USS Zumwalt
Guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy
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- USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy.
- Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite her large size.
- The ship was commissioned in Baltimore on 15 October 2016.
- In late 2024, the AGS was removed and partially replaced with the IRCPS weapon system.
- , who was an American naval officer and the youngest man to serve as the Chief of Naval Operations.
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. Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite her large size. On 7 December 2015, Zumwalt began her sea trial preparatory to joining the Pacific Fleet. The ship was commissioned in Baltimore on 15 October 2016. Her home port is San Diego, California. In late 2024, the AGS was removed and partially replaced with the IRCPS weapon system.
Namesake
Zumwalt is named after Elmo Russell Zumwalt Jr., who was an American naval officer and the youngest man to serve as the Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a major role in U.S. military history, especially during the Vietnam War. A highly decorated war veteran, Zumwalt reformed the US Navy's personnel policies in an effort to improve enlisted life and ease racial tensions. After he retired from a 32-year naval career, he launched an unsuccessful campaign for the United States Senate.
The hull classification symbol for Zumwalt is DDG-1000, which departs from the guided missile destroyer numbering sequence that goes up to DDG-139, which as of 2022, is Telesforo Trinidad, the latest of the named Arleigh Burke-class destroyers. Zumwalt continues the previous "gun destroyer" sequence left off with 1983, DD-997, the last of the Spruance class, Hayler.
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