I still cannot picture that hull in seas over 10ft!! All I can picture is it snuffing its nose on each dip!! I think this ship was for show only.
*The ship lost propulsion in its port shaft and salt water leaked into the Zumwalt’s two electrical motors that are driven by its gas turbines and in turn electrically power the ship’s systems, a defense official told USNI News on Tuesday.
In September, the Zumwalt stayed in Norfolk, Virginia for two extra weeks while a seawater leak in the propulsion motor drive oil auxiliary system for one of the ship’s shafts was repaired, Navaltoday.com reported.*
That bow is reminiscent of pre-dreadnought battleships, IMO.
I still cannot picture that hull in seas over 10ft!! All I can picture is it snuffing its nose on each dip!! I think this ship was for show only.
For this kind of money, they’re going to make it work if it does or not.
Maybe it was built to be a part time clam digger. Sick joke I know but sick ship.
“....All I can picture is it snuffing its nose on each dip!!.....”
It’s not supposed to rise and go over waves, it’s designed to go straight THROUGH them instead. Because of this, the size of waves won’t matter as the Zoomwalt will cut right through them, Zoom Zoom. /s