Even the Chinese and Russians know they will easily do 50+ knots.
I've personally seen them BLOW BY a Destroyer Group with a rooster tail coming off the a$$ end nearly 1/2 the length of the ship.
She was doing 60mph easy.
“Even the Chinese and Russians know they will easily do 50+ knots.”
Yep! That info has been classified for a long time, but with so many foreign satelites watching overhead, it seems a bit silly to not just come out and admitt to at least the 50knots. I still find it very impressive that a floating airport and city can outrun many/most so called speed boats, lol!
If a carrier hit land at 60 knotts, how far inland before it finally stops?
Sailed on DD 497? the Bache in 1960 and it could do 37 knots. Supposed to be the fastest ship in the Navy then.
Rebuilt Fletcher class after a Kamikaze hit it at the end of WW II. Thought was the new engines and rebuilt hull did the magic. No nuke power back then.