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

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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

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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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

My youngest son recently left the Navy after 4 years. He was attached to an
air squadron that in turn was attached to the USS Harry S Truman CVN-75.

Indeed, top speed is excess of 35 knots. 1 nautical mile per rem.

Eisboch

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:55:13 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

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

My youngest son recently left the Navy after 4 years. He was attached to an
air squadron that in turn was attached to the USS Harry S Truman CVN-75.

Indeed, top speed is excess of 35 knots. 1 nautical mile per rem.

What's "rem?" Or is that secret?

--Vic

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 15:55:13 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:

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

My youngest son recently left the Navy after 4 years. He was attached to
an
air squadron that in turn was attached to the USS Harry S Truman CVN-75.

Indeed, top speed is excess of 35 knots. 1 nautical mile per rem.

What's "rem?" Or is that secret?

--Vic

A rem is a measurement of radioactivity. I made up the "1 nautical
mile per rem".

Eisboch

On Fri, 28 Sep 2007 21:26:04 -0400, "Eisboch" wrote:



A rem is a measurement of radioactivity. I made up the "1 nautical
mile per rem".

Hehe, I'm denser than U-235.

--Vic