New US Navy Destroyer Zumwalt Christened in Maine

abc | April 12, 2014 | ALANNA DURKIN

[BenLurkin]

The U.S. Navy on Saturday christened the first ship of its newest class of destroyers, a more than $3 billion, 610-foot-long warship sporting advanced technology and a stealthy shape designed to minimize its visibility on enemy radar and reduce the size of its crew.

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Among the 15,000-ton warship's cutting-edge features are a composite deckhouse with hidden radar and sensors and an angular shape that officials say will allow it to be confused for a small fishing boat on radars. It also sports wave-piercing hull designed to reduce the ship's wake. It's the first U.S. ship to use electric propulsion and produces enough power to one day support the futuristic electromagnetic rail gun, which will be tested at sea in 2016.

[BenLurkin]

At 610 feet long and 15,000 tons, it’s length and displacement are almost identical to that of the USS Biloxi (CL-80)

[Jet Jaguar]

Active Duty ping.

[UCANSEE2]

ummm..... you forgot to provide a link.

[UCANSEE2]

[M Kehoe]

Hi.

you forgot to provide a link.

Or pictures.

5.56mm

[UCANSEE2]

" It also sports wave-piercing hull designed to reduce the ship's wake."

[BenLurkin]

Right you are!

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/navy-destroyer-zumwalt-christened-maine-23301555

[Mastador1]

Among the 15,000-ton warship's cutting-edge features are a composite deckhouse with hidden radar and sensors and an angular shape that officials say will allow it to be confused for a small fishing boat on radars.

Um, if I was the enemy wouldn't I just do my best to destroy anything that looked like a fishing boat on my radar?

[M Kehoe]

Good job.

Thanks.

5.56mm

[redlegplanner]

Bath built is best built.

[Mad Dawgg]

it sorta reminds me of the Civil War Ironclad Merrimack...

[kingattax]

[doorgunner69]

Let’s hope that composite superstructure has some shrapnel stopping capabilities. Direct shell hit armor may be passe’, but the shotgun blast from a close-in stop of a supersonic ASM is no joke to guys sitting inside thin aluminum boxes.

[BenLurkin]

[BenLurkin]

What happened to the first 999 DDGs?

[UCANSEE2]

[kingattax]

good question. maybe the artist that rendered that pic knows

[BenLurkin]

I’m thinking it maybe is like when people get a new checking account. Nobody ever starts with check #1

[kingattax]

here’s another possibility.

we all know what a brilliant CIC we have ,

so, obozo is trying to trick the russians and the chinese into thinking we already have 1,000 state of the art guided missile destroyers without having to actually build them just by starting with that designation