Newest Bath Iron Works-built stealth destroyer passes sea test

[TexasTowelie]

The second Zumwalt-class stealth destroyer built at Bath Iron Works has passed its sea test, a final evaluation before the ship is put into active service.

The future USS Michael Monsoor successfully completed acceptance trials Thursday, according to a statement from Naval Sea Systems Command.

Onboard systems such as navigation, damage control, mechanical, combat, communication and propulsion met or exceeded Navy specifications, the statement said.

The ship “performed exceedingly well during acceptance trials,” Capt. Kevin Smith, program manager for the Zumwalt-class ships, said in a written statement.

Read more: https://www.centralmaine.com/2018/02/02/newest-biw-built-stealth-destroyer-passes-sea-test/

[longship]

1. The idiots built the damned thing upside-down!

They obviously didn't know which side was up on the blue prints.

I mean... Just look at that bow! I call that a recipe for capsizing. Then, maybe that ship will be right side up.

Here, witness:

Oh! Almost forgot...

[TwistOneUp]

2. Depends...

On how deep the keel goes.

[Ferrets are Cool]

3. A question for my well informed friends here...why do we still spend billions

of our tax dollars on war ships? 1942 was the last time (as far as i can tell) that the U.S. was attacked by sea?
Aren't these things just boondoggles to spend our tax dollars on?

I know, I know....what is more important to the American people than spending money on war machines, right? We are the richest country in the world. It's not like we need new roads, bridges, homes for the homeless or healthcare for the sick.

[2naSalit]

4. +1