In clear water, a submerged submarine can be spotted from the air at depths to 100 feet?

American subs of WW II vintage had a compliment of about eighty, and did not carry doctors. All medical duties, including emergency operations, are carried out by competent pharmacist mates. During one patrol of USS SILVERSIDES (SS 236), an apendectomy was done in the wardroom on the mess table, by the Pharmacist Mate.

German U-Boats carried around 50 or 60 men (depending on the Type). The funkmaat (radioman) sometimes doubled as the medical guy on board. An operation was performed on a sailor aboard U-505 while on patrol.

This quiz began in KTB #102 and is only intended to improve your knowledge of submarine and naval history.

Answers to last month’s quiz:

31. The only ROYAL NAVY aircraft carrier to survive the War was HMS FURIOUS. She was originally a cruiser, then converted to an aircraft carrier.

32. The ship’s bands that were playing in the ‘BATTLE OF THE BANDS’ competition on Saturday night, 6 December, 1941 at Pearl Harbor, were from USS PENNSYLVANIA, USS TENNESSEE, USS ARGONNE and USS DETROIT. The band from USS ARIZONA had been eliminated earlier in the competition.

33. Oddly enough, the Japanese midget submarines that took part in the assault on Pearl Harbor were designed in Germany, but were built in Japan. During the War, one of these captured midgets was displayed in TIMES SQUARE in New York City. My personal guess is that this is the same midget that was at the Lighthouse Museum in Key West for so many years and now in another museum.

34. The I.J.N. had 27 submarine deployed in the attack on Pearl Harbor. Five of them carried two-man midget submarines.

35. The 20th most successful American combat submarine Skipper was Royce L. Gross, C.O. of USS SEAWOLF & USS BOARFISH with 13-1/2 ships sunk on 7 war patrols.

For KTB #110 next month, do you know.....

36. What was the ‘darkest day’ for American submarines?
37. When was the last surface engagement of World War II?
38. What was the first US NAVY aircraft carrier lost in WW II?
39. What was the ROYAL NAVY aircraft carrier sunk by U-81 on 15 November, 1941 near Gibraltar? GERRY RICHTER (214-LIFE-1985) knows this answer.
40. Who was the 19th most successful USN submarine C.O.?