![]() The ship is designed around its two Advanced Gun Systems (AGS), turrets with 920 round magazines, and unique Long Range Land Attack Projectile (LRLAP) ammunition. The class design emerged from the DD-21 "land attack destroyer" program as "DD(X)" and was intended to take the role of battleships in meeting a congressional mandate for naval fire support. It is a multi-role class that was designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support and secondary roles of surface warfare and anti-aircraft warfare. The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided-missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land attack. 2 × 30 mm (1.2 in) Mk 46 Mod 2 Gun Weapon System įlight deck and enclosed hangar for up to two medium-lift helicopters.2 × 155 mm (6 in)/62 caliber Advanced Gun System (functionally inoperable only a nominal ammunition supply exists).1 × Vertical Launch Anti-Submarine Missile ( ASROC).4 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM),.20 × MK 57 VLS modules, 4 cells per module, 80 launch cells total. ![]() 2 × propellers driven by electric motorsĪN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) ( X band active electronically scanned array).2 × Rolls-Royce MT30 gas turbines (35.4 MW (47,500 hp) each) driving Curtiss-Wright electric generators.$4.24B per unit (excl R&D) as of 2016. ![]()
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