09-22-2004, 10:28 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Chesapeake, VA
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| Destriero
Quote: | Originally Posted by alloyed2sea ...., Destriero! 
Designed by Donald L. Blount and Associates (DLBA) in conjuction with the French firm CMN, and built by Fincantieri (Italy) in 1989.
She's 67 m long, 13 m wide, 50.000 horsepower, 110 Km/h maximum speed.
IN English thats:
220 ft, 65 knots!! 
Winner Blue Ribband - 1992. To do this, she covered the 3,106 miles from New York's Ambrose Point Light to England's Bishop Rock Lighthouse in 55 hours without refueling while averaging 53 knots for the entire trip.
UPDATE: Hull form now being used by LockheedMartin to fulfill the US Navy's Littoral Combat Ship requirement. Your tax dollars at work!!!  |
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