flank speed
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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That should be time to fill the wardroom with a team of trusted officers, take the bridge and get the Navy moving, at flank speed.
From Washington Post • Jul. 31, 2020
In the end, he determined that in 2004, Aspen was responsible for more than 840,000 tons of carbon emissions—"roughly equivalent to a large, diesel-powered aircraft carrier running flank speed at all times."
From Science Magazine • Aug. 25, 2016
The officer of the deck rang for flank speed; the helmsman spun the wheel to comb the torpedo track.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Icelanders had succeeded in getting nine men aboard the trawler Northern Foam when the British frigate Eastbourne charged at flank speed onto the scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marine Commandant Randolph McCall Pate damned the presidential torpedoes, sailed flank speed ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
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