The official number is "greater than 30" but many unverifiable reports
say it will do 50. Others say that the Nimitz, in particular, doesn't
have enough reactor power to do that. Who knows? Not me.
Chuck Norcutt
On 9/22/2013 5:05 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
> I'm sure that it was impressive! However, 50kts sounds a bit optimistic for
> a large machine, even an American one :-)
>
> Chris
>
> On 22 Sep 2013, at 02:26, Chuck Norcutt <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I understand it's about 2,000+ for the air wing and another 3,000+ to
>> operate the ship. But I didn't count them when I was there. Standing
>> on the fantail when the ship is really making haste (I've heard as much
>> as 50 knots) is very impressive. It reminded me of the flow of water
>> over Niagara falls.
>
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