The Navy’s Last Stealth Zumwalt Destroyer Has a Huge Problem

[rangerrebew]

 
The Navy’s Last Stealth Zumwalt Destroyer Has a Huge Problem

By
Caleb Larson

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2 mins ago

Last Zumwalt-class Destroyer
 

The Navy is taking a different tack with the USS Lyndon B. Johnson, opting for more Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyers first. Nonetheless, the new stealth destroyer may enter service with no large weapons platforms to defend itself.

Last of Its Kind

The U.S. Navy’s third and final Zumwalt-class ship, the USS Lyndon B. Johnson, will soon have its combat system activated after completing basic sea trials. The shipbuilder will do further work on the ship’s onboard electrical system before the ship is finished.

“For DDG-1002 [the last Zumwalt], the Navy changed its delivery plan over the past year. According to the program manager, instead of taking custody of the ship from the builder’s yard and completing the combat system at Naval Base San Diego, the Navy is now planning to contract with a private shipyard to install the combat system and will not take delivery or commission DDG-1002 until it is fully complete,” stated a GAO report on major acquisition programs, reported on by USNI News.

https://www.19fortyfive.com/2021/09/the-navys-last-stealth-zumwalt-destroyer-has-a-huge-problem/

[rangerrebew]

What a marvelous strategy, a destroyer with no defensive weapons platforms.  First is was the carrier Ford built with no weapons elevators, now this.  Is the modern military incredible or what?

[PeteS in CA]

IMO, like the LCS POSes, these were intended to divert $$ from ships that could project US power into POSes that did nothing but soak up $$.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Now, the Navy can deflect blame and accountability to the private shipbuilder.

Don't blame the admiral, blame the contractor.