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Answers

261. The only I.J.N. battleship to survive WW II was the 42,785 ton NAGATO. This 725 foot long battleship was the 19th largest battleship in WW II.

262. The only Royal Navy aircraft carrier to survive WW II was HMS FURIOUS, which was a converted cruiser.

263. There was a competition between ships’ bands on the night of 6 December 1941 in Honolulu. The finalists in the competition were the bands from USS DETROIT, USS PENNSYLVANIA, USS TENNESSEE and USS ARGONNE. The band from USS ARIZONA did not make it into the finals.

264. Japan’s midget submarines were designed in Germany and built in Japan.

265. The ‘darkest day’ for American submarines during WW II was 24 October 1944 when three submarines were lost in the same day. USS TANG was sunk by one of her own torpedoes making a circular run; USS SHARK II was sunk in the Formosa Strait by Japanese ASW ships; USS DARTER ran aground on Bombay Shoal off SW Palawan. This was the only day on which the US Navy lost more than one submarine.

Questions

For KTB #163 next month, do you know...
266. When did Germans learn exactly how the Americans, Soviets, British and French would divide up Germany and occupy her?
267. On what date did Corregidor fall to the Japanese?
268. What was the last engagement by surface ships to take place in World War II?
269. What was the first USN aircraft carrier lost in WW II?
270. What Royal Navy aircraft carrier was sunk by U-81?