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| Career (U.S.) |  |
|---|---|
| Namesake: | Admiral Elmo Zumwalt |
| Awarded: | 14 February 2008 |
| Builder: | Bath Iron Works |
| Cost: | $3.5 billion[1] |
| Laid down: | 17 November 2011[2] |
| Launched: | 28 October 2013 |
| Christened: | 19 October 2013 (planned) |
| Commissioned: | 2015 (planned) |
| Homeport: | No homeport - under construction |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Zumwalt-class destroyer |
| Displacement: | 14,564 tons[3] |
| Length: | 600 ft (182.9 m) |
| Beam: | 80.7 ft (24.6 m) |
| Draft: | 27.6 ft (8.4 m) |
| Installed power: | Integrated Power System(IPS) |
| Propulsion: | 2 Rolls-Royce Marine Trent-30 gas turbines and emergency diesel generators, 78 MW |
| Speed: | 30.3 knots (56.1 km/h; 34.9 mph) |
| Complement: | 142 |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) (X-band, scanned array) Volume Search Radar (VSR) (S-band, scanned array) |
| Armament: | 20 × MK 57 VLS
modules, with 4 vertical launch cells in each module, 80 cells total.
Each cell can hold one or more missiles, depending on the size of the
missiles. Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Tactical Tomahawk Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rocket (ASROC) 2 × 155 mm Advanced Gun System 920 × 155 mm total; 600 in automated store + Auxiliary store room with up to 320 rounds (non-automatic) as of April 2005 70-100 LRLAP rounds planned as of 2005 of total 2 × Mk 46 30 mm gun (GDLS) |
| Aircraft carried: | 2 SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or 1 MH-60R helicopter 3 MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV |
Name and hull number
The hull classification symbol for the USS Zumwalt will be DDG-1000. In doing so, the U.S. Navy will eschew the guided missile destroyer sequence that goes up to DDG-118 (presently the last of the named Arleigh Burke-class destroyers), and continue in the previous "gun destroyer" sequence left off with the last of the Spruance-class, USS Hayler (DD-997). With the production run of the Zumwalt class limited to three units, plans are underway for a third "flight" of Arleigh-Burke class destroyers.
History
See also: Zumwalt class destroyer#History
Many of the ship's features were originally developed under the DD21 program ("21st Century Destroyer"). In 2001, Congress cut the DD-21 program by half as part of the SC21
program; to save it, the acquisition program was renamed as DD(X) and
heavily reworked. The initial funding allocation for DDG-1000 was
included in the National Defense Authorization Act of 2007.[5]
Full rate production officially began on 11 February 2009.[7]
As of July 2008, the construction timetable was for General Dynamics to deliver the ship in April 2013, with March 2015 as the target for Zumwalt to meet her initial operating capability.[8] However, by 2012, the planned completion and delivery of the vessel had slipped to Fiscal Year 2014.[9]
The first section of the ship was laid down on the slipway at Bath Iron Works on 17 November 2011.[9] By this point, fabrication of the ship was over 60% complete.[9] The naming ceremony was planned for 19 October 2013,[10] but was canceled due to the United States federal government shutdown
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