How Long Does It Take An Aircraft Carrier To Cross The Atlantic?

SlashGear ^ | Jun 28, 2025 | Jonathan H. Kantor

[Mariner]

30kts?

Laughable ignorance.

[Tallguy]

“Given the same power, the longer hull is always faster.”

Partly why US cruisers were noted for “weak bows.” A lot of US Cruisers, both heavy & light, had their bows blown off by torpedoes and I believe once by hurricane.

Certain IJN cruiser designs were also thought to be weak in the bow.

[mund1011]

It takes nine years to build one.

Between January 1942 and December 1944, the US launched 47 aircraft carriers.

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Consistent with the time it took to erect the Empire State Building in 1931 (14 months) with the time it took to decide what to build in the aftermath of the twin towers destruction, over 10 years. Different eras with vastly different people.

[P8riot]

The six days mentioned in the article assumes the carrier is traveling in a more or less direct course at maximum speed. In my several transatlantic deployments on Nimitz class carriers, we never took a direct course due to tactical considerations and ocean currents, and we never outran our escorts. About 10-12 days is the average I remember.

[South Dakota]

Nope...uss arkansas

[Who is John Galt?]

See post #25
;^)

[Dr. Franklin]

Of course, but what is of particular interest is how quickly it can do so which would be — if not classified — would be, well, interesting.

Warp 9 is highly classified, but we know its hard on the dilithium crystals.

[glennaro]

It will be hard on the crystals, that's a certainty, but at that speed the carrier would arrive at its destination before it left port (even taking the time zones into consideration) which would justify the cost of replacing them at a billion a pop.

Good stuff, this! Cheers!