Zumwalt's initial cost was estimated at about $ 3.8 billion. However, due to excessive equipped with modern technology, the cost has nearly doubled, to $ 7 billion. There will be only 3 USS Zumwalt is closed before the program terminates.
To close the ship, General Dynamics company had to spend $ 40 million just to build a building that contains the components of the ship.
USS Zumwalt has a length of 185.9 meters, approximately 30 meters longer than the existing destroyers of America. Displacement of up to 14 564 tons of it, 50 times the other destroyers.
The ship is equipped with two "advanced gun system" 155mm, with the bullet being pushed by missile can fly 160km. Also Zumwalt also equipped with a new missile system, can be fired 80 missiles, including Tomahawk cruise missiles and ground-to-air missiles Seasparrow.
USS Zumwalt will officially sea trials in 2014 and was handed over to the U.S. Navy in 2015 .
The shell of the vessel is made of synthetic materials , which effectively absorbs radar waves . At the same time, help shape its wake can reach speeds of 30 knots / hour .
SS Zumwalt owns a generator with a capacity of up to 78 megawatts , capable of powering 78,000 homes.
Thanks
to the energy giant , the ship could be the first warship mounted
electromagnetic gun , guns use magnetic field and an electric current to
fire a bullet flying at a speed of 7 times the speed of sound .
As
reported by the U.S. Navy , " super shape of this structure as well as
the arrangement of the antenna system has helped it become difficult to
detect by enemy radar at sea " .
Mr. James Kirk is expected to become the captain of the ship last , largest and most modern U.S. Navy . Mr. Kirk worked at the U.S. Naval Academy in 1990 and was responsible positions as " surface warfare officer ."
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