Since it is larger, faster, and better armed, the USS Zumwalt just might be the prototype for the replacement for the Ticonderoga Class cruiser.
We already have CRUDESRONs, why not a cruiser-sized destroyer?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ticonderoga-class_cruiser
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zumwalt-class_destroyer
See you one Zumwalt and raise you one Russian Project 23560 “Leader Class” destroyer
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3369290/posts