It is the most technological ship in the US Navy, its most expensive destroyer (it has cost about 4.4 billion dollars) and the largest, and it is already sailing the seas with 147 crew members on board.
The USS Zumwalt is the first of the next generation of American destroyers equipped for both naval combat and land attacks. After several test drives, he sails from the north of his country to Baltimore, where he will receive the final approval to join active service.
At 185 meters long and 25 meters wide , the angular shapes of its hull and the material from which it is made minimize its trace, making it 50 times more difficult to detect by radars. His people are hidden under that command bridge that looks like a truncated pyramid.
It is propelled with a silent electrical system that generates 78 megawatts – almost the same power that nuclear aircraft carriers produce – enough to cover all the ship's needs, including those of its powerful computers and its sophisticated weapons, among which a system of cannons capable of firing projectiles accurately from 115 kilometers away.
Without a doubt, a ship that lives up to its nickname "destroyer".
Image (US Navy): The USS Zumwalt, on one of its test runs through the Atlantic waters.
