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

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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