USS Zumwalt

USS *Zumwalt* (DDG-1000)
	USS Zumwalt on 21 April 2016
History
United States
Name	Zumwalt
Namesake	Elmo Zumwalt
Awarded	14 February 2008
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Cost	≈$3.5 billion to 4.4 billion
Laid down	17 November 2011
Launched	28 October 2013
Christened	12 April 2014
Commissioned	15 October 2016
Homeport	Pascagoula, Mississippi
Identification	MMSI number: 367698750; Callsign: WDI4448; Hull number: DDG-1000;
Motto	Pax Propter Vim (Peace Through Power)
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Zumwalt-class destroyer, Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	14,564 long tons (14,798 t)
Length	600 ft (182.9 m)
Beam	80.7 ft (24.6 m)
Draft	27.6 ft (8.4 m)
Installed power	2 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines (35.4 MW ea.) driving Curtiss-Wright electric generators; 2 × Rolls-Royce RR4500 turbine generators (3.8 MW ea.);
Propulsion	Integrated Power System (IPS); 2 × propellers driven by GE Power Conversion Advanced Induction Motors with VDM25000 Drive ; Total: 78 MW (105,000 shp);
Speed	33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 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, including:; RIM-66 Standard Missile; RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM); BGM-109 Tomahawk; RUM-139 VL-ASROC; 2 × 155 mm (6.1 in) Advanced Gun System, with 920 round magazine. Unusable, no ammunition ; 2 × Mk 46 30 mm (1.2 in) gun (GDLS);
Aircraft carried	2 SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or 1 MH-60R helicopter; 3 MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV;

USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named after Admiral Elmo Zumwalt.^[10]^[11] Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite her large size.^[12] On 7 December 2015, Zumwalt began her sea trial preparatory to joining the Pacific Fleet.^[13] The ship was commissioned in Baltimore on 15 October 2016.^[1] Her home port is San Diego, California.^[14]

^ ^a ^b Bubala, Mary (16 October 2016). "Historic And Cutting Edge USS Zumwalt Commissioned In Baltimore". WJZ-TV. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
^ Wertheim, Eric (January 2012). "Combat Fleets". Proceedings. 138 (1). Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute: 90. ISSN 0041-798X. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
^ Harris, Adm. Harry (15 October 2016). "USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Commissioning Ceremony". US Pacific Command. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
^ "The Navy Just Christened Its Most Futuristic Ship Ever". Business Insider. 2014.
^ "The Navy's New $4.4 Billion Ship Is A Big, Shiny Waste Of Money". HuffPost. 23 March 2016.
^ "DDG 1000 Flight I Design". Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Kasper, Joakim (20 September 2015). "About the Zumwalt Destroyer". AeroWeb. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
^ Cite error: The named reference LaGrone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ GAO-05-752R Progress of the DD(X) Destroyer Program. U.S. Government Accountability Office. 14 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2015.
^ "Navy Designates Next-Generation Zumwalt Destroyer". US Department of Defense. 7 April 2006.
^ "USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)". US Department of Defense. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2013.
^ Patterson, Thom; Lendon, Brad (14 June 2014). "Navy's stealth destroyer designed for the video gamer generation". CNN. Retrieved 14 June 2014.
^ Cite error: The named reference st was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Barber, Elizabeth (30 October 2013). "Navy new destroyer: USS Zumwalt is bigger, badder than any other destroyer". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

[WJZcommissioned-1] Bubala, Mary (16 October 2016). "Historic And Cutting Edge USS Zumwalt Commissioned In Baltimore". WJZ-TV. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

[2] Wertheim, Eric (January 2012). "Combat Fleets". Proceedings. 138 (1). Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute: 90. ISSN 0041-798X. Retrieved 13 January 2012.

[3] Harris, Adm. Harry (15 October 2016). "USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Commissioning Ceremony". US Pacific Command. Retrieved 24 July 2017.

[FoxCommissioned-4] "The Navy Just Christened Its Most Futuristic Ship Ever". Business Insider. 2014.

[5] "The Navy's New $4.4 Billion Ship Is A Big, Shiny Waste Of Money". HuffPost. 23 March 2016.

[NGSS-6] "DDG 1000 Flight I Design". Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007.

[AeroWeb-7] Kasper, Joakim (20 September 2015). "About the Zumwalt Destroyer". AeroWeb. Archived from the original on 22 October 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2015.

[LaGrone-8] Cite error: The named reference LaGrone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[d05752r-9] GAO-05-752R Progress of the DD(X) Destroyer Program. U.S. Government Accountability Office. 14 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2015.

[10] "Navy Designates Next-Generation Zumwalt Destroyer". US Department of Defense. 7 April 2006.

[11] "USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000)". US Department of Defense. 30 October 2013. Archived from the original on 18 January 2021. Retrieved 30 October 2013.

[CNN2014-12] Patterson, Thom; Lendon, Brad (14 June 2014). "Navy's stealth destroyer designed for the video gamer generation". CNN. Retrieved 14 June 2014.

[st-13] Cite error: The named reference st was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[14] Barber, Elizabeth (30 October 2013). "Navy new destroyer: USS Zumwalt is bigger, badder than any other destroyer". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 15 December 2015.

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History
USS Zumwalt on 21 April 2016
United States
Name	Zumwalt
Namesake	Elmo Zumwalt
Awarded	14 February 2008
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Cost	≈$3.5 billion^[4] to 4.4 billion^[5]
Laid down	17 November 2011^[2]
Launched	28 October 2013
Christened	12 April 2014
Commissioned	15 October 2016^[1]
Homeport	Pascagoula, Mississippi
Identification	MMSI number: 367698750 Callsign: WDI4448 Hull number: DDG-1000
Motto	Pax Propter Vim (Peace Through Power)^[3]
Status	in active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and type	Zumwalt-class destroyer, Guided missile destroyer
Displacement	14,564 long tons (14,798 t)^[6]
Length	600 ft (182.9 m)
Beam	80.7 ft (24.6 m)
Draft	27.6 ft (8.4 m)
Installed power	2 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines (35.4 MW ea.)^[7] driving Curtiss-Wright electric generators^[9] 2 × Rolls-Royce RR4500 turbine generators (3.8 MW ea.)^[7]
Propulsion	Integrated Power System (IPS)^[7] 2 × propellers driven by GE Power Conversion Advanced Induction Motors with VDM25000 Drive Total: 78 MW (105,000 shp)^[7]
Speed	33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 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, including: RIM-66 Standard Missile RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) BGM-109 Tomahawk RUM-139 VL-ASROC 2 × 155 mm (6.1 in) Advanced Gun System, with 920 round magazine. Unusable, no ammunition^[8] 2 × Mk 46 30 mm (1.2 in) gun (GDLS)
Aircraft carried	2 SH-60 LAMPS helicopters or 1 MH-60R helicopter 3 MQ-8 Fire Scout VTUAV