The Birth of a US Aircraft Carrier - USS Truman at First Sea Trial

[Immaculite]

dear santa

[IngloriusBastard11]

Love us, or hate us, I can assure you that nothing gives you more of a sense of pride than having served in the United States Navy. As I age I begin to realize the influence the Navy had on my career, my life and my ability to succeed. It is possibly the only time where you really believe you are doing something significant and can have the pride throughout your entire life knowing you did something unselfish for your country, your family and yourself. You carry it to your Veterans grave.

[spunebil]

I am plank owner for the Carl Vinson...........CVN70 ben thru trials.......and yes they will stop with in a mile from full speed ! ....Shakes the hell of ship but we survived ! .......

[spunebil]

went thru the entire sea trials when I pre-commissioned the carl Vinson (CVN-70) and most of that was in the so called "Burmuda trialangle" .......when they go from full speed to full reverse........Its an experience you only might get once ! ........I will never forget it !

[spunebil]

ya know the best thing about being nuclear powered ?........it doesn't matter what the price of oil is to operational ! via a Plank owner CVN 70 USS Carl Vinson........Me.......LOL.

and battle flank speed is way over 35 knots on these boats.........I know as I was standing watch in central control !

[spunebil]

ya know the best thing about being nuclear powered ?........it doesn't matter what the price of oil is to operational ! via a Plank owner CVN 70 USS Carl Vinson........Me.......LOL.

[treasureis1]

The Nimitz class can go about 31-33 knots depending on hull condition. I believe the Enterprise may be a little faster because of her hull design, said to be more of a "cruiser" design, which to me means longer and thinner (less drag). Reports of 50- 60 mph or knots is just BS.. They do have about 300,000 hp but that just aint enough to make 100k tons go that fast.

[treasureis1]

100 knot is top speed, but this is very TOP secret so DON'T YOU TELL ANYONE ! (I read it on the internet).

[must2ang]

I believe the flank speed to be "thee fastest speed capable" was about 43 knots bout 50mph

[ACCFJeremiah]

30 knots -34 miles perhour

[ChristewieTV]

That song SUCKS MONKEY BALLS. Why must you ruin an interesting video with crappy music?

[Purplmonster]

They cannot do 30 knots in reverse!

What does 35 degree RATE OF TURN mean??? Are you talking about rudder angle?? if so it's 43-45 degrees.

Have you been on a carrier?

Your info appears to be a little askew.

[spunebil]

@Purplmonster

I am a plank owner of CVN 70 (USS Carl Vinson) sister ship of the truman and yes they can do 30 knots in reverse and then some ! I was a HT and stood watch in central control and at 30 knots, we were doing like 200 rpm on shafts at screw's, at battle flank we were doing much much more rpm ( and seabeatle's claim of 60 mph is pretty close) and by 35 degree rate of turn, thats how much list the ship can handle during the turn ! btw, have you ever even been to sea ?

[TheRCmaniac1]

USS Truman. Lets see your ferrari do this. NOW GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR WAY!

[YaDoofus]

you do realize carriers dont sail alone. try getting a silkworm past, multiple subs, destroyers, cruisers, (all with their radar etc. on) plus EC-2 hawkeyes. plus the carriers own armaments. @cheedoz dont get one, ive tried parking them... takes way too much time

[bmwnasher]

some bad comments..these carriers allow millions of people to sleep safe at night..thanks to all the guys who sail on them...from the UK

[cheedoz]

i'm thinking of buying one of these but i don't think i can get used to parallel parking

[spidey2440]

i like the video alot. I was there for the the sea trials in the video and the commissioning of the ship.

[dustystix76]

cool vid, seen her a couple times, i was stationed on the CVN74

[wangnasty]

I'd like to tube behind that bitch!!! Drop the hammer.

[MrJeffreydunson]

@jackyo12345, Have you seen the "piece of ***** french carrier?!!! please do your homework, before commenting, you'll save all of us sometime, but..... not lol !!!!

[MrJeffreydunson]

The USN bashers - think that China's PLAN, can produce a " Supercarrier " like this if they buy a rusty old carrier, from the Russians?!!!! " I' D PITY THE FOOLS '

[jackyo12345]

well, the chinese can certainly buy the expertise from the french and from us contractors. They would be falling over themselves to get a CVN contract with the chinese...

[Jguthro]

The chinese have a carrier. they bought the hull from a Russian carrier than never was finished.

[Qw3rty99]

A CVN may be the biggest target out there, but it is kinda hard for a sub to launch tactical air strikes, land Marines, intercept hijacked airliners, take part in short-of-war ops, or make high visibility port visits. Plus the sub has to make it through the screen, which includes at least two 688i...

[mermanjohn]

Can anyone say "TARGET"?? Incredible engineering... but one torpedo from the "Silent Service"and all that muscle is in Davy Jones locker. Can't hide from satelites or satelite deployed weapons. How many support vessels does she need? One fast attach submarine is cheaper and can extend greater firepower pound for pound of water displacement. Sea trials are a blast though. Push her to the limits!

[dougstiro]

she wont go astern at 30+

[brucencalifornia]

Haze Grey and Under-Way

Ever Ready / Always Forward

[blckblach11]

At 2:59 they show the Machinery room and one of the turbines. They don't just let anybody down there. What is this video from? I was on the USS Carl Vinson when we did this type of sea trails in July

[suntourman1]

umm there were 5 full size  US aircraft carriers lost during world war 2..

there were also may escort carriers lost but here is a list of the big ones.. USS Princeton sunk oct 24 1944. USS Yorktown sunk june 7 1942.. USS Hornet sunk oct 26 1942.. USS Lexington sunk may 8 1942. USS Wasp sunk sept 15 1942. There were also large fires on the

USS Forrestal, USS Enterprise and USS Lexington during Vietnam. Go back to school navy fuck.. Peace from Bremerton

[blondeladrian]

hey man Its cool that your going to be working in one of theses things, but i dont think the secopnd part of your comment is true. If your skeptical ask jafalks and check his vid. US Aircraft Carrier Fleet Evolution. check me if im wrong.....and good luck hehehhe

[tfdtfdtfd]

If all this money we give to build these floating airports were instead going to fight hunger in Africa (or just for other social needs within the U.S.), the whole world would be a much better place

[suntourman1]

how about the hunger in detroit or new orleans?? take care of our own first..

[SKeene1956]

I have no issue with helping people around the world; BUT it should start here. Do you remember Mogadishu in Somalia when we tried to help them and what happened. If not look up black hawk down.

[telesniper2]

A couple of Iranian Silkworm missles, and it's an artifical reef.

[splattermark]

whoops, I think you meant to say "if a couple Iranian Silkworm missiles somehow managed to make it past the CBG's defenses her sisters would show up within the week and finish the entire nation to a fine grey ash"

[telesniper2]

Nah, Iran has plenty of S-300s with fiber optically networked rardar defense grids (far better than the Serbians had when they downed multiple F-117s). CIWS won't do anything to protect you against new Silkworms and Sunburns either. Too fast.

[ThreeX]

The only down 1 F117 and I called it into CNN when I saw the footage!

[jamezxh]

The problem is you would not even get within 200 miles of it before being shot down

[telesniper2]

Tell that to the folks that served on the USS Stark.

[millironcraig23]

the USS FORD is a totally new class carrier

[MadMilitiaMen]

At Norfolk Naval Yard they laid the keel for the next generation Carrier. Slightly smaller than this class but much more powerful and advanced

[gtc1961]

Any idea on what the name will be?

[MadMilitiaMen]

i dont know the ships name but it will be a member of the Gerald R. Ford class

[gtc1961]

Wait, i thought the Ford was the last of the Nimitz class...if this is a new ship in the Ford class it would have to be the USS Gerald Ford, rigfht?

[MadMilitiaMen]

yeah the last Nimitz class was launched in 2006, the George H. W. Bush. The Newest of the GF class will most likely be called the U.S.S.  Gerald Ford

[gtc1961]

Yeah, it would have to be, to have a ship class, the first one is the name of the class.

[cypris2002]

actualy the ford class will be larger then the nimitz class and the one thing most noticable is the location of the island

[4XWHORE]

very good video brings back memories, CVN 72 from 00-05. Speed is all relative, (loaded or not) fully loaded it drafts 42 feet deep, unloaded 38, fastest I've seen was almost 40 knots. any faster and the screws cavitate too badly causing things to come apart (kittyhawk). These type of ships are very advanced, most classified, but trust me, during a break away we could easily out run anything after a mile. the counter measures are to combat any force against it, mainly Godzilla. MM3 Freeman A-DIV

[CruiseShipDude]

Amazing Ship, the might of the US Navy is definatley dhips like this.

[ukrainesuperpower87]

it's good against third world countries

owerwise it is sitting ducks against submarine and supersonic missiles

[NJRocks281]

They are not sitting ducks, they have extremely advanced countermeasures, and they operate in a fully networked carrier battle group.

[raerth]

Check Wikipedia for "Millennium Challenge 2002". You'd be surprised.

[NJRocks281]

War games pretty much prove nothing, you can't simulate modern war.

[AlaricAchos]

@NJRocks281 still sitting ducks just very well armed and guarded ducks

[cheedoz]

@AlaricAchos a duck that can level an entire country...indefinitely

[harodevil]

A LOT of TOYs aboard that Carrier haha!

[ollonsvin]

DOWN WITH THE USA!!!!

[2176565]

the anchors weigh 30 tons each

[2176565]

how can it weigh only 100,000 tons fully loaded thats only 200,000 pounds? it just said it can hold 5000 men, even saying each guy weighed a hundred pounds that would be 500,000 pounds, plus bombs and planes?

[roberthehn]

100,000 tons is actually 200,000,000 pounds.

[062594AC]

All I have to say is "WOW"

[TigerHu22]

damn so big

[acglover89]

go the welsh!

[TURBOPOE]

in a near or direct line she could outrun a torpedo. if to close deploy my favorite girl nix.

[TURBOPOE]

I was on TRUMAN 01-05 did many sea trials. this video caught one of my watch stations as an eng. in A DIV. the ram room brought back memories. sea trials were a great experience.-thanks for the video.- i left TRUMAN as A-DIV DCPO

MM3 (SW) -Price

[Chuckjagermeister]

I wonder if it goes "beep, beep, beep" when it backs up. Seriously.

[ElephantRage]

it does, but park assist is optional just like the camo paint

[slarmas]

You can find out the true speed by doing 1.35 x SqRoot of the length at the water line or get really froggy and use the Froude number. Nimitz is 1040 feet at water line so theoretically its hull speed is 43 knots or i've seen 1.51 used which would give 48 knots. 43 knots is about 49 mph and or 79 kph. This is of course only the theoretical hull speed. Power and screw design and a lot of other factors come into play, but interesting to guess :)

[jwright131]

Called it home for the first two cruises and a three month trip overseas from 2000 to 2004.

S-8 Division

Main 1 ALPO

[bjohnson42069]

I have had buddies on the Nimitz and Lincoln, and they assure me that the carrier outruns the whole fleet by a day, and can push somewhere around 60+ knots. Pretty incredible...

[ransley13]

umm, definetly not 60 knots. thats like 111 km/h. they have a max speed of between 30 and 35 knots, depending on the weeather. my brother i a helm on the abraham lincoln, same class...same performance...

[Cirux321]

Na. They arent that fast. They run about 35knots full speed, though they can generate emergency power and burst up to about 38knots. Though that still is fairly impressive for a 87,000 ton ship to move that fast. Which is just as fast as the 9,500 ton Arleigh-Burke destroyers.

[justinbergen]

my recruiter told me that the carriers are designed to outrun submarines so id say that at a minimum 35 knots

[Cirux321]

Well, of all the countries with subs, only a fraction has fast attack nuclear subs that can run 30+knts. The majority of the subs out there besides the US, England and Russia are Electo-Diesel subs that run around 26-30knts maximum. So yeah the Nimitz class in most cases can outrun subs. But its not the issue of outrunning them, but avoiding them all together. Because despite the speed, if a sub is in weapons range the Nimitz is done for if countermeasures fail. They cant outrun a torpedo.

[matthew220891]

Please call it Britain and not England, everyone here is British, but we aren't all English and not everyone wants to be English lol, plenty of Brits are happy staying Welsh, Scottish or Irish thanks.

[Cirux321]

Fair enough!

[matthew220891]

Cheers ;)

[macrosaur]

It's not the Bush. CVN-75 is the Truman as brucktroll said, but even ignoring that, the F-14 Tomcats and A-6 Intruders are out of service, so that makes this a several-years-old Truman video at least. Not that it matters, you see one Nimitz carrier and you've seen them all... Wait for the Ford class carrier for something new!

[dragonscape99]

how fast do these go...r they faster than passenger or cargo?

[jafalks]

yeah i think..

[must2ang]

@jafalks flank speed is 43 knots

[spunebil]

@jafalks much much faster

[StaffandStormcloud]

30+ knots

[Dogmeat1950]

yep 30+ knots there true speed is secret also here's a hint there mostly the fastest ship in the fleet.

[nowmyway]

@dragonscape99 not officialy the usn65 Enterprise runs 50knots.

[galloway6204]

@dragonscape99 I think the Nimitz can do 33 Knots

[Purplmonster]

@dragonscape99

35+ knots. No such thing as a 50 knot carrier anymore.

[itisme235]

@dragonscape99 about 30 knots (55 km/h)

[seabeatle]

@dragonscape99 In 1971, whei I was on the USS Independence we raced the USS America, we reached speeds in excess of 60 knots. The Indy and America were conventional powered. I am sure that the newer Nuclear powered CVANs are even faster. The Indy, now retired had 4 main engines each rated at 128,000 HP. During the full power run the noise and vibration in the engine room was both deafining and thrilling.

[B777LR]

@dragonscape99 The fastest cargoship will do 15 knots at most. Fast ferries will do 20 knots. This one will do 30 - 35 knots.

[spunebil]

@dragonscape99

they are faster than the destoyers who are part of the battle group ! I was aboard CVN 70 while it was still being built (plank owner) and made all its sea trials and eventually its world cruise in 1983 . these ships MOVE !

[strikeeagle345]

@dragonscape99 30-40 kts so 35-47 mph or so.

[brucktroll]

CVN-75 = USS Harry S. Truman.