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Jv1856 t1_j2fcmmk wrote

Reply to comment by CB_700_SC in At one point this was a world record holding ship. by FGoose

I had the pleasure of riding along in an Aircrat Carrier across the Atlantic that was riding north of 60 knots, had to get a head wind for some jets, and were riding directly in line with some very heavy tail winds. Other than the vibration of motors, it wasn’t much different.

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John_EightThirtyTwo t1_j2fsuiy wrote

>north of 60 knots

60 knots would be nearly 70 miles per hour. Did you mean 60 kilometers per hour?

Nimitz-class carriers can do 30 knots (which is fast) and Gerald R. Ford-class carriers are even faster. But no aircraft carrier goes 60 knots. (Perhaps you were on a carrier-based aircraft? Those go even faster.)

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