Ten Thousand Leagues Under the Seas

USS ___ (SSRN-586) heading out for the beginning of the circumnavigation
16 February 1960.
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On 16 February 1960 a United States nuclear-powered submarine departed New London, Connecticut to circumnavigate the world whilst submerged. The submarine would follow the route of the first circumnavigation of the world, started under the command of Ferdinand Magellan and completed by Juan Sebastián Elcanofrom between 1519 and 1522.


Q1. How long did this submerged circumnavigation take?
A. 60 days and 21 hours
B. 87 days and 9 hours
C. 115 days and 17 hours

Q2. What submarine carried out this voyage?
A. USS Thresher
B. USS Triton
C. USS Tullibee

Q3. The commanding officer of this submarine also wrote several books, both fiction and non-fiction, including Run Silent, Run Deep: who was he?
A. Captain Edward L. Beach Jr.
B. Captain William D. Sand
C. Captain Thomas J. Shore II

Q4. The title of this piece is a take on the title of the 19th century novel Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas. Who wrote that novel?
A. Victor Hugo
B. Jules Verne
C. H.G. Wells

The answers will be posted later today.

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