...IIRC, the dark shape on the right side of the water column is an aircraft carrier...
It’s a simple question with a simple answer. Why do I have to read down to the fifth paragraph to find the answer?
They need that power for the (dubious) electro-magnetic aircraft catapults versus the (more reliable) steam catapults on the Nimitz carriers.
Only 30 knots.
lol, sure.
Their top speed is classified!!
Non of the escort ships are nuclear. CVs are just as mission capable as CVNs. Go back to CVs.
If it’s the USS Harvey Milk it takes forever. It’s always dragging in the rear.
...IIRC, the dark shape on the right side of the water column is an aircraft carrier...
I once saw the Philadelphia Express (cargo ship) leave the Port of a Savannah. I tracked it using AIS. It was in Portugal in 5 days.
Very Express
It depends on where the aircraft carrier is located. If it’s in Brazil and you go to Africa, it should take no more than about three days.
I am certain the top speed is classified, having said that i witnessed the Ike on the way to Iran in early 1980 doing 45 knots. A knot is 1.1 mph. And i am sure the big super carriers go faster than that.
It takes nine years to build one.
Between January 1942 and December 1944, the US launched 47 aircraft carriers.
What I want to know is, how much battle damage is required to stop flight operations from a modern US fleet carrier?
Sinking them becomes less important if they can’t launch and recover.
There’s a few naval aviators who claim that it was done in less than 3 days by the carrier on which their air wing was embarked, but that was a one-off emergency sortie to the Mediterranean. The USN doesn’t admit to the top speed of any of their carriers except to say “30+ knots.” Same goes for combat aircraft. Nobody admits to a “top speed” anymore, nor do they claim “official” records.
And engine power is a part. But hull length is a big part of speed. Given the same power, the longer hull is always faster.
30kts?
Laughable ignorance.
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.