[WildTurkey]

(I'm not going to tell ya but 35 knots wasn't it) I saw the pictures he took off the fantail. Needless to say I dropped my jaw when I saw the wake. It was level with the flight deck!

Here are a couple of photos. Maybe you were shown a shot taken from the the open area BELOW the fantail during a turn. Notice the flat out photo doesn't indicate a large rooster tail.

Enterprise Flat Out

Enterprise in a Turn Kicking Spray

[steve86]

That turn photo is awesome if authentic. Looks about like an F-1 Tunnelhull hydro!

I have never understood the great secrecy over a carrier's max speed. Isn't obvious to any adversary with satellite reconnaissance (most), or simply time and distance measurement? Or is the max speed something that can be sustained for only a short burst?

[IMRight]

I think that's the Nimitz there in the second pic.

Heckuva shot though.