DDG 1000 Zumwalt-Class Destroyer Seapower for the Missions of the Future
The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer is America’s next generation, multi-mission, naval destroyer, serving as the vanguard of an entire new generation of advanced multi-mission surface combat ships.
Developed under the DD(X) destroyer program, Zumwalt (DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer) is the lead ship of a class of next-generation destroyers.
The multi-mission DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer is tailored for sustained operations in the littorals and land attack, and will provide independent forward presence and deterrence, support special operations forces, and operate as an integral part of joint and combined expeditionary forces.
The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr.
DDG 1000 provides a broad range of capabilities that are vital both to fighting and winning major combatant operations. The ship’s multi-mission warfighting capabilities are designed to counter not only the threats of today, but threats projected over the coming decades.
This warship integrates numerous critical technologies, systems and principles into a complete warfighting system. These include employment of optimal manning through human systems integration, improved quality of life, low operations and support costs, multi-spectral signature reduction, balanced warfighting design, survivability, and adaptability.
This warship integrates numerous critical technologies, systems and principles into a complete warfighting system. These include employment of optimal manning through human systems integration, improved quality of life, low operations and support costs, multi-spectral signature reduction, balanced warfighting design, survivability, and adaptability.
Each ship features a battery of two Advanced Gun Systems (AGS) firing Long-Range Land Attack Projectiles (LRLAP) that reach up to 63 nautical miles, providing a 3-fold improvement in naval surface fires coverage. The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer will employ active and passive sensors and a Dual-Band Radar (DBR) suite capable of conducting area air surveillance, including over-land, throughout the extremely difficult and cluttered sea-land interface. The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer will have a significantly reduced cross section reduction as compared to current destroyers and a much greater operating area in shallow water regions against mines. Zumwalt features increased stealth through a composite superstructure, integrated multi-function mast, and reduced acoustic signature.
Following a successful Total Ship System Production Readiness Review, construction began on the first ship of the DDG 1000 class in February 2009, and PEO Ships and its industry partners have worked diligently to mature the ship’s design and ready their industrial facilities to build this advanced surface combatant on cost and on schedule.
The DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer design was more mature at start of fabrication than any lead surface combatant to date, and all 13 Engineering Development Models (EDMs) have entered production, including 155mm Advanced Gun System and its Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP); the Mark 57 Advanced Vertical Launch System; composite deckhouse; the infrared suppression engine exhaust and heat suppression system; and components of the Integrated Power System. The Navy currently plans to build three DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyers.
DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer Delivers
• Unmatched warfighting capabilities
• Tested and proven technologies
• Scalability for both forward fit into the Navy’s Family of Ships and backfit into legacy fleet
• Meets known and anticipated future threats
• Design margin for new capabilities and relevance well into the century
Zumwalt will be the centerpiece of seapower for the next 50 years.
General Characteristics DDG 1000 Zumwalt-class destroyer -Fact Sheet
Builder: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works and Huntington Ingalls Industries
Propulsion: Integrated Power System (IPS); 2 Main Turbine Generators (MTG); 2 Auxiliary Turbine Generators (ATG); 2 propulsion motors; 104,000 hp (77.5 MW); 2 shafts
Length: 600 ft
Beam: 80.7 ft
Displacement:14, 564 LT
Speed: 30 kts
Crew:142
Aircraft:(1) MH60R and (3) VTUAVs
Ships: Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001)
Source: U.S. Navy – Team Ships
Recent News:
Electronics delivery completes DDG 1000’s advanced hull-mounted sonar suite – April 16, 2012
Selected Acquisition Report (SAR) PDF– December 31, 2011
Raytheon Awarded $254 Million US Navy Contract for DDG 1000 – December 19, 2011
Raytheon Continues Early Deliveries for DDG 1000 – April 12, 2011