron Curtain" and in what year?

What two Soviet actions in 1948 caused Western gov'ts to create a military alliance to counter communism?

Where did the Geneva Accord set the dividing line in 1954 between North and South Vietnam?

Who is known as “the Father of the nuclear Navy”? 

In what month and year did the US test the first Hydrogen bomb?  

Operation Chromite, possibly the most daring amphibious assault ever planned, was conducted where in September 1950?  

This CNO made changes such as liberal hair styles, beards, and civilian clothes on liberty, through Z-grams in the 70s

After WW2 this service branch saw itself as the most important because it was the only one capable of delivering nukes.

Name the USN destroyer attacked by NVN patrol boats in August 1964 that precipitated open US involvement in Vietnam.

In what year were women finally allowed to enter the US Naval Academy?

What colorful nickname was given to the US Navy’s Mobile Riverine Forces in Vietnam?

Where were the Korean War truce talks held?         

Who said, "There is no substitute for victory."

This form of naval logistics support via helicopter began in the early 1960s 

What is the historical significance of the Pueblo crisis of 1968?

What US diplomat to Moscow is credited with first recommending a policy of Containment of Communism?

What 1964 authorization by Congress gave President Johnson a free hand to use any conventional force he saw necessary?

10/23/1983: 6 months after a car bomber killed 63 at the American Embassy in this nation, two truck bombs took 307 lives

These Navy fighter aircraft splashed 2 Libya fighters on 8/19/81 and 2 more on 1/4/89 in the Gulf of Sidra

When a ship is decommissioned but "preserved" for use in an emergency, said to be placed in?

What is the name of the first U. S. nuclear powered submarine, commissioned in 1955?

What former Secretary of the Navy became the first Secretary of Defense?

In what year did the U.S. lose its monopoly on atomic weapons?

What is the name of the US Navy's first SSBN, entering service in December 1959?

What is the dividing line between North and South Korea?

During the Iran-Iraq War, what USN FFG was “mistakenly” attacked by 2 Exocet missiles fired by Iraqi jets, killing 37?

Within a month of the N Korean invasion, S Korean and American forces were making a last ditch defense where?

On what day did Mikhail Gorbachev resign, formally dissolving the Soviet Union and ending the Cold War?

What US Navy intel gathering ship was captured by North Korea in international waters in 1968 and remains there today?

The metaphoric barrier between philosophies of Western democracy and Soviet communism

During the Cuban missile crisis, who branded the American charges as lies, and warned against any act of "piracy?"

From what port did the USN evacuate more than 200k troops & civilians in what is known as the Miracle of Christmas 1950?

1973: Violating international law, dictator Muammar Qaddafi declared this entire body of water as Libyan territory

What was the purpose of the Marshall Plan?

What is the USMC motto?

In what year did Mao Zedong’s communist forces drive Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Chinese forces from mainland China?

Where did a joint US invasion force undertake Operation Just Cause in December 1989 to safeguard US lives and interests?

What made the September 1950 landing at Inchon so risky?  

In what year was NATO formed?

Which numerically designated US Fleet emerged in the Med at the beginning of the Cold War to counter the Soviet Union?

Which of these is NOT a permanent member of the National Security Council as per the National Security Act of 1947?

What US military response was taken in reaction to the attack by NVN patrol boats against the USS Maddox & C Turner Joy

What was the more official name for the Viet Cong communist rebels in South Vietnam?

What country controlled Korea before WWII?

What one realistic option did the United States to stop expansion of Soviet communism in the first years after WWII?

The US policy change in 1947 which sought to prevent the spread of communism is known as what?

About the Cuban missile crisis, who said, "We're eyeball to eyeball, and I think the other fellow just blinked."

What did MacArthur do that brought the Chinese into the Korean War against the US?

After the success of Operation Chromite, what happened to the American 8th Army that was trapped in the Pusan Perimeter?