Navy E-6 PMKEE Naval Heritage Study
Guide
When passing honours between ships with rank-ranking sailors, who should salute?
- ANSWER Only the Division Officer and Petty Officer
A Flag Officer's personal flag can be flown from how many ships? Answer 1
Which is a Navy custom? - ANSWER Removing cover when crossing mess decks
A flagstaff with a Captain's pennant has a distinctive device at the top. Answer Ball
Where on the ship and when should the Union Jack be flown in port? Answer: a)
Jack personnel b) 0800–sunset
What warning sign indicates Navy boats taking in, discharging, or transferring
harmful materials? Answer: Bravo
Saluting a Vice Admiral requires how many guns? Answer 15
On a 455-foot ship, the flagstaff is how many feet? Answer 22
A Navy ship carries the National Ensign. Which of the following should you not
do? - ANSWER Salute the Deck Officer and then the Ensign.
Which flag combinations are colours? - ANSWER National ensign and Union Jack
WWI enlisted women did which of these jobs? - ANSWER Yeoman
, What name did the first U.S. fleet ballistic missile submarine have? Answer USS
George Washington
Who was the first USN admiral? David Farragut replied
What name did the first U.S. Navy submarine have? USS HOLLAND
Who was president when the Navy Department was founded? - ANSWER John
Adams
Navy Commanders have what boat flagstaff insignia? Answer: Star
Which of the following criteria warrants half-mast for a ship's commissioning
pennant? ANSWER When ship's CO dies
What term describes a country's commercial ship flag? - ANSWER Merchant Flag
When an officer approaches a blocked passageway, what command should you
give? Answer: "Gangway"
What time does a 21-gun salute start at 1-minute intervals on President's Day,
Memorial Day, and Independence Day? Answer 1200
What amount of signal blasts terminates a ship salute? Answer 2
Guide
When passing honours between ships with rank-ranking sailors, who should salute?
- ANSWER Only the Division Officer and Petty Officer
A Flag Officer's personal flag can be flown from how many ships? Answer 1
Which is a Navy custom? - ANSWER Removing cover when crossing mess decks
A flagstaff with a Captain's pennant has a distinctive device at the top. Answer Ball
Where on the ship and when should the Union Jack be flown in port? Answer: a)
Jack personnel b) 0800–sunset
What warning sign indicates Navy boats taking in, discharging, or transferring
harmful materials? Answer: Bravo
Saluting a Vice Admiral requires how many guns? Answer 15
On a 455-foot ship, the flagstaff is how many feet? Answer 22
A Navy ship carries the National Ensign. Which of the following should you not
do? - ANSWER Salute the Deck Officer and then the Ensign.
Which flag combinations are colours? - ANSWER National ensign and Union Jack
WWI enlisted women did which of these jobs? - ANSWER Yeoman
, What name did the first U.S. fleet ballistic missile submarine have? Answer USS
George Washington
Who was the first USN admiral? David Farragut replied
What name did the first U.S. Navy submarine have? USS HOLLAND
Who was president when the Navy Department was founded? - ANSWER John
Adams
Navy Commanders have what boat flagstaff insignia? Answer: Star
Which of the following criteria warrants half-mast for a ship's commissioning
pennant? ANSWER When ship's CO dies
What term describes a country's commercial ship flag? - ANSWER Merchant Flag
When an officer approaches a blocked passageway, what command should you
give? Answer: "Gangway"
What time does a 21-gun salute start at 1-minute intervals on President's Day,
Memorial Day, and Independence Day? Answer 1200
What amount of signal blasts terminates a ship salute? Answer 2
