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How can an aircraft carrier survive a sea state of 8 and 9?

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First off, this kind of sea is mostly associated with massive storms and any CO careless enough to allow his ship to be overrun by weather would likely be relieved with extreme prejudice. read more

An aircraft carrier would easily survive a sea state of 8 or 9 for the same reason that it survives almost everything. It's size. These vessels weight up to and in some cases beyond 100,000 tons. read more

After the aircraft carrier I was on another Navy vessel running from a typhoon, this time in the South China Sea. The sea state was so intense that everyone not on watch was restricted to their racks (bunks). read more

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