US Navy DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class

LOL learning "best practices in military management" aboard a ship belonging to the class which is a typical example of so called death spiral, and which is a typical example of concurrency (for those who haven't heard it from me yet hahaha: https://www.sinodefenceforum.com/aircraft-carriers-iii.t7304/page-85#post-395328) turning it into a tremendous ... success
US Navy’s ‘super-stealth’ destroyer hosts international officers
U.S. Navy’s latest class of destroyer, often referred to as the ‘super-stealth’ destroyer, the USS Zumwalt played host to the latest class of international officers at U.S. Naval War College’s Naval Command College (NCC).

As students of the NCC, the officers study together for a year in Newport, Rhode Island, where they inspect elements of national power, best practices in military management and the development of lasting military power, all while building lifelong relationships.

Cmdr. Keith Reams, deputy director of the Naval Command College said: “We brought this class to Zumwalt to show the United States Navy’s might at its finest.” Only three weeks into this year’s curriculum, Reams noted that this venue is the first of more than 15 different cities the students will visit across the U.S.

In addition to ship visits, NCC students are invited to study other aspects of U.S. culture.

Zumwalt, the first of a three-ship class, is currently in the final stages of certification, and is planning to depart the Bath Iron Works shipyard prior to commissioning, planned for Oct. 15 in Baltimore.

Zumwalt Executive Officer Capt. Scott Tait escorted the guests through the ship, while answering many detailed questions and describing the features, challenges and successes of the new ship class.

Zumwalt Quartermaster 1st Class Angel Jimenez, a Cuban American of Conyers, Georgia, reconnected with Peruvian Navy Cmdr. Daniel Plasencia. They first met at UNITAS, the annual multinational maritime exercise, in 2004. Today, they rekindled their professional friendship, and spent time discussing past, present and future traditions and courtesies in naval signaling.

While Zumwalt does not resemble any ship in Peru’s 8-frigate navy, and the United States’ mission is divergent from his nation’s needs, Plasencia said, “Zumwalt is such an impressive warship.” Plasencia described that the tour illustrated for him how a “developed country” can discover many levels of challenging issues in both warfighting and industrialization, collect best practices in addressing them over many years and combine the results on one ship.

At the conclusion of the tour, South African Navy Cmdr. Tebogo Motsene said, “Your ship is beautiful!” He was impressed by the professionalism of both the leadership and the crew, the cleanliness of the ship and the effective blending of advanced systems. “All of the technology is centralized. For me, it was spectacular. You blew my mind,” said Motsene.
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GREAT video of the Zumwalt...from time lapse of build through trials, including one sequence in full reverse!


Very kool Master Jeff, a very neat vid, and this thing is "(very slowly)" growing on me, so rather than the bow rising up over each wave, this baby is gonna slice em and dice em like a Cuisinart blender????
 

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Very kool Master Jeff, a very neat vid, and this thing is "(very slowly)" growing on me, so rather than the bow rising up over each wave, this baby is gonna slice em and dice em like a Cuisinart blender????
The Zumwalt will be a game changer.

If Trump gets in, we may see more of then built, and we might see an opening for the CGX to be built on the hull form.

Who knows.

But once we put an effective rail gun and laser on those vessels in the 2020s...oh boy, heads will be turning.
 

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Naval Today said:
The U.S. Navy has shared a video of its newest and most technologically advanced surface ship, future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) departing the Bath Iron Works shipyard on September 7 to begin a 3-month journey to its new homeport in San Diego.

Crewed by 147 Sailors, Zumwalt is the lead ship of a class of next-generation multi-mission destroyers designed to strengthen naval power. They are capable of performing critical maritime missions and enhance the Navy’s ability to provide deterrence, power projection and sea control.

After commissioning in Baltimore, Maryland, on October 15, the ship will sail to its homeport in San Diego, California. Soon after arriving, DDG-1000 will enter a post-delivery industrial availability and mission systems activation period to ready this stealth destroyer for operational testing and its maiden deployment. The Zumwalt is expected to be integrated into the fleet by 2018.

DDG 1000 will be the first U.S. Navy combatant surface ship to utilize an integrated power system (IPS) to provide electric power for propulsion and ship services. The IPS generates approximately 78 megawatts of power, nearly what a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier generates, to meet the total ship electric power requirements and provide extra capacity to accommodate future weapons and computing systems.

In preparation for Zumwalt’s departure from Bath, the crew recently completed an engineering light off assessment and crew certification to ensure the ship’s readiness to join the surface fleet.

“The 147 Sailors of Zumwalt (DDG 1000) have completed the training and certifications required of them in record time. They have demonstrated superb technical expertise, teamwork, and toughness over the last three months,” said Capt. James A. Kirk, Zumwalt’s commanding officer.

In addition to its advanced weapon and propulsion systems, Zumwalt is much larger than today’s destroyers. At 610 feet long and 80.7 feet wide, Zumwalt is 100 feet longer and 13 feet wider, and its flight deck is 93 percent larger than an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.

Named for Adm. Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr., former chief of naval operations (CNO) from 1970 to 1974, the Zumwalt-class features a state-of-the-art electric propulsion system, a wave-piercing tumblehome hull, stealth design and the latest war fighting technology and weaponry available.

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@bd popeye @FORBIN @SouthernSky @navyreco @cirvine11 @Obi Wan Russell ...I sure like the clean, sleek lines of the Zumwalt...and her stealth design.

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She is a good looking and powerful vessel. And one day, when they have a rail gun and lasers on this baby...she's going to be something to behold for sure!

Latest word is that the LBJ gets launched with a 155mm Rail Gun in the AGS position just forward of the bridge. Can't wit to see that!
 

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I catch infos reading one good article for this boy which have do very good trials,

- Reach 32.8 kn planned for 30
- RCS as a trawler and have radar reflector for to be best seen
- Get 3 sonars, medium and high frequency plus a towed low frequ.
- SPY3 seach and fire control radadr for ESSM and SM-2 able to detect a periscope

But no TL, torpedoes only VL Asroc and MH-60R with Torp.

Guns 155 mm do 9.6 m long 600 rds in automatic mods for each guns plus 320 in a different magazine in general have about 100 LRAP shells, 2.2 m long cost 400000 dollars ten times more expensive than a normal shell but have a range of 120 km. And the guns have MRSI capacity up 3 shells on a target simult.

Planned onef of the two guns replaced by an rail gun seems studies almost finished possible for 2020, range 160 km, very accurate shell of 10 kg, 9000 km/h advantage more small more big qty, much less expensive 25000 dollars only and more safe for explosive

80 cells for missiles in PVLS, Mk-57 a little more big as Mk-41, unique VLS much less vulnerable on 4 area and the ship also is with it much more resistant in more do 15000 t so surely except very big boats especialy CVN the Zumwalt with her stealth is very difficult to sunk and even damamgeg get a big part of VLS available it is not the case for Chinese 055 or others.

In more the Mk-57 is build for to deflect a blast outward with a internal part more thick

A big hangar for host 2 MH-60R or one and 3 MQ-8B

Under the flight deck a hangar for 2 RHIB a 3rd can be hosted suspended to ceiling.

Propulsion 100000 Hp about and electric power 78 MW ( ten times more as a normal DDG ) to 20 kn use 20 MW these power very useful for futurs rails guns or lasers.

Crew 130 sailors plus 28 for helos/UAV

For stability very critiqued, she is good even in tight corner during trials only some limitations by high sea.

Conclusion a very good combattant but very expensive...
 
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Jeff Head

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I catch infos reading one good article for this boy which have do very good trials,

Crew 130 sailors plus 28 for helos/UAV

For stability very critiqued, she is good even in tight corner during trials only some limitations by high sea.

Conclusion a very good combattant but very expensive...
Amen to all of it, Forbin.

Two things:

1. I worry about the small crew. I know they can handle the highly automated vessel in normal conditions, but it is a warship and they have to count on, if they got to war, there being battle damage. You will need more bodi3es to keep the ship fighting...and maybe afloat...than 137 if she sustains significant damage. when that happens you need personnel salvaging and innovating fixes with material at hand. A small crew is good for keeping personnel costs low...but not for fighting wars and keeping ships afloat.

2. The expense is a direct result of politicians, and political military leaders who have been appointed and are backing their political leaders in cutting what was to be 28 vessels to 3, but still getting all of the high tech, new development technologies into the ship. Those things are not cheap and if you only have three vessels to reap any profit from...the price per ship goes WAY up. Perhaps Trump will have the US build 12 of these ships. That would be something...a very good something IMHO.
 

FORBIN

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I catch infos reading one good article for this boy which have do very good trials,

- Reach 32.8 kn planned for 30
- RCS as a trawler and have radar reflector for to be best seen
- Get 3 sonars, medium and high frequency plus a towed low frequ.
- SPY3 seach and fire control radadr for ESSM and SM-2 able to detect a periscope

But no TL, torpedoes only VL Asroc and MH-60R with Torp.

Guns 155 mm do 9.6 m long 600 rds in automatic mods for each guns plus 320 in a different magazine in general have about 100 LRAP shells, 2.2 m long cost 400000 dollars ten times more expensive than a normal shell but have a range of 120 km. And the guns have MRSI capacity up 3 shells on a target simult.

Planned onef of the two guns replaced by an rail gun seems studies almost finished possible for 2020, range 160 km, very accurate shell of 10 kg, 9000 km/h advantage more small more big qty, much less expensive 25000 dollars only and more safe for explosive

80 cells for missiles in PVLS, Mk-57 a little more big as Mk-41, unique VLS much less vulnerable on 4 area and the ship also is with it much more resistant in more do 15000 t so surely except very big boats especialy CVN the Zumwalt with her stealth is very difficult to sunk and even damamgeg get a big part of VLS available it is not the case for Chinese 055 or others.

In more the Mk-57 is build for to deflect a blast outward with a internal part more thick

A big hangar for host 2 MH-60R or one and 3 MQ-8B

Under the flight deck a hangar for 2 RHIB a 3rd can be hosted suspended to ceiling.

Propulsion 100000 Hp about and electric power 78 MW ( ten times more as a normal DDG ) to 20 kn use 20 MW these power very useful for futurs rails guns or lasers.

Crew 130 sailors plus 28 for helos/UAV

For stability very critiqued, she is good even in tight corner during trials only some limitations by high sea.

Conclusion a very good combattant but very expensive...

I i think an error 600 for the two guns and 320 in a different magazine, if someone can confirm.

For MRSI capacity he have it as last SPG IIRC the first which have it is the terrible PzH 2000, i think is a unique capacity for a ship.
 
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