Ships and Underwater Exploration

Question: What is the name of a ship that carries airplanes and helicopters?

Answer: An aircraft carrier is a warship that has a long, flat deck that allows aircraft to take off and land from it.

Question: When was the first submarine built?

Answer: A Dutch inventor named Cornelis Drebbel built the first working submarine in 1620. It was a leather-covered rowboat that could reach a depth of 15 feet (4.5 meters).

Question: Which of the following is not used to steer a boat or ship?

Answer: The bilge is the underwater body of a ship between the bottom and sides.

Question: What is the average distance a large ocean liner can propel itself on a single liter of diesel fuel?

Answer: At cruising speed, a large ocean liner such as the Queen Elizabeth 2 uses about a liter of diesel fuel to move just 16.4 feet (5 meters).

Question: What is the deepest a submarine has traveled, in meters?

Answer: In May 2009, Nereus, a submarine carrying scientific instruments, dove 6.8 miles (11,000 meters). It was the deepest a vessel had ever gone.

Question: What has a stock, a shank, and flukes?

Answer: An anchor has elements called a stock, a shank, and flukes.

Question: Which of the following is the largest type of military ship?

Answer: The aircraft carrier USS Nimitz is the largest of the world’s navy ships. It was 1,093 feet (333 meters) long and 253 feet (77 meters) at extreme width.