There is a destroyer in the world.
The cost of the Navy's research and development is more than twenty billion dollars.
The Zumwalts are a failed ship concept according to an expert.
The lead ship in the class of destroyers is the U.S. Navy's flagship. The destroyer is the biggest in the world.
The youngest Chief of Naval Operations in US history was the inspiration for the ship's name. The main purpose of the ship is to provide anti-aircraft support to the Navy.
The ship was built in October of 2008. The US Navy put it into commission in October.
There are two other Zumwalt-class destroyers in the Navy, the Michael Monsoor and the Lyndon B. Johnson.
The Navy's most expensive destroyer at the time was the first of the three.
The Arleigh Burke-class destroyers cost twice as much as the ship.
The cost of research and development for the three destroyers is more than twenty billion dollars. A $40 million facility was constructed by General Dynamics to accommodate the building of the massive ships.
The largest surface combatant in the world has a displacement of more than 13 ton.
According to Defense News, the "knife-like" bow of the ship makes it more stable in heavy seas than other surface combatants.
The 600-foot ship can hold 158 people. The maximum speed is 30 knots and it has a range of 100 nautical miles.
The ship is powered by two Rolls-Royce engines.
The energy generated by the Zumwalt is similar to the energy generated by a nuclear powered aircraft carrier.
According to Naval News, the ship has several sensors. It has 80 advanced vertical launch cells for different types of missiles.
Problems have been a problem for the Zumwalts.
Equipment problems have been a problem for the Zumwalts. The ship broke down in the canal soon after it was commissioned. The second ship in the class failed during sea trials.
According to a report from Military Watch Magazine, the Zumwalts suffered from poor functioning weapons, stalling engines and an under performance in their stealth capabilities.
The viability of the program is in question even if the destroyers were able to function as intended due to the scale of cost overruns.
Anti-ship missiles, anti-torpedoes, and long-range area-air defense missiles are not included in the Zumwalts. The destroyers were described as an "ambitious but failed ship concept."
Roblin noted that their weaponry was expensive. Around the same price as a cruise missile, the ship's long-range land- attack projectile guided shells cost $800,000 each. Themunitions were canceled because they were too expensive.
Roblin said that the Zumwalt was produced despite coming in 50% over budget.
The US Navy considered using the Zumwalt class ships as nukes.
The Navy considered refitting the Zumwalts as "dedicated ship hunters" which would mean sacrificing complex anti-aircraft and anti-submarine capabilities for a specialized long range anti-ship role.
The destroyers could be re-equipped with nuclear cruise missiles.
The Navy decided to fit the ships with hypersonic missiles by 2025. The missiles will be integrated on the ship.
The hypersonic technology would be the first to be tested, according to the Navy Commander of Operations.
Gilday said that they wanted to field the system on the destroyers so that they could prove it and scale it.
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