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\nDDG-1000 USS Zumwalt<\/p>\n
\nDDG-1000 USS Zumwalt<\/p>\n
The Navy’s most advanced ship, USS Zumwalt, is scheduled to enter service this month. The stealthy design, with the unique “Tumblehome” bow, designed to slice through waves, was the source of much discussion. How would the vessel do in heavy seas?
\nQuite well, thank you. During sea trials in the Gulf of Alaska, famous for foul weather, the ship encountered Sea State 6 conditions, described by the World Meteorological Organization as “very rough” with wave heights of 13 to 20 feet.
\nFrom the article:<\/p>\n
By Kris Osborn<\/strong><\/p>\n (Washington, D.C.) When faced with high winds, up to 20-foot waves and dangerously rough seas — which Navy ships can survive? \u2026 and continue to wage war on the open sea?<\/p>\n Would the new stealthy USS Zumwalt destroyer capsize or suffer extreme damage if its wave-piercing Tumblehome hull were subject to massively dangerous stormy sea conditions?<\/p>\n Such questions, often put to the test with new ships during \u201csea-trials,\u201d were of particular relevance with the Zumwalt, as it is a first-in-class high-tech warship built with a sleek, more linear, stealthy hull. There have been persistent questions as to whether the ship might have stability problems in dangerous sea states, given that it does not have a standard \u201cflare\u201d shaped ship hull used by most destroyers and carriers. Rather, it has a thinner, sharper, smaller wave-piercing hull intended to increase stealth, maneuverability and speed.<\/p>\n The answer, according to the Commanding Officer of the USS Zumwalt Capt. Andrew Carlson, is that the ship has remarkable, if even somewhat surprising, stability.<\/p>\n \u201cWe took advantage of a Gulf of Alaska storm which reached Sea State 6 conditions. We were able to drive around in that at full power.\u201d I had some hesitations and I knew the ship rode differently, but I would rather ride this ship in heavy seas,\u201d Carlson said recently during a presentation at the Surface Navy Association Symposium, Arlington.<\/p>\n Carlson explained that, while the rough seas were as always nerve-racking, the ship seemed to \u201ccome back\u201d from a roll caused by extremely rough seas. He said that during the heavy storm, \u201cgreen water waves were coming up on the bow.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou get used to the roll period. It is short. If you are working on top on a cruiser in rough seas, you wonder if you are going to come back (roll back flat in rough seas). With Zumwalt, we don\u2019t experience that. You get used to finer oscillations,\u201d Carlson said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Pretty amazing. Read the article and watch the video here: Defense Maven<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"