Newest and Largest Destroyer Goes to Sea Trials

[Chuckinden]

It will be interesting to see how this thing does in trials. Ironic the Commanding Officer is Captain James Kirk.

http://news.yahoo.com/largest-destroyer-built-navy-headed-sea-testing-144549669.html

 

[DSmith21]

They are only going to build three because of the cost. Its almost like a concept ship. I do like that it will have enough power to one day be equipped with an electric rail gun.

http://news.usni.org/2015/02/05/navy-considering-railgun-third-zumwalt-destroyer

 

[vhcat70]

How big do they need to big to set up depth charges or fire missiles?

 

[TheTruCatsFan]

How big do they need to big to set up depth charges or fire missiles?

I think the size is in direct correlation to the amount of power and destruction this bad a$$ produces. With what they hope to achieve, it has to be this big considering today's technology.

 

[KyCatFan_rivals45723]

It just blows my mind how they can take something metal, which sinks in water, that weighs 30,000,000 pounds and make it float. I can't imagine how much air there must be stored inside to keep it above water. There are much bigger ships than that as well. If I calculated right, the largest ship in the world weighs over a billion pounds. Science can be pretty cool.

 

[Pope John Wall II]

It just blows my mind how they can take something metal, which sinks in water, that weighs 30,000,000 pounds and make it float. I can't imagine how much air there must be stored inside to keep it above water. There are much bigger ships than that as well. If I calculated right, the largest ship in the world weighs over a billion pounds. Science can be pretty cool.

God works in mysterious ways, man.

 

[jwheat]

God works in mysterious ways, man.

Thank god he created buoyancy

 

[JHB4UK]

a destroyer, lol. what a touching waste of resources & our treasury.

destroyers were dope military equipment....back in WW1. that ***** will be on the bottom of the ocean from a $5000 Chinese drone launched torpedo if it enters any hostilities this century.

 

[Tinker Dan]

P.F.M. is how it floats.... Positive Flotation Mechanics.

 

[Ron Mehico]

Good to see where 500 billion dollars has gone in the last 5 years.

 

[Bob Loblaw's Law Blog]

Teddy Roosevelt would be proud.

 

[Ron Mehico]

Here's some video footage of it.

http://sploid.gizmodo.com/heres-the-first-footage-of-us-navys-new-bad-***-zumwalt-1746918469

 

[akers65]

It just blows my mind how they can take something metal, which sinks in water, that weighs 30,000,000 pounds and make it float. I can't imagine how much air there must be stored inside to keep it above water. There are much bigger ships than that as well. If I calculated right, the largest ship in the world weighs over a billion pounds. Science can be pretty cool.

The ship's weight is less than the weight of the amount of water it displaces

It's simple mathematics, and and science.