Zumwalt-class destroyer - photo

**Altair** · Mar 16, 2021, 09:51 PM

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.

Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...t_fullsize.jpg

Previously:

Heavy-lift ship transporting USS Fitzgerald - video and photo
WWI warship firing salvos - GIF
AN/SEQ-3 Laser Weapon System demonstration - GIF
Russian Kh-35 anti-ship missile launch - GIF
Talos Mark 7 guided missile launching system - GIF

**jdurand** · Mar 17, 2021, 04:54 PM

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

**bruce.desertrat** · Mar 17, 2021, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by jdurand

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

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."

**Elizabeth Greene** · Mar 17, 2021, 07:40 PM

Originally Posted by jdurand

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

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.