Over 30knots... As minesweeper sailor i can only be envious of fast travel

The Royal Australian Navy used to hold annual races. Look up HMAS Brisbane Wedgie Cup. Arace between an Oliver Hazard Perry FFG and a Modified Charles F Adams DDG. JET turbine v super steam boilers

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What a waste, she could have been pulling the crew on water skis.

What is the terrible noise?

I loved being throttleman during those types of things. Especially since I was on a steam powered ship.

From another old tincan sailor "there's nothing like good ole American firepower!

Now imagine going faster than that ........underwater.......

I finally figured how to tell females from ev'body else aboard: White shoes.

Surely it can do more than 31 knots?

Last time I saw the Nitze, well she couldn't go anywhere.. because she was still under construction at Bath Iron Works as we (the USS Momsen DDG-92) sailed away for our commissioning.

Where's the rooster tail? USS Mahan DDG42 could make rooster tails going 33 knots with all 4 boilers on line. CDR R.O. Crawshaw said"This is better than a vitamin pill!" After the Marine barracks in Beirut were destroyed, the mighty Mahan was detailed to escort USS Iowa(?) to the Lebanese coast for President Reagan's response. I wasn't onboard at the time but the CO made frequent visits to Main Control jumping around like a hobgoblin on a fistful of bennies demanding more speed because the battleship kept saying on the VHF radio,"If you cannot keep up, you WILL be left behind."

"Twenty to one I break the sonuvabitch this time." "Gimme $500 on the Bandit!"

Alright! Rules of the race, first one to have an engineering casualty losing a GTM or GTG loses, extra points if the shafts stop spinning as well 😂😭

Imagine this race comming at you as the enemy!?? Nooooo thanks!!!! Brown pants day for sure!

USS Nimitz (CVN 68) AIMD and Weapons department as a AO1, Served twice on ship during my 20 years 2 months career. July 06 1983 to September 30 2003

go USA I love this our ships ain't junk like russia

Haze gray and underway....God I miss the ocean. DDG-6 1984-1987

The Burke still loses out to the SpruCan/Tico in speed, maneuverability, and ability to stop and reverse direction.

It was more fun with 1200 psi steam! But nice video.

how many of us old tin can sailors was waiting for the civies to get wet lol god i miss that

Removie all the safties on those gas turbines and let roll. I remeber those days on my Gearing class DD. I like do do but it put one hell of a strain on engines and pumps.

Love this, I was on a Knox class, lot of fun looking back , there's alot of ocean out there made 2 West pacs

Same engine same hull same weight. But different engineer maintenance.

I was just talking to my friends about the Tiger Cruise I went on and randomly looked up the Nitze to see if there was any videos I could use to show them the ship. Lo and behold not only do I find the video of the race I was describing to them but I can see myself in this footage! Thank you so much for uploading this, I've lost all my footage and pictures from the trip.

They are fibbing bit the fastest ship inthe navy is a carrier it just classified

What I love as a taxpayer, we all get to pay for this nonsense. Seriously, we are the ones paying for all the BS those in the military waste. Fuel, ammo and all the other wastefulness. Then.. we are made to feel that if we don't thank everyone for their service that somehow we are bad Americans. No, I have seen the amount of low end morons who end up in the military, maybe they should be thanking us for the military babysitting them.

Boogie boogie boogie--lets go racing boys

I love the US NAVY. I get sea sick like no one else so sea life would be a living hell for me. I almost died going whale watching

ENGINEERING CASUALTY ENGINEERING CASUALTY ENGINEERING CASUALTY…. HOT BEARING NR 2A GTM. My sweaty ass running down to Main 2 🏃🏻

very good 👍👍👍

The only thing missing in this video is the song bad to the bone

What a great use of tax payers money and burning massive amounts of fuel!

Next we need an iowa vs a Nimitz

God bless the USA and a big, big thank you from Germany for all your support over the many decades! Hugs from Berlin, Germany

Get them up on the plane...

I feature the USS Nitze in my first novel Attack on Nantucket ...

40 mph plus

both CO's: WE NEED MORE SPEED Engineering LCPO: IVE GIVIN ER AW SHES GAWT CAPTN

Looked like a bunch of wet tigers at the end!

Next ,nimitz vs grald r ford

I can hear dangerzone in the back ground

Ship got better brakes than my car

Any aircraft carrier would leave them both in the dust.

NICE JOB @Paige Adams - what would of been real impressive is having a Super Carrier run between the two Destroyers, yep, the Carrier would of won that race :-) I would like to mention to the Audience, watch the US Flag on the other ship, I believe the Mason (you can tell when they reverse. The flag is left to right and then right to left. AWESOME WORK PAIGE :-) Bobby Estey USS Constellation CV64

This noice.... its like a lose pipe. Hope you have done something about it by now... -.-

On demand raw power of the robust and reliable LM2500. Love it!

Great Video! Go Navy! The WW2 Heavy Cruiser USS Indianapolis CA 35 set a speed record from San Francisco to Pearl Harbor in 74 1/2 hours at an ave. speed of 29 knots which still stands to this day. In WW2 - The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Chicago (CA-29) was under tow at five knots by USS Louisville (CA-28) on the morning of 30 January 1943. The damaged cruiser had been torpedoed by Japanese aircraft on the previous night. In 1931 during USS Louisville CA 28 Shakedown Cruise the 107,000 SHP Louisville made almost 32 Knots with only 6 of her 8 boilers kicked in. God Bless the sailors of the USS Indianapolis & our service men and women - past & present!

Would this make them "Thirty One Knot Burkes"? ;) On a more serious note, does the Navy still do "Cowboys and Russians"?