Mission Bay is under attack! A PT Boat, Destroyer, Aircraft Carrier and Battleship have been seen lurking in Mission Bay threatening our recreation. They must be located and sunk! The whole city is counting on you.
Below is a modified Battleship game board which consists of a 6X5 grid. Hidden on the grid are 3 boats, a PT boat (2-holes), a Destroyer (3-holes), and an Aircraft Carrier (4-holes). To find the coordinates of the battleship (final cache), you must first locate these 3 Boats. Once they are located, you will have to do some slight calculations to obtain the coordinates of the final cache (battleship).
To fire a shot, simply visit the location of one of the 30 virtual targets in Mission Bay Park. There are no cache containers at any of these locations. Determine if the answer to the question for that location is TRUE or FALSE. If the answer is true, it is a "hit"; if the answer is false it is a "miss". There is no need to go to all 30 locations, but you will need to find all 3 boats (A total of 9 "hits") in order to obtain coordinates for the final cache.
| |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
| A |
32 46.151
117 14.079
5 Palm Trees |
32 46.461
117 14.714
Light Pole |
32 45.709
117 14.774
33 |
32 47.369
117 13.938
Pass the Pepper Please |
32 45.764
117 12.859
Channel 1 50.820 |
32 46.024
117 14.433
Every Fish Loathed Him |
| B |
32 47.571
117 12.601
6 Pylons |
32 47.853
117 12.852
Rainbow Fish |
32 46.736
117 13.098
1999 |
32 46.956
117 14.914
Jet Ski Launching |
32 46.231
117 14.968
2 Seals |
32 47.375
117 12.591
July 4 1925 |
| C |
32 46.441
117 13.976
60 Career Victories |
32 46.739
117 12.731
Hotel Guests Only |
32 45.903
117 14.739
28-35 Days Incubation |
32 47.382
117 12.894
Anchor Zone |
32 47.105
117 14.397
Moorland F11-F20 |
32 46.225
117 14.613
12 palm trees in Parking lot island |
| D |
32 46.692
117 13.966
Tic-Tac-Toe |
32 46.339
117 14.218
Dedicated March 1984 |
32 45.54
117 14.546
1916-2003 |
32 46.883
117 12.537
July 1990 |
32 45.663
117 13.035
6 Birds on Sign |
32 46.392
117 12.586
Slolom Reach |
| E |
32 46.025
117 12.889
Clockwise |
32 46.408
117 14.232
Wind Sock |
32 45.897
117 12.862
3 Drinking Fountains |
32 47.020
117 13.977
The Eyes of Texas |
32 46.717
117 14.933
Blue Bell Red Stripe |
32 46.336
117 12.535
Dolphin |
Once you have determined the position of all 3 boats, you will need to determine the orientation and move some numbers around some. Here is all the information you will need to figure the final coordinates:
- On the grid, North is "up".
- All boats are either heading south or east.
- For translating rows to numbers, A=6; B=7; C=8; D=9; E=0.
- The front portion of a boat represents the columns (numbers 1-6).
- The rear portion of a boat represents the rows (numbers 6-0).
Final Coordinates:
Latitude: N 32º 47. (Carrier front)(PT front)(PT rear)
Longitude: W 117º 12. (Destroyer front)(Destroyer rear)(Carrier rear)
Due to park removing bushes the cacahe has been moved - add .030 to the Latitude and .012 to the Longitude!!
The final cache is hidden somewhere in Mission Bay Park. Find it and the battleship will be sunk! Move fast, sailor we are counting on you!
Cache contains many Navy Unit Identification rockers and FTF$
Thanks go to IntotheWoods whose cache "Charleston Under Siege!" was the inspiration for this cache!