USS Zumwalt, largest destroyer ever, is at sea

[Locutus]

Zumwalt Destroyer Leaves Yard for First Set of Sea Trials

Captained by non other than James Kirk.



On Monday morning, the first-in-class Zumwalt-class destroyer left its pier at General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, headed down Maine’s Kennebec River bound for the Atlantic Ocean and its first taste of saltwater.

The 16,000-ton Zumwalt (DDG-1000) departed the yard for its first set of open ocean trials — years after the ship began construction in 2008 and after several production delays.

The trials follows a four day “fast cruise” in October in which the ship did everything from rolling the shafts, bringing up and down systems, testing failure modes, testing watch station effectiveness,” Sean Stackley, Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Research, Development & Acquisition (RDA) told Defense News last month.

“We did everything that we could next to the pier prior to getting underway.”


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absolutely badass

 

[Johnnny]

These things are badass, especially in civilization 4 beyond the sword. With a strength of 30, a movement of 8 and with a cost of 250 its no wonder why it has two first strike options

 

[AnnaG]

Ugly thing. But then, most war machines are like that. Except maybe subs.

 

[Johnnny]

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[Curious Cdn]

Captained by non other than James Kirk

I would have guessed Captain Nemo.

For those of you wondering why our new warships can't seem to get off of the drawing board, there is a major revolution in ship naval weaponry and ship design going on right now and it is a moving and expensive target to hit.

 

[EagleSmack]

Ours made it off the board.

 

[lone wolf]

'zat what the puddle under my monitor is?