Shakedown cruise

In such a case, it is likely that the ship's systems will be pushed to redline, or maximum capacity, to demonstrate the class's speed and other important traits.

In the travel industry a shakedown cruise is also undertaken to test the ship and service crew.

A vessel is typically not committed to any timetables or tasks until it completes its shakedown cruise.

[1][2] The USS Triton, a nuclear-powered radar picket submarine, was the first vessel to execute a submerged circumnavigation of Earth while on its shakedown cruise in early 1960.

Triton is the only U.S. Navy ship to receive a Presidential Unit Citation for its shakedown cruise.