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Flank speed is a nautical term for a ship's true maximum speed, often used in emergencies. Learn about its origin, usage, and comparison with other speeds in surface ship nuclear marine propulsion.
Learn about the history, construction and operation of the engine order telegraph (EOT), a device used to communicate speed orders between the bridge and the engine room of a ship or submarine. Find out how EOTs have evolved with modern remote control systems and different dial positions.
USS Miguel Keith is a US Navy expeditionary mobile base named after a Medal of Honor recipient. It was commissioned in 2021 and deployed to the US 7th Fleet in 2020.
Taffy 3 was a group of six escort carriers and three destroyers that fought against Kurita's Center Force of battleships and cruisers in the Philippine Sea on October 25, 1944. Taffy 3 inflicted heavy damage on the Japanese and withdrew, while Kurita mistakenly believed he had sunk the Third Fleet's carriers.
This ship has a flank speed of 50 knots (93 km/h; 58 mph) but can travel only 1,500 nautical miles (2,800 km; 1,700 mi) at flank speed, exhausting its fuel in 30 hours. Thus, its "flank speed" consumes fuel over seven times faster than the most economic speed.
In 2021, Tennessee entered drydock to undergo a major overhaul at TRF Kings Bay, one that the facility says is the longest and most extensive work package it has executed in its history.
USS Bainbridge was a nuclear-powered guided missile cruiser in the US Navy, the only ship of her class. She was named after Commodore William Bainbridge and served in the Atlantic, Pacific, Mediterranean, and Middle East from 1962 to 1996.
SS United States is a retired ocean liner and the fastest transatlantic ship in history. She is owned by the SS United States Conservancy, a non-profit group that aims to restore and preserve the ship in Philadelphia.