USS Zumwalt, largest destroyer ever built, sets out for sea trials

#USSZumwalt #destroyer #USNavy USS Zumawalt is the largest destroyer ever built for the US Navy and it has set out for the ocean for the first time where it will undergo sea trials. It has been built by shipbuilder Bath Iron Works and over 200 shipbuilders, sailors and residents gathered along the Kennebec River in Maine to watch the 600ft destroyer glide past Fort Popham.
Bath Iron Works will be testing the $4.4-billion vessel's performance and making adjustments over the winter, before it finally enters service in the US Navy next year.
This has been reported in news.sky.com dated 8 December 2015.

USS Zumwalt features electric propulsion, new radar and sonar, powerful missiles and guns and a stealth design which will help it to reduce its radar signature and, hence, chances of detection. Moreover, it will be able to operate with a much smaller crew than current destroyers.
It is the first of three ships in its class and the 15,000-ton USS Zumwalt has been faced with construction delays due to high tech equipment on board. Operational concerns, growing costs and fleet makeup changes have forced the Navy to cut its program of 32 of the ships to just three.

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