First Footage of Future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) at Sea

gCaptain ^ | December 8, 2015 | Mike Schuler

[artichokegrower]

The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departed the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine on Monday for its first at-sea tests and trials in the Atlantic Ocean.

[artichokegrower]

Ramming speed! Hate to be on that fore deck in any kind of weather.

[artichokegrower]

Link to video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSJ_uFZEuwo

[mad_as_he$$]

Really looks like CGI superimposed on the wake of a same sized ship. Shadows and helo image is good.

[ecomcon]

It does. Not saying it’s fake, but it looks so real it looks fake.

[PIF]

Let’s see it preform in heavy weather ... flat calm is no test other than it floats, moves and turns. Let’s see if the forward guns stay attached as the bow goes under water.

[lacrew]

Per Wikipedia, the Captain is named James Kirk.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Zumwalt

[telstar12.5]

submerged trials to start soon

[central_va]

[Lower Deck]

Let’s see it preform in heavy weather ... flat calm is no test other than it floats, moves and turns. Let’s see if the forward guns stay attached as the bow goes under water.

Looks like it has the same amount of freeboard as a Burke-class does.

[poconopundit]

Yes, what looks like missile turrets would probably be awash in sea water.

I served on DD-951, the USS Turner Joy, and I distinctly remember one day in the Western Pacific we were racing like hell to get out of the way of a typhoon. There were huge ocean swells, and veryone aboard was seasick — except for the Executive Officer, thankfully!

The ship rocked like crazy. At least the Zumwalt class looks to be a larger vessel and more stable platform. Ideal for operating in the Med and Persian Gulf.

[punchamullah]

That hull form can fool you to look at it, but it is much more seakindly than the flared bow. This type of stem has been used for around 10 years on oilfield service ships in the North Sea (called an X-bow) with excellent results in very heavy weather. Pitching is what causes the bows to get under a head sea, and this type of bows hardly pitches at all.

You can see from the small bow wave and clean wake that the hull form is very efficient, resulting in lower fuel consumption.

[painter]

Like hitting a 30ft wave head on. Turn into a submarine?

[PIF]

A Study of the Hull - not good.
“The DDG 1000 design, per computer modeling of capsize risk (see Fig. 15) in real world circumstances, incline to be more vulnerable to such complete systems requirements failure of the vessel, compounded with the tragic potential of the loss of all hands.”

US NAVY - DDG 1000 - Zumwalt Class Destroyer, Tumblehome Hull
http://www.phisicalpsience.com/public/Tumblehome_Hull_DDG-1000/Tumblehome_Hull_DDG-1000.html

This whole thing may be moot anyway:
“ ... the third ship of the class, the Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), is on the budget chopping block. The result would leave the Navy with two of the advanced destroyers. Initially these radically new destroyers were meant to replace four Iowa-class battleships and 31 Spruance-class destroyers. The Zumwalts proved too expensive and mass production was cancelled.” http://www.strategypage.com/dls/articles/The-Zumwalts-Are-Fading-Away-10-26-2015.asp

[Boowhoknew]

Submarine...yeah, this thing reminds me of the Submarine in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen or whatever that film was called. Shaped for radar rejection, but will it be able to take any kind of hit?

[Lou L]

You can see from the small bow wave and clean wake that the hull form is very efficient, resulting in lower fuel consumption.

I have no doubt this hull is hydrodynamic, seaworthy and energy-efficient. It's just such a drastic departure from classic hulls that it's difficult for many old salts to willingly accept them. They're simply not aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

[Lou L]

You can see from the small bow wave and clean wake that the hull form is very efficient, resulting in lower fuel consumption.

I have no doubt this hull is hydrodynamic, seaworthy and energy-efficient. It's just such a drastic departure from classic hulls that it's difficult for many old salts to willingly accept them. They're simply not aesthetically pleasing to the eye.

[bert]

Stealth marine vessel

[JewishRighter]

I’m a total landlubber, save for my love of the seafaring life in the Jack Aubrey series.

Why are a lot of people wary of this ship’s sailing qualities?

[PIF]

See here: US NAVY - DDG 1000 - Zumwalt Class Destroyer, Tumblehome Hull
http://www.phisicalpsience.com/public/Tumblehome_Hull_DDG-1000/Tumblehome_Hull_DDG-1000.html

One of two hulls - no more to be built - too expensive. Probably burn like crazy when hit - sea gals not able to carry hoses for fire suppression. ETC.

[Captain Rhino]

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