Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 10/24/2009 2:29:04 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
Edited on 10/24/2009 2:32:13 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
I believe we hit somewhat of a glancing blow, it didn’t slow us one little bit.
The Forrestal was the first of the "big carriers" and several were commissioned; Forrestal Class, Kitty Hawk Class and Enterprise Class, prior to Nimitz which was the first of the Nimitz class.
It will steam for about ten years before needing refueling.
More like 20+. Nimitz sailed for 23 years before having to be refueled. A Nimitz class boat should only require one RCOH during it's service life.
Nuclear Carriers can do 50 MPH. That is a fact.
the nimitz was over 90,000 tons
We sailors don't put much stock in lenth, we deal in tonnage!
That would be 44 knots. A little high, I think. I had a friend on the JFK when she was on a post-overhaul full power run and they only hit 36.5.
Sharks ate well though.
I had a whale surface right off the starboard bow moving left one time when I had the conn. Don’t know if we hit or not. There was certainly nothing I could have done to avoid it.
What's the range at that speed? Not much I suspect.
Incorrect. Forrestal exceeded 78,000 tons.
the nimitz was over 90,000 tons
The Enterprise, which was commissioned 13 1/2 years prior to Nimitz, exceeds 93,000 tons.
Even if I were to allow you to backtrack on your earlier claim, which I won't, the facts speak for themselves. Nimitz wasn't the first of the "big carriers".
Forrestal: 78,200 tons
Saratoga: 78,200 tons
Ranger: 78,200 tons
Independence 80,000 tons
Kitty Hawk: 82,200 tons
Constellation: 82,200 tons
Enterprise: 93,500 tons
America: 82,200 tons
Kennedy: 80,950 tons
We sailors don't put much stock in lenth(sic), we deal in tonnage!
Most of you put more stock in BS than you do in facts.
I think that the Navy Martin P6M Seamaster could hit 600 mph on water if you cut the outboard wings off-
http://www.aviation-history.com/martin/p6m.html
And lighten up.
If you go to the NavSource website you will see that you are the one full of BS.
The entire Forrestal class was 56,000 tons as delivered. Go sell your BS to some one else.
I'll bet I can guess what the AA stands for, but I can't say it here.
Hehehe, I’ll BET he was less than thrilled...
Twenty five feet waves make men of us wee boys!
I was on a non-nuclear carrier (Kennedy) and I will tell you, the first time the vessel was at flank speed while I was on it, we were crossing from Norfolk to Rota. I don’t know why they were at flank speed, but it woke me out of sleep (my rack was right underneath the arresting gear cables!)
When I woke up the entire ship was going WHAM WHAM WHAM WHAM at about 240 WHAMS a minute! It was loud, too. So I got dressed, and it was probably around 0200-0300 sometime, and as I went down and looked out a hangar bay door, I could not believe how fast the water was rushing by. I will admit, my mouth dropped open, I had no idea how fast those ships went.
I took a walk back to the fantail, and there was a mountain of boiling water astern of the ship. Just unbelievable, the amount of water being churned up! I am only half-kidding when I said it made a rooster-tail!
So it could have made about half that speed if they'd just set up sails and run before the wind?
I doubt that... The fastest I have been able to go on my Nonsuch (5 ft draft) is about 10 knots down wind with a 25 knot wind with 3-4 waves however my friends claim I’m lying.
World Sailing Record for l’Hydroptère!
France - With peak speeds reaching an amazing 55.7 knots, l’Hydroptère has shattered the world speed sailing record* with an average speed of 51.36 knots over 500 meters. This not only trounces the Macquarie Innovation speed of 50.07 kts (the fastest boat), but in the ongoing battle between big and small, the giant hydrofoil has become the fastest watercraft under sail, besting the 50.57 kts recorded by Alexandre Caizergues on his kite-board last year. With record-making season just beginning, the bar has been set high by the mighty Hydroptère and her crew...
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