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Ship Photos of the Day – Zumwalt Returns from Snowy Sea Trials
gCaptain ^ | March 25, 2016

Posted on 03/26/2016 7:22:23 AM PDT by artichokegrower

The future guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) returned from Atlantic Ocean on Thursday after completing its second round of sea trials off the coast of Maine.

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To: Robert A. Cook, PE
But! How will it respond to major storms?

The Navy doesn't have majors, they have lieutenant commanders. ;)

21 posted on 03/26/2016 8:18:39 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: prairie dog

Not only the inverted bow but also the tumblehome hull design seems to be making a comeback. But this time it is to reflect radar beams rather than incoming ordnance.


22 posted on 03/26/2016 8:19:06 AM PDT by chimera
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To: Leaning Right

It is called a destroyer because it can’t carry enough weapons to be called a cruiser. (Actually displaces more than the early battleships. Which is a good thing: Every destroyer actually hit by even one weapon since WWII has lost power, propulsion, control, radars and radio, or all four every time! )


23 posted on 03/26/2016 8:21:11 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: econjack

Looks like they forgot the top.

24 posted on 03/26/2016 8:22:58 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: artichokegrower

25 posted on 03/26/2016 8:30:31 AM PDT by moovova
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To: moovova

See the boat equal with the Royal Caribbean logo on the side of the ship?
That's the Zumwalt

26 posted on 03/26/2016 8:35:46 AM PDT by mountn man (The Pleasure You Get From Life, Is Equal To The Attitude You Put Into It)
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To: Kenton

You were on a “tin can”, the new name is “juice box”.


27 posted on 03/26/2016 8:38:25 AM PDT by Tijeras_Slim
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To: expat_panama

Sonar and torpedoes don’t care about those ugly angles that fool rf.


28 posted on 03/26/2016 8:41:41 AM PDT by j_tull (Massachusetts - once leader of the American Revolution, now leader of its demise.)
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To: chimera
Not only the inverted bow but also the tumblehome hull design seems to be making a comeback.

A traditional bow and flared topsides are there for a reason.

They provide reserve bouyancy in a seaway.

A ship with an inverted bow and tumblehome can actually lose bouyancy as she lists or plows into heavy seas.

Tumblehome works okay on some canoes and sailboats.

Not so well on oceangoing ships with heavy top hamper and lots of windage.

That thing looks like a it is sporting a giant billboard.


29 posted on 03/26/2016 8:44:45 AM PDT by Iron Munro (Noah: 'When the animals began to pair up by specie and stand in line, I really took notice.')
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To: artichokegrower

I’ll never get used to that ship’s looks.


30 posted on 03/26/2016 8:44:55 AM PDT by skeeter
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To: DaveA37

How many Iranian speed boats will it take to capture her?


31 posted on 03/26/2016 8:48:35 AM PDT by ABN 505 (Right is right if nobody is right, and wrong is wrong if everybody is wrong. ~Archbishop Fulton John)
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To: Vermont Lt
"I guess there are those who might think it’s a beautiful ship."

Agreed. If it weren't for the wakes, you couldn't tell if it was coming or going...

32 posted on 03/26/2016 8:55:25 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah: Satan's current alias. "Obama": Allah's current ally...)
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To: artichokegrower

Thank you for an interesting thread — and a break from the constant political hassling!


33 posted on 03/26/2016 9:04:35 AM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah: Satan's current alias. "Obama": Allah's current ally...)
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To: ABN 505
How many Iranian speed boats will it take to capture her?
That could depend on who is president at the time...

GO TRUMP!

34 posted on 03/26/2016 9:16:59 AM PDT by lewislynn (Ted Cruz: " I'll never have 'a plane with my name" (or a Presidential seal))
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To: econjack
Hard to believe this guy is stealthy!

It's not.

35 posted on 03/26/2016 9:18:23 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: econjack

I like that squinty little slit of windows. Reminds me of the eye slit in a medieval armor helmet.


36 posted on 03/26/2016 9:22:27 AM PDT by Yardstick
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To: econjack

Looks like an extra from Transformers from that angle.


37 posted on 03/26/2016 9:29:28 AM PDT by MortMan (Let's call the push for amnesty what it is: Pedrophilia.)
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To: Drew68

If it wasn’t designed to minimize its radar signature, I wonder why it’s shaped like it should?


38 posted on 03/26/2016 11:41:25 AM PDT by econjack (I'm not bossy...I just know what you should be doing.)
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

LOL looks like a big ugly tugboat!


39 posted on 03/26/2016 12:26:32 PM PDT by huldah1776 ( Vote Pro-life! Allow God to bless America before He avenges the death of the innocent.)
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