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The USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 Destroyer
Toy ships will never be the same again...   the US Navy Christens the newest Destroyer, the $7 Billion USS Zumwalt this Saturday April 13, 2014. . Apr 12 14 09:24 pm Link Where's the lido deck? Apr 12 14 09:28 pm Link that model would be too easy to build. as a kid, the wwII era battleships took some skill to glue together.  you could basically snap two pieces together to get that sucker done. Apr 12 14 09:37 pm Link GK photo wrote: There are stealth reasons for the design. Apr 12 14 11:52 pm Link The $7billion warship to rule the waves: US Navy's largest destroyer ever built gets ready to set sail http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article … -sail.html The Popular Science article sounds like it was written by someone in marketing. http://www.popsci.com/technology/articl … cean-power To me these make more sense, appear more useful and seem more cost effective.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wasp-class … sault_ship http://www.fas.org/programs/ssp/man/usw … 1Wasp.html You have to wonder how battle damage resistant a plastic and aluminum ship really is. Looks sort of like CSS_Virginia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:CSS_V … 830%29.jpg First Zumwalt class destroyer launched http://www.reinforcedplastics.com/view/ … -launched/ http://www.raytheon.com/capabilities/pr … index.html "Still has it's training hulls."  Apr 13 14 12:19 am Link Cherrystone wrote: Where's the damn wheel house/bridge? Apr 13 14 12:22 am Link Jerry Nemeth wrote: d'uh. i was just clowning around. Apr 13 14 12:49 am Link Raoul Isidro Images wrote: I wonder will The Navy be doing some Gay Cruises? Apr 13 14 01:17 am Link And it has a Captain named James Kirk. Really. http://p.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/ … /?page=all Apr 13 14 03:59 am Link That is one ASS UGLY boat!  Just my $0.02 etc. etc. Apr 13 14 04:05 am Link When was the last time the USN commissioned a *pretty* ship? Spruance? Ugly..Tico..ugh..the Burke's are a bit less fugly but I think my point is made - the USN traditionally sails ships that you wouldn't date  Apr 13 14 04:38 am Link I am surprised that they named this ship Zumwalt. When Admiral Zumwalt was CNO most of the Navy brass hated him. He put beer machines in barracks and worked hard to reduce racial and sexist bias in the Navy. He allowed hair to be worn longer and allowed beards. His idea for procuring a lot of cheaper ships instead of a few very expensive ships really piss off a lot of other admirals including Admiral Rickover, the father of the Nuclear Navy. Apr 13 14 05:29 am Link Raoul Isidro Images wrote: This is a rather old fashioned design... Apr 13 14 06:36 am Link TomFRohwer wrote: Even older than that... Apr 13 14 06:40 am Link TP DOUGLAS wrote: Perhaps the Village People will be the musical entertainment.. Apr 13 14 07:17 am Link Compared to Nevada and Ticonderoga.  . Apr 14 14 02:04 am Link Dark Magus wrote: He also ordered the use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. Zumwalt's son, was exposed to the defoliant while serving as a Lieutenant JG in Vietnam at the same time. The younger Zumwalt died of cancer at age 42. The grandson of Admiral Zumwalt, Elmo Russell Zumwalt 4th, who is 11 years old, suffers from a congenital dysfunction that confuses his physical senses. Apr 14 14 02:34 am Link |
