The Aqua Cache Series
Will take you to scenic waterways
In the Tidewater area
Aqua caches 26-34 are on West Neck Creek
They can only be reached by kayak or canoe.
Parking and launching is available at West Neck Marina.
There is a $3 fee for launching.
Rental canoes are available.
The Cache is not at the posted coordinates.
Answer the submarine trivia questions to find the coordinates for the cache.
N ABCDEF W GHIJKL
A = __,000 miles steamed in 84 days beneath the surface when the USS TRITON (SSN 586)
completed the first totally submerged circumnavigation of the world.
B = The number of torpedo tubes on a VIRGINIA Class SSN?
C = USS JACK (SSN 605) used an experimental direct-drive plant with two propellers on __shaft(s).
D = The USS SANDLANCE (SSN 660) was a member of Submarine Squadron __when she was
decommissioned.
E = The last digit in the hull number of the first vessel ever to surface at the North Pole.
F = The number of nuclear powered submarines lost at sea. Do not count damaged submarines
purposely scuttled.
G = Top recorded speed (in knots) of the fastest submarine divided by zero.
H = Sum of the first three numbers minus the last number (_+_+_-_) of the year that the self-propelled
Torpedo, which gets its name from the eel TORPEDO ELECTRICUS, was invented by
Robert Whitehead.
I = __,000 miles steamed on a lump of Uranium the size of a golf ball by the first nuclear powered
submarine, USS NAUTILUS (SSN 571). A diesel powered submarine would have required
3,000,000 gallons or 300 railway tank cars of oil.
J = Sum of the number days (_+_+_) of the longest submerged and unsupported submarine patrol.
K = The date of the month for first Underwater Guided-Mission Launch when the USS GEORGE
WASHINGTON (SSBN 598) launched a pair Polaris missiles at a target more than 1,100
nautical miles away.
L = The sum of the digits in the hull number (SSN__+__) of the nuclear – powered attack submarine
named to honor the only President of the United States to serve in the submarine force.
You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.