Step aboard the USS Zumwalt, the largest destroyer the US Navy has ever built
Built by General Dynamics, the USS Zumwalt was launched in October 2013 and is designed to perform a range of deterrence, power-projection, sea-control, and command-and-control missions.
It was commissioned in October 2016.
It's also the Navy's first surface ship with all-electric propulsion, powered by two main-turbine generators, two auxiliary-turbine generators, and two Rolls-Royce 34.6 MW advanced induction motors, which provide all the energy needed to run the propulsion, electronics, and weapons systems. This system can bring the Zumwalt to a top speed of nearly 35 mph.
Source: US Navy, naval-technology.com, Raytheon
It has state-of-the-art electronics, including a SPY-3 multi-function radar, which can detect advanced antiship cruise missiles.
Source: US Navy
The Zumwalt has 80 Advanced Vertical Launch Cells from which it can fire Tomahawk, Evolved Sea Sparrow, and other guided missiles.
Source: US Navy
It also has two Advanced Gun Systems — the two compartments in the front — from which it can fire 155 mm long-range projectiles up to 63 nautical miles.
Source: US Navy
Here's a closer view of the AGS on the bow.
The Zumwalt's flight deck can hold two MH-60 Seahawk choppers, or one MH-60 and three vertical-takeoff unmanned vehicles.
Source: US Navy
It might also one day be able accommodate the Marine Corps' variant of the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35B.
Source: Business Insider
Here's a shot of the hangar bay.
Here's a shot of the bridge in the mission control tower, located in the four-level deckhouse.
And a barbershop.
Check out this video that shows even more of the ship's interior, including the boat bay and stern ramp.
Popular Right Now
Popular Keywords
Advertisement