Zumwalt-class destroyer - photo

USS Zumwalt, the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyers. Only three were built out of the original 32 due to massive cost overruns.

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Previously:

https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...299#post110063
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...161#post176537
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...231#post150051
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...968#post133858
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...893#post160112

are any of them working now? I think all three have been towed at least once each.

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Originally Posted by jdurand

are any of them working now? I think all three have been towed at least once each.

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Still in service, at least as of last August https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news...ter-the-2020s/

"Originally envisioned to provide long-range precision shore battery fire support for invading U.S. Marines via its 155mm Advanced Gun Systems (AGSs), the USS Zumwalts failed in this mission because each custom 155mm GPS-guided Rocket Assisted Shell (RAP) cost around $800,000 each for a range of about 60-80 miles."

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Originally Posted by jdurand

are any of them working now? I think all three have been towed at least once each.

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At least one of them was still in service as of November of last year. They went through their second rough seas trial, enduring "sea state 6" conditions.

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/good-news-uss...205100219.html

Can one of you saltwater types explain what sea state 6 is? I'm ignorant of this topic.