B-29 Doc ...Vs USS Zumwalt DDG 1000

NoBozo · 09-10-2016, 06:22 PM

USS Zumwalt, DDG 1000 arrived in Newport yesterday. She tied up at the old Newport Naval Station piers. She's on her way to Baltimore to be commissioned on 15 October. She was built at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine.

From there she will proceed via the Panama Canal to her home port San Diego. This ship is the stealthiest surface ship in the world at this time.

There were many spectators at the pier. (At a distance) I talked to quite a few old veterans. It was like old home week. This ship, at 620 feet is bigger than some Light Cruisers of the past..this with a crew of ONLY 147.

As a comparison, CLG-4, USS Litttle Rock @ 610 feet (Early 60s) had over 1200 crew. NB

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST_gpsdTaZI

Winnisquamer · 09-10-2016, 07:09 PM

Worked on that project a few years ago. Awesome to see it finally in person instead of on paper! Pretty surreal when you stand next to some of the equipment and radars just how massive they are.

NoBozo · 09-10-2016, 08:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Winnisquamer

Worked on that project a few years ago. Awesome to see it finally in person instead of on paper! Pretty surreal when you stand next to some of the equipment and radars just how massive they are.

Bumped into two guys, one an engineer, the other an IT Hardware tech...both worked on this project for Raytheon in Portsmouth, RI.

They traveled to Bath.. off and on during construction.

NoBozo · 09-11-2016, 06:35 PM

Still big crowds on "Burma Road"..over looking the Ship. Today: there were 5 active Marine Navigation Radars "going around" on the ship.... Including a retractable 40 foot radar mast on the bow. It almost looked like they were getting ready to get underway. BUT, the orange rubber "oil boom" around the ship was still in place.

Learned something new today. Enlisted crew members (E-4 +) have four person "Staterooms"... with a private head.

.......Not like MY Navy.

In the old days, Officers had two man "Staterooms".

: NB

ursa minor · 09-11-2016, 07:03 PM

Definitely not your Navy (or my merchant marine). No more steam turbines, gas turbine generators and electric drive motors now. Wave piercing hull, stealth tech shape and a lot fewer crew. Time will tell, very pricey beast...

NoBozo · 09-12-2016, 06:02 PM

She's Gone...

NB

rick35 · 09-12-2016, 10:47 PM

The Navy couldn't have picked a captain with a better name than Captain James Kirk for a ship thats as close to a starship as it gets.

Patiently Watching · 09-14-2016, 09:53 PM

We sailed by it in Newport this past weekend and it is quite an impressive machine.

09-10-2016, 06:22 PM	#1
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	B-29 Doc ...Vs USS Zumwalt DDG 1000 USS Zumwalt, DDG 1000 arrived in Newport yesterday. She tied up at the old Newport Naval Station piers. She's on her way to Baltimore to be commissioned on 15 October. She was built at the Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine. From there she will proceed via the Panama Canal to her home port San Diego. This ship is the stealthiest surface ship in the world at this time. There were many spectators at the pier. (At a distance) I talked to quite a few old veterans. It was like old home week. This ship, at 620 feet is bigger than some Light Cruisers of the past..this with a crew of ONLY 147. As a comparison, CLG-4, USS Litttle Rock @ 610 feet (Early 60s) had over 1200 crew. NB https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ST_gpsdTaZI Last edited by NoBozo; 09-10-2016 at 09:27 PM.

09-11-2016, 06:35 PM	#4
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	Sunday Still big crowds on "Burma Road"..over looking the Ship. Today: there were 5 active Marine Navigation Radars "going around" on the ship.... Including a retractable 40 foot radar mast on the bow. It almost looked like they were getting ready to get underway. BUT, the orange rubber "oil boom" around the ship was still in place. Learned something new today. Enlisted crew members (E-4 +) have four person "Staterooms"... with a private head. .......Not like MY Navy. In the old days, Officers had two man "Staterooms". : NB Last edited by NoBozo; 09-11-2016 at 07:15 PM.

09-11-2016, 07:03 PM	#5
ursa minor Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Tuftonborough & Franklin MA Posts: 265 Thanks: 99 Thanked 143 Times in 64 Posts	Definitely not your Navy (or my merchant marine). No more steam turbines, gas turbine generators and electric drive motors now. Wave piercing hull, stealth tech shape and a lot fewer crew. Time will tell, very pricey beast... __________________ " Any day with a boat ride in it is a good day"

09-12-2016, 06:02 PM	#6
NoBozo Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Portsmouth. RI Posts: 2,231 Thanks: 400 Thanked 460 Times in 308 Posts	Monday She's Gone... NB

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Winnisquamer Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Winnisquam Posts: 408 Thanks: 72 Thanked 115 Times in 73 Posts	Worked on that project a few years ago. Awesome to see it finally in person instead of on paper! Pretty surreal when you stand next to some of the equipment and radars just how massive they are.

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09-14-2016, 09:53 PM	#8
Patiently Watching Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 184 Thanks: 2 Thanked 42 Times in 34 Posts	We sailed by it in Newport this past weekend and it is quite an impressive machine.