US Navy DDG 1000 Zumwalt Class

no_name said:

Arsenal ship is not very survivable operating by itself. The idea of DDG 1000 is to free up supports.

Plus for a lot of fire support role using missile is overkill.

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Arsenal ship is not suppose operate by itself. It is basically a large magazine carrying large number of missiles to be guided by other platforms. On the other hand, it was designed to take hits, double hull, designed to take hits from heavy weight torpedo and missiles. With the firepower of 500 VLS tubes, and manned by a crew of 50, it can be forward deployed for extended periods with multiple crews in rotation, the Arsenal Ship would've reduced the necessary number of aircraft carriers. Now, with the USN carriers fleet slatted to be cut to 8, Zumwalt is not up to the task of picking up the slack. It is very ironic really, Admiral Zumwalt was very against unnecessary gold plating and advocated affordable versatile ships such as the Perry Class, as was his protege Admiral Boorda, who was the chief backer of the Arsenal ship.

All three Zumwalts continue under construction with DDG-1000 slated to be launched this fall. Here's a video of her Superstructure lift in December:


And here are some pictures as she looked earlier this summer:


Whew! She's a beaut! All three will be.

shen said:

Now, with the USN carriers fleet slatted to be cut to 8, Zumwalt is not up to the task of picking up the slack.

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You make a statement about the carriers, and then base a statement about the Zumwalts on that statement.

The fact is however, that the Carrier force is not "slatted to be cut to eight." A possibility was mentioned by Hagel. Absolutely no decision has been taken, which Hagel also mentioned. Even if DOD took that decision, in order for it to happen, they would have to get congress to change US Laws which right now mandates 11 carriers. And the House of Representatives,who controls the purse strings, are not likely to go along with such a decision should it be made.

But that decision has not been made and we will just have to wait and see what comes of it.

So, the statement about the Zumwalts not being able to "take up the slack," , which was based upon the original statement does not hold. I would argue that it would not hold anyway. The Zumwalt's "slack" was never based on the carriers in any case.

As it is, as I said, we will just have to wait and see if the potential cut Hagel mentioned, comes into being.

Navy Times said:

BATH, MAINE — An enormous and technology-laden warship that’s taking shape at Maine’s Bath Iron Works is due to be christened in October.

The shipyard says the event will be held Oct. 19 for the Zumwalt, first of a new class of destroyers that’s the largest ever built for the Navy.

Once derided for expense, at more than $3 billion apiece, the Navy now views the three 600-foot-long ships it plans to build as central to its China strategy, as well as a platform for new technologies.

The big ships feature a new wave-piercing hull, composite deckhouse, electric drive propulsion, advanced sonar, missiles and powerful guns that fire rocket-propelled warheads as far as 100 miles. The Navy says it also could be a platform for futuristic electromagnetic “railguns.”

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Maybe can be use for create SAG, as Iowa with some CG, DDG, LCS one support ships and one SSN.

He is a very stealth ship as Visby, Skojld, but more greater what can be its RCS ?

I have read one La Fayette have one RCS equivalent to that of a trawler.

I like this unusual ships but I think they are equipped with few missiles for a vessel of this size and price.

And her AGS gun is not very powerful :

Their rite of fire is low, 10 rds/min, for some guns 127/130 : 20/40, shell have a warhead of 11 kg only for a weight of 102 kg ! others guns have one warhead i think more important and for range max 150, Otobreda 127/54 with Volcano 100 and
Otobreda 127/64 : 120 km, close.

Why AGS rite of fire is also low ? why USN buy this guns, only 6, also expensive ?

The government shutdown has delayed the Christening of the first Zumwalt

asif iqbal said:

The government shutdown has delayed the Christening of the first Zumwalt

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Are you sure Asif? Do you have any links to this news, (I'm not doubting you, just curious)?

asif iqbal said:

The government shutdown has delayed the Christening of the first Zumwalt

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The launch will occur on schedule on October 19 but the official christening ceremony will now occur at a later date. So we should still see excellent photos of her launch into the water this next week.

News Daily said:

BATH, Maine (AP) — The christening ceremony in Maine for a first-in-class warship has been postponed due to the ongoing partial federal government shutdown, U.S. Navy officials said Friday.

The ceremony for the future USS Zumwalt, the largest Navy destroyer ever built, was supposed to be held Oct. 19 at Bath Iron Works.

Democratic U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree's office said the Zumwalt will be launched on schedule with no public ceremony and an in-water christening will happen later.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus said in a statement that the shutdown prevents the Navy "from being able to honor Admiral Zumwalt's memory with a ceremony befitting his and his family's legacy of service to our nation and our Navy."

The 610-foot-long ship is named after Adm. Elmo "Bud" Zumwalt, the country's 19th Chief of Naval Operations, who died in 2000. The ship which has been under construction since 2009 is the first new destroyer class since the Arleigh Burke launched at Bath Iron Works in 1989.

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Yep that's it there thanks Jeff!

asif iqbal said:

Yep that's it there thanks Jeff!

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I like this pic because you can see Zumwalt, DDG-1000, being completed there in the foreground, but then in the background, behind it, you can see DDG-1001 taking good shape too.

USS Zumwalt is ready to launch.


Now that is advanced naval ship building and technology.

It represents a critical advancement in naval technology and is a lethal vessel. It is the type of thing with its AGS, PVL, New Radars, advanced stealth, new Sonars, Integrated Power System, etc. that makes it very difficult for any adversary. And, it is ready and designed for the naval lasers and naval rail guns already field testing and coming online in the next 5-10 years.