The USS Zumwalt has launched

4 billion, if you ignore the 10-12 billion in R&D. If they only build three, all-in cost will probably be 8 billion per unit.

I kinda hope it's seaworthy.
 
All of the automation allows them to run with about 100 crew members less.....,THAT'S where you make up the cost to build........:confused2:
 
dustoff17 said:
All of the automation allows them to run with about 100 crew members less.....,THAT'S where you make up the cost to build........:confused2:
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Back when the Skunk Works was developing the F117, they came up with a similar concept for a Navy ship similar to the AEGIS cruiser. However it had a crew of 4, was completely automated. It was rejected on the basis that it wouldn't allow for a career assignment, as in, no careers will be made "captaining" a ship that small. Pretty crazy.
 
wheelsup said:
Back when the Skunk Works was developing the F117, they came up with a similar concept for a Navy ship similar to the AEGIS cruiser. However it had a crew of 4, was completely automated. It was rejected on the basis that it wouldn't allow for a career assignment, as in, no careers will be made "captaining" a ship that small. Pretty crazy.
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They also said it's stealth properties gave it away too. The waves would break on the hull but create a blank space like a donut that would cause people to be suspicious and take a look most likely anyways. They kept it in the floating dry dock that they built the "claw" for the glomar explorer I believe.
 
ClarkGriswold said:
They also said it's stealth properties gave it away too. The waves would break on the hull but create a blank space like a donut that would cause people to be suspicious and take a look most likely anyways. They kept it in the floating dry dock that they built the "claw" for the glomar explorer I believe.
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It was kept in that and stored up at the ghost fleet up in Suisun Bay for many years, until finally being sold for scrapping and finished off in January 2013. Was scrapped in that same floating drydock that was its home.

On a related note, the Glomar Explorer is finally going to be scrapped after all its years of both covert as well as overt service to this country.

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I'd be a hypocrite to speak against this after considering my engineering job existed solely because of this. Or maybe I can say, it is a waste but it keeps people employed with good paying jobs.
 
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