The USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 Super Stealth Is Almost Ready for Battle\r
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USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a new ship of the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named for Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section akin to a fishing boat despite her large size. On 7 December new, Zumwalt began her sea trial preparatory to joining the Pacific Fleet. The ship was commissioned in Baltimore on 15 October 2016. She is homeported in San Diego, California.\r
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In January new, Zumwalt began to prepare for heavy weather trials, to see how the ship and her instrumentation re to high winds, stormy seas, and adverse weather conditions. The ships new wave-piercing inverted bow and tumblehome hull configuration reduce her radar cross-section. Tests involved lateral and vertical accelerations and pitch and roll. Later tests included fuel on-loading, data center tests, propulsion events, X-band radar evaluations, and mission systems ivation to finalize integration of electronics. These all culminated in builders trials and acceptance trials, with delivery for US Navy tests in late new, and with initial operating capability (IOC) to be reached by 2016.
