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> Titanic could hit almost 30.

The better comparison would be the Olympia since she lived longer and did that trip far more times and was successful.

You mean Olympic? Same design and specs as Titanic.

:) reminded me of https://www.reddit.com/r/TikTokCringe/comments/10c8ntp/the_t...

Yes, my bad Olympic.

The Queen Mary 2 can supposedly hit 30 knots for a transatlantic crossing but, in practice, stretches out the crossing a bit.

They say the CVN Enterprise was able to do nearly 50, I imagine you'd get straight up blown off the flight deck at full speed haha.

50mph wind really isn't that bad if it isn't gusty. Just lean in to it a bit. A flat deck isn't going to induce turbulence the way a traditional warship superstructure probably would have in those days.

Man, if the Navy's air wing was made up entirely of bush planes, they could all take off together without even starting up their engines.