That boat can really haul a**!
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Did I ever tell y’all about the time we drag-raced our escorts?
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Turn into them…I hear it gets exciting…
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Funny story there… YACHT RACING; A Surprise Cup Entry: An Aircraft Carrier - The New York Times
As for the other story, I’m working on it. 
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If its not restricted info…I’d very much like to hear that
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Seconded…
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Ahem…the official, unclassified top speed of any US Navy ship is 30-plus knots.
…except for those that cannot reach 30 knots.
At a flank bell, the mighty USS GUAM, 800lb steam plant driving a single shaft/screw, could get up to 21 knots!…with the current…and the wind behind it…going down hill… 
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Did anyone ever try to waterski behind one? Somehow I can imagine this happening way back in the South China Sea days…
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LOL…You Tube has a guy being towed behind a destroyer I think… Rumor has it (according to comments) - HMS Nottingham.
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Started a new thread. Figure we need a place for all of our assorted stories. 
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I mean, you could do it, though the whole getting up part would be a doozy, to say the least. A ship that big doesn’t exactly accelerate on a dime (I talk a bit about that in my sea story). Though if you could jump from the fantail and were a good enough barefoot skiier, you might be able to pull it off…
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A transport with attitude!
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Well the graphics look good but the control screen looks pretty cluttered…how is it in VR? 
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For @komemiute. But really for everyone.
But really for @komemiute…
I mean… It’s a child of the A-6 
EDIT: Yeah. He’s dumbing it down … mostly for himself
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this?
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