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Anons, what kind of ship it that? Is it relevant to habbenins?
USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named after Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section similar to a fishing boat despite her large size. On 7 December 2015, Zumwalt began her sea trial preparatory to joining the Pacific Fleet. The ship was commissioned in Baltimore on 15 October 2016. Her home port is San Diego, California.
Despite being 40% larger than an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, the radar cross-section (RCS) is more akin to that of a fishing boat, according to a spokesman for Naval Sea Systems Command. The tumblehome hull and composite deckhouse reduce radar return. Overall, the destroyer's angular build makes it "50 times harder to spot on radar than an ordinary destroyer.
The acoustic signature is comparable to that of the Los Angeles-class submarines. Water sleeting along the sides, along with passive cool air induction in the mack reduces infrared signature.
Post Delivery
In April 2019, Zumwalt departed San Diego for a first operational employment into the Pacific since the shipyard availability conducted in 2017 and 2018. This patrol included a visit to Ketchikan, Alaska,
during which Zumwalt's watch teams were able to conduct stability trials in stormy seas (Sea State 6), and
Pearl Harbor,
marking the first visit of a Zumwalt Class Destroyer to Hawaii.
Wonder if it was in the area when AF1 had the missile fired upon it in July 2018? see pic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Zumwalt
USS Gabrielle Giffords (LCS-10) is an Independence-class littoral combat ship of the United States Navy.[1] The ship is named after former United States Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was shot along with eighteen other people during a 2011 shooting in Tucson, Arizona.[7] The ship's name was announced by then-Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus on 10 February 2012.[7][8][16] Gabrielle Giffords will be the 16th U.S. naval ship to be named for a woman by the United States Navy, and the 13th U.S. naval ship since 1850 to be named after a living person.[17]
The ship was christened in a ceremony held at the Austal USA shipyard on 13 June 2015,[9][10] and Second Lady of the United States Jill Biden served as ship sponsor at the christening.[9] The ship was delivered to the U.S. Navy on 23 December 2016,[11] and commissioned the following spring on 10 June 2017, in Galveston, Texas
After commissioning, Gabrielle Giffords conducted qualification trials on her official maiden voyage from Texas to her home port of San Diego, California via the Panama Canal, arriving at Naval Base San Diego on 5 July 2017.[27][28] She has been assigned to Littoral Combat Ship Squadron One[29]
During summer 2019 the ship was equipped with MQ-8C Fire Scout drones and Naval Strike Missiles and from September deployed in an offensive role in the seas off China.[30]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Gabrielle_Giffords