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
At last orders went out to Task Force 124, centered on the aircraft carrier Boxer and with 1,800 combat-ready marines, to make flank speed for Santo Domingo.
From Time Magazine Archive
Marine Commandant Randolph McCall Pate damned the presidential torpedoes, sailed flank speed ahead.
From Time Magazine Archive
Surging ahead at flank speed, the destroyer Noa* began to race helicopters from the carrier Randolph to the scene.
From Time Magazine Archive
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