On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 11:51:25 -0400, Gene Kearns
wrote:

On Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:12:29 -0700, Calif Bill penned the following
well considered thoughts to the readers of rec.boats:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCj4L160Slg


You want fast? The USS New Jersey made good with 35.2 knots on 27
March 1968.... and that is for 51,000 tons... not some wimpy little
foreign aluminium can. Fuel consumption? 187 gallons per minute at
flank speed.......

Fun Read:
http://www.hnsa.org/doc/bbma/index.htm

That's probably the best "non-technical" read about a warship
engineering system I've ever seen. Covers a lot of territory.
BTW, current nuke carriers (CVN) are @97,000 tons.
Top speed? Secret. But it's faster than 35 knots.
I'd love to see a near water video of that prop wash!

--Vic