[jboot]

Above 20 knots it’s all about hullform. The carrier has a massive freeboard and sheer edge on any destroyer. In a leading sea the destroyer will dig in at top speed while the carrier will still plane.

[tanknetter]

Above 20 knots it’s all about hullform. The carrier has a massive freeboard and sheer edge on any destroyer. In a leading sea the destroyer will dig in at top speed while the carrier will still plane.

Relatively speaking, yes. But the tendency for the Nimitz-class hull to also dig in at speed is one of the reasons why the Reagan and Bush both have that bulbous bow (and why there's been some talk about retrofitting it to the earlier CVNs as they go through RCOH). The later Nimitzes have significantly higher displacements than the earlier one do, on pretty much the same hull form.

[AZ .44 MAG]

In a leading sea the destroyer will dig in at top speed while the carrier will still plane.

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