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USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named after Admiral Elmo Zumwalt . [ 10 ] [ 11 ] Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite her large size. [ 12 ]
The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided-missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land attack. The class was designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support and secondary roles of surface warfare and anti-aircraft warfare .
The Advanced Gun System (AGS) is a naval artillery system developed and produced by BAE Systems Armaments & Services for the Zumwalt-class destroyer of the United States Navy. Designated the 155 mm/62 (6.1-inch) Mark 51 Advanced Gun System (AGS), [1] it was designed to provide long-range naval gunfire support against shore-based targets.
Experts consider the ship a failure, lacking many important features like anti-ship missiles and anti-submarine torpedoes.
The US Navy is working to upgrade the USS Zumwalt and other stealth destroyers in the class to carry hypersonic missiles. See photos of the process. ... The CPS system failed its first test in ...
The Zumwalt's captain previously said the warship handled well in rough seas. This latest test confirmed it. The US Navy put stealth destroyer Zumwalt to the test by sailing it into a very rough ...
Michael Monsoor is the second Zumwalt-class destroyer. The ship is 600 feet (180 m) in length, with a beam of 80.7 feet (24.6 m) and displacing approximately 15,000 tons. Michael Monsoor has a crew size of approximately 148 officers and sailors; she can make speed in excess of 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph).
The Zumwalt class has been identified as more suited to use emerging technologies, like railguns, due to its superior electricity generation capability over previous destroyers and cruisers at 80 megawatts; Lyndon B. Johnson specifically was being studied because it is the latest of the class, while the previous two ships would be less likely ...