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... Of an Iowa class BB @ 887 ft. long
What is the most powerful ship in the US Navy?
Zumwalt Class (DDG 1000)
- Builder: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
- Electronics: SPY-3 Radar and Combat System Integrator: Raytheon is the prime contractor responsible for the Design and Development of the ZUMWALT Mission System, including software, Mission System Equipment (MSE) and many of the sensors for the DDG 1000 Class.
- Propulsion: (2) Main Turbine Generators (MTG); (2) Auxiliary Turbine Generators (ATG); (2) 34.6 MW Advanced Induction Motors (AIM)
- Length: 610 ft
- Beam: 80.7 ft
- Displacement: 15,656 L tons
- Speed: 30 knots
- Crew: 158 (including air det)
- Armament: (80) Advanced Vertical Launch (AVLS) cells for Tomahawk, ESSM, Standard Missile; (2) Advanced Gun System (AGS) 155 mm guns; Long-Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) 155 mm rounds; (2) MK 46 Close In Guns (CIGS)
- Aircraft: (2)MH60R or (1) MH60R and (3) VTUAVs
See: https://allhands.navy.mil/Features/Zumwalt/ Comprehensive history and description !
As new and cool as these ships are , they will never "LOOK" Cooler than this:
It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
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I am sure the new ones are much more capable than BB62, The New Jersey, but you are right about which one looks the best. Even with the advanced tech the new ones are jammed full of, I wonder what their survival rate would be in conflict with somebody other than a third world ****hole? I also wonder if one of the new ones will be around long enough to compete with the New Jerseys record as the most decorated ship in the Navys history? Bob
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The Zumwalt reminds me of the CSS Albemarle...
Looks like the Confederacy was ahead of their time. Who'd a thunk they would have developed a stealth steamship?😁 Bob
887 - 610 = 277
In July of 2010, I took this photo of a test bed for these ships in Bayview, ID.
The USN uses Lake Pend Oreille for acoustic testing, and one assumes this was here to evaluate the hull form.
Brad Steele
.. Of an Iowa class BB @ 877 ft. long
They remind me of the two armored ships of the Civil War.in appearance.
The new ships remind me of our classic ones tipped upside down!
Are they sloped like that in order to better resist cannon balls?
That is cutting edge technology!
... Of an Iowa class BB @ 887 ft. long
Now your corrected math is right.