The USS Zumwalt, officially designated DDG-1000, is the first of the U.S. Navy's Zumwalt class of guided missile destroyers. The ship stands as a pinnacle of naval innovation and is widely regarded as ...

-While the U.S. Navy dismissed the ship's degraded appearance as "typical" for a vessel on extended sea duty, critics see it as symbolic of the entire troubled Zumwalt-Class program. -The program has ...

The lead ship of the Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyers has been at the Ingalls Shipbuilding shipyards since August 2023, undergoing extensive refitting. The Navy replaced the destroyer’s guns ...

HII’s Ingalls Shipbuilding division has successfully completed builder’s sea trials for USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000). The Ingalls and Navy team conducted a comprehensive series of at-sea tests following an ...