6L6 wrote:Speed can be a matter of life or death.6L6 wrote:I don't think a LST will do 36 kt's.
Duncan wrote:
About 24 with all the laundry hung out, sailing downhill, and with a good tail wind.
But when did speed alone define a warship?
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-- Duncan
And so can range, navigational draft, beam, handling, survivability, and a plethora of other factors. Naval architects have to balance all those and more. Speed doesn't always win. Better, Faster, Cheaper -- pick any two.
Case in point: very few modern naval warships can do 36 knots anymore -- at least post manufacturer's trials.
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