07-10-2003, 08:58 PM
(This post was last modified: 07-10-2003, 09:12 PM by Occhidiangela.)
Exceeded 33 now and again. :)
Unlike the Nimitz class, its unique power plant and prop arrangement could produce a bit more speed than the Nimitz class.
However, I know what is listed in Jane's, and will accept that for practical puposes, your numbers are pretty solid.
The Alpha? I suppose fast is relative, and yes, the numbers cited by Western sources that are available for public consumption were likely clouded by the inevitable "plus or minus" limitation of estimates based on non calibrated or instrumented speed measurement. Those Soviets, they just would not make their runs on a calibrated range we had access to, imagine that.
I wonder if they ever declassified their own numbers on the Alpha?
EDIT:
Excerpts from a site covering Submarines:
ALPHA
Endurance 1,175 full power hours
50 days stores endurance
Max Speed 14 knts surfaced 43 knts submerged
Maximum Safe Depth 1,150'
Never-Exceed Depth 1,400'
Crush Depth 1,700'
Safety Factor 1.20
Unlike the Nimitz class, its unique power plant and prop arrangement could produce a bit more speed than the Nimitz class.
However, I know what is listed in Jane's, and will accept that for practical puposes, your numbers are pretty solid.
The Alpha? I suppose fast is relative, and yes, the numbers cited by Western sources that are available for public consumption were likely clouded by the inevitable "plus or minus" limitation of estimates based on non calibrated or instrumented speed measurement. Those Soviets, they just would not make their runs on a calibrated range we had access to, imagine that.
I wonder if they ever declassified their own numbers on the Alpha?
EDIT:
Excerpts from a site covering Submarines:
ALPHA
Endurance 1,175 full power hours
50 days stores endurance
Max Speed 14 knts surfaced 43 knts submerged
Maximum Safe Depth 1,150'
Never-Exceed Depth 1,400'
Crush Depth 1,700'
Safety Factor 1.20
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete