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Re: Think you know your naval (not merely US) trivia? #2

Jerry & John - you're quite right with Pueblo.

"The US Army's FP-344 was launched in 1944, and was later redesignated FS-344. The vessel was transferred to the US Navy in 1966 and renamed Pueblo (AKL-44). She was converted to an intelligence collection ship (AGER) in 1967. Pueblo was fired upon and ultimately captured by North Korean forces on 22 January 1968. One US sailor died during the capture.

Pueblo remains on display as a "historic ship" in Pyongyang. The US Navy retains Pueblo as an active, "in commission" ship since 13 May 1967. Only USS Constitution ("Old Ironsides") has an earlier commission date."

Baltimore and Pearl Harbor are both "US waters," and (admittedly, a bit of arcane knowledge here) none of the three other choices are in commission, despite the "still active" myth about the Arizona.

As mentioned in the lead in, the distractor answers for this question weren't included in our web site.. They're listed below; you see how easy the question should have been. But about 40% got it wrong.

USS Arizona BB-33; sunk at Pearl Harbor 1941
USS Scorpion SSN-589; lost May 1968 SW of the Azores
USS Constellation (sloop of war) Baltimore Harbor

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