Uss Zumwalt Construction

[ABNredleg]

Amazing video of the USS Zumwalt being assembled.

 

[rmgill]

Wow. Nice to see that.

[Simon Tan]

Elmo would be unimpressed. His namesake is so not him.

[Jeff]

Really gives you a sense for just how freakin' huge these "destroyers" are.

[shep854]

Yep. Bigger than an early battleship.

[JW Collins]

Elmo would be unimpressed. His namesake is so not him.

 

I know a number of former Navy types with a less than positive opinion of the man. If the opinion of him is so dividied it seems an odd choice to name a destroyer class after him.

[Simon Tan]

Elmo did not fit into the Big Navy. Too unorthodox. Which is why naming this after him is so.....wrong.

[shep854]

Zumwalt was a 'tranformational' figure, much like Shinzeki 20 years later, so yes, naming the ship after him is reasonable.

[Josh]

The Navy seems equally divided on the usefulness of this vessel, so I guess it fits in a manner of thinking.

[Simon Tan]

Did Elmo really transform Navythink? I am not certain. He opened an alternative pathway but in a decade the Navy had lost much of its littoral and brown water equipment, skills and knowledge. OTH it would lead to guys like McRaven.......

[cybermax]

Most recent Zumwalt construction photos.

 

http://blogs.defense...oming-together/

[ScottBrim]

Most recent Zumwalt construction photos.

 

http://blogs.defense...oming-together/

 

Where will the diving planes be mounted?

[Sami Jumppanen]

Propably unintresting news but Finnish Coast Guard is selling 3 of its patroll ships. They don't seem to have money to operate them or otherwise they wouldn't be selling them at about half way through their service life.

 

http://yle.fi/uutiset/vartioalukset_myynnissa_-_vuosia_ennen_aikojaan/6468755#

 

Article is in finnish but the "for sale" -add is in english.

[Colin]

Most recent Zumwalt construction photos.

 

http://blogs.defense...oming-together/

 

Oh it's a dreadnought!!

[AdmiralB]

Oh it's a dreadnought!!

 

No kidding...it's longer than the first KGVs, and will probably displace more too. Not too far off the Iron Dukes.

Edited January 27, 2013 by AdmiralB

[Jeff]

Most recent Zumwalt construction photos.

 

http://blogs.defense...oming-together/

 

Where will the diving planes be mounted?

 

And the rocket engines for space flight.?

[Max H]

And would a triple 8" turret be too much to ask?

[shep854]

'Mighty Zumwalt'--they got Sparky writing captions or something?

[TonyE]

Big ship!

[shep854]

From Military.com's 'Early Brief':

 

US Navy Seeks Alternate Deckhouse for DDG-1002

 

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2013/01/25/us-navy-seeks-alternate-deckhouse-for-ddg-1002.html?ESRC=eb.nl

 

It will be steel rather than composite.

"But in a Jan. 3 solicitation, Naval Sea Systems Command (Navsea) says it “has a potential requirement for design and construction of a steel deckhouse and hangar superstructure, and aft peripheral vertical launching system (PVLS) modules for DDG-1002."--excerpt

[Edmund]

Question on non-secret specs.

 

I saw a video that was a little old I guess. No details. Ship sounds really big. Almost battleship size I guess.

 

Est speed?

Guns? size and number.

Crew?

Any armour?

 

Thanks.

[RETAC21]

'Mighty Zumwalt'--they got Sparky writing captions or something?

 

Really, you don't want to call it the "Mighty Elmo", do you...?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmo_the_Mighty.

 

http://www.puppetcommunity.com/profile/MightyElmo

 

[Olof Larsson]

Oh it's a dreadnought!!

 

Large light cruiser.

 

But no 18" guns...

[Paul G.]

Tomahawk SLAM is 20" in diameter, just with the propellant aboard.

[Colin]

It was the bow that made me think Dreadnought, just needs a bit of a ram on it....