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DDG 1000 Shipbuilding Program Continues to Make Impressive Strides
By Capt. Jim Downey, DDG 1000 Program Manager The Navy’s DDG 1000 Zumwalt class destroyer program continues to make significant progress, achieving key shipbuilding milestones, …
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The US Navy’s most futuristic ship just hit the water and, yes, its skipper is named Capt. James Kirk
RaytheonThe USS Zumwalt. The largest destroyer ever built for the U.S. Navy headed out to sea for the first time Monday, departing from shipbuilder Bath …
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Navy’s top officer touts BIW’s Zumwalt destroyer as model for future
Navy’s top officer touts BIW’s Zumwalt destroyer as model for future Crews at BIW are nearing the final stages of construction of the Zumwalt-class DDG-1000, …
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The Anatomy of Zumwalt, The $7 Billion Destroyer
Being built in Bath, Maine, and programmed by the Waltham-based Raytheon, the newly christened Zumwalt is the world’s most expensive killing machine afloat. The Weight: …
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NavWeek: Ballad of the Traveling Gun
Capt. James “T” Kirk of the U.S. Navy warship Zumwalt slid his business card across the table like a Mississippi gambler revealing a winning hand …
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Maine christening of USS Zumwalt a milestone for Navy, BIW
Measuring 610 feet from bow to stern and looking like something from a sci-fi movie, the USS Zumwalt is far from invisible, nor is it …
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Navy Pays 3 Billion Dollars for a New Destroyer
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10 Reasons to Say ‘Bravo Zumwalt
Adm. Elmo “Bud” Zumwalt Jr.: Became the first CO of a warship built from the keel up as a guided-missile destroyer, USS Dewey; was the …
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Two Billion Dollar DDG-1000 Cost Growth Explained
The previously unexplained cost growth of the three ships of the Zumwalt (DDG-1000) class of ships found in the Navy’s shipbuilding account over the last …
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An inside look at the Navy’s newest destroyer class
An ever-present hum, intermittently interrupted by the clanging of Sailors and contractors putting tools, alarms, and diesel engines through their paces, reverberates off the walls …