... Many years ago today...
 

On June 12, 1928, the aircraft carrier Lexington (CV 2) anchored in Lahaina Roads,Hawaii, at the end of a speed run from San Pedro, California, to Honolulu, Hawaii. that broke all existing
records for the distance, covering 2288 nautical miles with an elapsed time of 72 hours and 34 minutes.


Sergio

36 (and change) MPH, converted for us land-lubbers. What's the current record?

What's the difference between knots and MPH???

Was the run with full complement of aircraft, supplies, crew??? What about the support ships???

According to my family records/pictures, my father was at Summer camp with the 174th Infantry that year...

Today on Flag Day in the US you are commemorating the adoption of your flag.

Flag Day goes back to the early days of the "American Revolution" as was chosen in June of 1777 when your country was only 49 weeks old. Since then your flag has always been a symbol of freedom, liberty, and justice for all.

Have a Happy Flag Day!


Sergio

Sergio, you, an Italian, have a better understanding of what this country is than do some of our political leaders.

Hi Richard,
* 5280 feet in a statue mile. 6000 feet in a nautical mile.
* 6000/5280 = 1.136 statue miles in 0ne nautical mile.

All,
* Happy Flag Day.
* May she proudly wave as a symbol of freedom for all who believe in liberty and justice.

Respectfully,
Bob
Good Luck & Good Hunting

Accepting Dave's calculations, and with my handy Conversion app -

1 knot = 1.150779 mph

1 mph = .8689762 knots

So 36mph would be 31.28314 knots...For all the sailors here...

I'm glad we cleared that up! :thumbup:

So she averaged 35.85 MPH

When I was in, this endurance/speed test had to be done once a year. With full compliment. i.e. the air group aboard. 24 hours test.

I've been on board for two of these. The USS Kearsarge, then CVS-33 a WW2 carrier, and the USS Independence CVA-62. The whole ship is shaking and straining. If anything is going to let go, this is the time.
sorry I don't recall the speeds recorded.

FN

I couldn't find a 'speed run' entry... :(

USS INDEPENDENCE (CVA-62)
(later CV-62)

Flag Hoist/Radio Call Sign: November - November - Quebec - November
Tactical Voice Radio Call: "GUN TRAIN"
CLASS - FORRESTAL
Displacement 56,000 Tons, Dimensions, 1046' 6" (oa) x 129' 1" x 37' (Max)
Armament 8 x 5"/54, 100 Aircraft.
Armor, Unknown.
Machinery, 280,000 SHP; Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 34 Knots, Crew 3800 - 4280.

That's the one!! I was aboard for the 'Cuban Crisis".

FN

When I was on the CVAN 65 Enterprise during Viet Nam era, her unclassified speed was "in excess of 30 knots".. TH

Ya know, sometimes when you do a 'Search' for some piece of information, you come up with much more than you ever wanted to know... :rolleyes:

For distance sailors used (and still use) the so called 'nautical mile'. If you slice Earth into two equal halves right through its center along equator for example, then divide the perimeter (the circumference) into 360 degrees, then each degree into 60 arc minutes, the length you get is approximately 1 nautical mile. So, to recap, one nautical mile is the arc distance of about 1 minute of a degree (or 1/60th of a degree) of Earth.

The meter was also defined quite arbitrary around 17th century as one part in 10 million of the distance from the North Pole to the Equator along the meridian of Paris

We used to have a retired Colonel/pilot in my old squadron...Great guy, but if you asked him what time it was, he'd tell you how to build a clock... :D