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I did knot now this.
1 posted on 06/29/2025 5:29:02 AM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
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It’s a simple question with a simple answer. Why do I have to read down to the fifth paragraph to find the answer?


2 posted on 06/29/2025 5:40:21 AM PDT by yesthatjallen
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"...the Ford-class carriers to make more than three times the electricity of legacy Nimitz-class carriers."

They need that power for the (dubious) electro-magnetic aircraft catapults versus the (more reliable) steam catapults on the Nimitz carriers.

3 posted on 06/29/2025 5:41:12 AM PDT by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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Only 30 knots.

lol, sure.


7 posted on 06/29/2025 5:58:32 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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Their top speed is classified!!


10 posted on 06/29/2025 6:10:46 AM PDT by Racketeer
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Non of the escort ships are nuclear. CVs are just as mission capable as CVNs. Go back to CVs.


11 posted on 06/29/2025 6:14:54 AM PDT by central_va (The I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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If it’s the USS Harvey Milk it takes forever. It’s always dragging in the rear.


12 posted on 06/29/2025 6:18:00 AM PDT by Hyman Roth
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Depends on conditions...

...IIRC, the dark shape on the right side of the water column is an aircraft carrier...

14 posted on 06/29/2025 6:36:34 AM PDT by Who is John Galt? ("...mit Pulver und Blei, Die Gedanken sind frei!")
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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


21 posted on 06/29/2025 7:20:23 AM PDT by Conan the Librarian (Conan the Sailing Librarian)
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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.


23 posted on 06/29/2025 7:24:44 AM PDT by Hammerhead
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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.


24 posted on 06/29/2025 7:31:21 AM PDT by exnavy (See article IV section 4 of our constitution.)
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more are on the way

It takes nine years to build one.

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

32 posted on 06/29/2025 7:55:52 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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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.


33 posted on 06/29/2025 7:57:39 AM PDT by Jim Noble (Assez de mensonges et de phrases)
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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.


34 posted on 06/29/2025 7:59:45 AM PDT by Tallguy
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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.


40 posted on 06/29/2025 8:25:23 AM PDT by DesertRhino (2016 Star Wars, 2020 The Empire Strikes Back, 2025... RETURN OF THE JEDI….There’s really not much to)
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30kts?

Laughable ignorance.


41 posted on 06/29/2025 8:45:32 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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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.


44 posted on 06/29/2025 10:12:24 AM PDT by P8riot (You will never know Jesus Christ as a reality in your life until you know Him as a necessity.)
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