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USS Tripoli, a Rare card
USS Tripoli is the second America-class amphibious assault ship built for the United States Navy.
- Rarity
- Rare
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 65
- DEF
- 67
- Power
- 132
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 490,000
Ranked #2,240 of the 2,999 cards of the base set by power (ATK + DEF).
USS Tripoli quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the USS Tripoli card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
In which decade?
In May ____, United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's name as Tripoli, in honor of the US Marine Corps victory against Tripoli at the Battle of Derna during the First Barbary War.
Answer
2010s. In May 2012, United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's name as Tripoli, in honor of the US Marine Corps victory against Tripoli at the Battle of Derna during the First Barbary War. From the USS Tripoli article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
USS Tripoli. USS Tripoli 490,000 · Statilia gens 1,200 · 2017 Surrey County Council election 830 · Thomas Cushing Aylwin 420 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In May 2012, United States Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced the ship's name as Tripoli, in honor of the US Marine Corps victory against Tripoli at the Battle of Derna during the First Barbary War.
- This is the third US Naval ship to carry the name, the first being USS Tripoli, an escort carrier from World War II and the second being USS Tripoli, an amphibious assault ship that served during the Cold War, Operation Desert Storm, and Operation Restore Hope.
Why it is Rare
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The USS Tripoli article was read about 490,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 65 and blocks with 67: each hit it takes is cut by 27 %.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, USS Tripoli (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : U.S. Navy photo courtesy of Huntington Ingalls Industries by Derek Fountain/Released, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
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