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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 ]
Deckhouse of USS Zumwalt being installed in December 2012. On 11 February 2009, full-rate production officially began on the first Zumwalt-class destroyer. [37] Construction on the second ship of the class, Michael Monsoor, began in March 2010. [38] The keel for the first Zumwalt-class destroyer was laid on 17 November 2011. [38]
USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002) is the third and final Zumwalt-class destroyer built for the United States Navy. The contract to build her was awarded to Bath Iron Works located in Bath, Maine, on 15 September 2011. The award, along with funds for the construction of USS Michael Monsoor, was worth US$1.826 billion.
Experts consider the ship a failure, lacking many important features like anti-ship missiles and anti-submarine torpedoes.
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The US Navy developed a $50 million stealth surface vessel that was never put into operational use. The Sea Shadow's angular surfaces inspired the design of the Zumwalt-class stealth destroyers.
USS Michael Monsoor (DDG-1001) is the second ship of the three-ship Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers.The Zumwalt-class was designed as a multi-mission surface combatant for land attack and littoral operations with a mission of supporting both ground campaigns and the joint/naval battlespace.
New photos show extensive damage inflicted on the USS Harry S. Truman after it collided with a merchant ship near the Suez Canal in Egyptian waters. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier was photographed ...