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​​1) Last Somalian pirate attack? Tanker Aris 13, carrying fuel from Djibouti to Mogadishu, was hijacked off the coast of Somalia on 3/13/2017.

2) Somalia? The country has a population of 17.6 million. Ninety-nine percent follow Islam, introduced in the 9th century.

3) Zumwalt? Admiral Zumwalt played a major role in United States military history, especially during the Vietnam War. He was born in San Francisco in 1920 and died in Durham in 2000; he is the generation of my parents, both born in SF. (Dad was a POW in Germany.)​​
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4) Manufacturer? General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine

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The Ironclads, by Raymond Bayless, depicts the battle between CSS Virginia (foreground) and USS Monitor (at right), the USS Minnesota in the left middle distance, courtesy of the U.S. Navy Art Collection, Washington, D.C. The painting was donated by Bayless (1920-2004) and photographed in 1975 by the U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command. CSS is Confederate States Ship and USS is United States Ship. The Battle of Hampton Roads was a stalemate.