USS Zumwalt Conducts Live-Fire Missile Exercise

Zumwalt Live-Fire Missile Exercise
PACIFIC OCEAN (April 14, 2022) Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) conducts a live-fire missile exercise at the Point Mugu Test Range. Zumwalt is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet. (U.S. Navy photo by Lt. j.g. Mary Kierstead)
Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) conducted its first in-class, live-fire missile exercise, April 14, as the crew prepares for their maiden employment.
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U.S. Navy press release

During the live-fire exercises, Zumwalt’s crew engaged live targets with a series of Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile Block 1 (ESSM) (RIM 162D) and the Standard Missile 2 (SM-2) as part of the stealth destroyer’s final air defense testing.

“Demonstrating the capability of our combat suite and the lethality of our systems is critical to furthering the Zumwalt class. Zumwalt continues to make great strides and we are excited to continue to test her limits later this year.”


Capt. Amy McInnis, Zumwalt’s commanding officer

Zumwalt is named after Adm. Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr., who served as the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, and is the lead ship of a class of next-generation multi-mission destroyers designed to strengthen naval power from the sea.

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About USS Zumwalt

U.S. Navy Issues RFI for Large Surface Combatant
PACIFIC OCEAN (December 8, 2016) The U.S. Navy’s most technologically advanced surface ship USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) steams in formation with USS Independence (LCS 2) and USS Bunker Hill (CG 52) The DDG 1000 could well serve as a base for the future LSC (U.S. Navy Combat Camera photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ace Rheaume/Released)

Builder: General Dynamics Bath Iron Works
SPY-3 Radar and Combat System Integrator: Raytheon is the prime contractor responsible for the Design and Development of the ZUMWALT Mission System, including software, Combat Systems Equipment (CSE) and many of the sensors for the DDG 1000 Class.
Propulsion: Two Main Turbine Generators (MTG); Two Auxiliary Turbine Generators (ATG); Two 34.6 MW Advanced Induction Motors (AIM)
Length: 610 feet
Beam: 80.7 feet
Displacement: 15,995 metric tons
Speed: 30 kts
Crew: 175 (including a 28-person air detachment)
Armament: Eighty advanced Peripheral Vertical Launch (PVLS) cells for Tomahawk, Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM), Standard Missiles, and Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Rockets (ASROC) (VLA): Two Advanced Gun System (AGS) 155 mm guns; Two 30mm Close-in Guns Systems (CIGS)
Aircraft: Capacity for two MH-60R; Three VTOL UAVs
Ships:
USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000), San Diego, CA
USS Michael Monsoor (DDG 1001), San Diego, CA
Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG 1002), sea trials

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