DDG-1000 Zumwalt

Country:  United States

Class, [Type]: Zumwalt, [DDG].

Builder: Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, U.S.A.

Launch date: 23 October 2013.

Commission date: 15 October 2016.

Displacement ( tons ): 14.798.

Dimensions ( metres ): 182,9 x 24,6 x 8,4

Main machinery: Electric: 2 x GE Power Conversion Advanced Induction Motors powered by 2 x Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines + 2 × Rolls-Royce RR4500 (105.000 hp), 2 x propellers.

Speed ( knots ): 33,5.

Range ( miles ): 4.500 at 20 knots.

Complement: 158.

Guns: 2 x 155mm AGS ( unusable as of now ), 2 x Mk46 Mod2 30mm GDLS ( originally 2 x Mk110 57mm CIGS ).

Missiles:  SAM: ESSM + SM2 + SM6 missiles; AGM: BGM-109 Tomahawk; ASM: RUM-139 VL-ASROC. All missiles fired from 20 x Mk57 VLS launchers (4 x cells each).

Radar: Air/Surface/Fire Control: 1 x Raytheon AN/SPY-3, 3D, multi-function, 370km range, X-band + 1 x Lockheed Martin VSR, S-band.

Sonar: AN/SQQ-90: 1 x AN/SQS-60, hull-mounted, mid-frequency + 1 x AN/SQS-61, hull-mounted, high-frequency + 1 x AN/SQR-20 multifunction towed array sonar.

Countermeasures: Decoys: SLQ-25 Nixie anti-torpedo towed decoy system.

Helicopter: 2 x SH60 or 1 x MH60 + 3 x MQ8.

Comment: Originally a planned class of 32 units, significant cost increase during construction led to cancellation of the programme. Only 3 ships will be constructed with an estimated unit cost of $7.5 billion .

Homeport: San Diego.

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