ANSWERS: Mystery Questions of the Week - 27 Feb 2009

Questions of the Week from Friday:
1 ) - What was the name of the frigate described?

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2 ) - If another receiving ship eventually took the place of the 98-year-old vessel, what was the replacement vessel's name?

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3 ) - Unfortunately, none of M.E.'s relatives appeared in the photograph. Did one of yours?

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Answers:
1 ) - The frigate was named the USS Independence.

2 ) - Another receiving ship eventually did replace the USS Independence at Navy Yard Mare Island. It was the all-steel, bark-rigged training ship USS Intrepid in 1914. She decommissioned 15 October 1921.

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3 ) - Did anyone's relative appear in Friday's photograph? The only one we can feel fairly sure appears in the photo may have been one of our fellow submariner's.

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Submarines are always silent and strange.