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    ytareh's Avatar Senior Member
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    USS Nimitz masquerading as a speedboat in a slamlom course...who'd a thunk it !Apparently these babies are not only really fast but a lot more maneuverable than you'd think...hope they have those planes lashed down well.

    http://www.navsource.org/archives/02/026824.jpg
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    I still remember seeing it when it was first getting built. That thing towered above everything else in the shipyard.
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    Here she is with deck mounted spoilers up. You know, to keep her *** in the water.
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    A CVN at flank can practically move laterally. It's fairly insane.

    I don't have any sea legs whatsoever and I am fairly certain I wouldn't survive such a maneuver (which is actually rather sad as I come from a Navy family. Give me a plane any day. At least there aren't sky sharks or colossal celestial squid.)
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    When I was onboard her back in the day we used to make "speed runs" at night up to the Gulf of Oman. I swear there was a rooster tail as high as the flight deck coming off her stern. Well, maybe as high as the jet shop, but dang it, it was high....

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    I believe all new carriers are out through that manuever as part of their sea trials. I am not sure what it is supposed to test, but I guess it is a pretty wild ride. There would not be any aircraft on the ship and only a skeleton crew.
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    If I were on deck, all I could say would be *ahem* WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
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    They lost their skier.
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    im guessing torpedo avoidance although that might be futile with modern torpedo's i dont know.
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    Invincible lost its ready alert fighter over board whilst manouvering like a speed boat during the Falklands War. The jet just slid right off the deck in a turn, the pilot ejected and was recovered in a very bad mood.
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