I’m actually a fan of the Zumwalt, but it’s becoming hard to maintain that status. It has no ammo for its guns — so it has lost it’s primary mission — and now it has broken down and needs a tow. Perhaps it’s still going through a shake-out, but I think it’s off to a poor start.
New class teething problems.
Man, that’s an ugly ship. Named for a Democrat, too.
“Crew also saw water intrusion in bearings that connect electrical motors to drive shafts, the website reported.”
Very poor sentence, bearings do NOT “connect” electrical motors to drive shafts.
DDG 1000 is the first U.S. Navy surface combatant to employ an innovative and highly survivable Integrated Power System (IPS). Key design features that make the DDG 1000 IPS architecture unique include the ability to provide power to propulsion, ship’s service, and combat system loads from the same gas turbine prime movers. DDG 1000’s power allocation flexibility allows for potentially significant energy savings and is well-suited to enable future high energy weapons and sensors.
“innovative and highly survivable”
At least Sec Navy is focused on important stuff like this. Wait, Mabus has been rewriting rating titles instead. Winning. /s
While I appreciate the bleeding-edge technology that this class of ship and the littoral ships represent, it is very concerning that these are all so fragile that they break frequently and in such ways that the crew cannot fix. Towed to a Chinese-operated port in former US Panama is embarrassing.
Give it to the French to use as an escort for their carrier.
They had problems with their propulsion system before...during sea trials if I’m not mistaken, and took on water, also. 22 Billion - should never happen.
Where are all the FR folks making fun a few weeks ago about the Russian carrier needing to sail with a tugboat in its escort.
Sounds like the US Navy is achieving par with the Russian Navy.
7 Billion 300 million bucks and it can’t even make it through its first oil change. The Navy Yugo?
Snort.
The primary duty of a warship is to stay afloat. If there is water entering into spaces where there is not supposed to be any in the absence of some incident, this duty has been failed.
The Navy called USS Zumwalt a warship Batman would drive.
BIG FUBAR like the F-35.
But at $800,000 per round, its ammo is too pricey to fire. TOTALLY loaded ammo is $2Billion
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2016/11/08/the-navy-called-uss-zumwalt-a-warship-batman-would-drive-but-at-800000-per-round-its-ammo-is-too-pricey-to-fire/
Navy’s Ammo-less Destroyer Should be Equipped With This Proven Rocket System
http://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/6054/navys-ammo-less-destroyer-should-be-equipped-with-this-proven-rocket-system
Obama’s navy. Thank God for President Trump.
Three wise men of Gotham
Went to sea in a bowl.
If the bowl had been stronger,
My song had been longer.