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How does an aircraft carrier stop?

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Depending on the speed of the ship it could take quite a bit. Even at a slow speed it could take up to a mile or more. You have to remember that if the ship is 1,000 feet long then it is already just under 2/10ths of a mile long itself.

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It puts the propellers in reverse.

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