Here’s How the Zumwalt’s Stealthy Design Handles Stormy Seas

After years of stability questions about the hull design for the U.S. Navy’s new three-ship class of stealth destroyers, the commanding officer of the lead ship, USS Zumwalt, is satisfied: It handles the seas as well, if not better, than previous classes of surface combatants.
Here’s How the Destroyer Zumwalt’s Stealthy Design Handles Stormy Seas
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[@USMilitary_Defense]

The U.S. Navy's Titanium “Tin Can”

[@rickkelly2698]

Yup

[@DeepPastry]

You're just saying that because a WWII cargo ship has more armor... Oh wait... That's a bad thing.

[@robertlong7655]

Branch peace

[@CulverEmpireV27]

How much armor do these ships have?

[@donlove3741]

@@CulverEmpireV27 0 Don't know any USN DD,DDG,DLG,DE that's ever had any.

[@charlieharper4975]

This video decisively proves the Zumwalt can handle the calm waters of any harbor.

[@ianmcfadyen4819]

Lol

[@benfranklin9156]

Perhaps the meta centric lever arms are so small more than 35 degree roll, she flips. How about making 10 smaller faster heavily armed light ships, these expensive ships are floating targets.

[@Gregorydaerr1971]

hey! i for one think its a fine ship

[@M4T4DOR]

*Pearl harbor intensifies*

[@matthew9805]

I wish u woulda specified

[@BiggHogg870]

Why does this ship look sharper than all of my kitchen knives 😂🤣

[@GabrieLight]

Waterdynamic is good you know! 😅

[@jad2484]

Because it is.

[@christrotter3052]

Because you dont have GERMAN KNIVES!

[@sanmiguel5474]

To prevent radar to bounce on receiver

[@sabyegrp]

Former carrier quartermaster. Worked on the bridge. Rough seas is when they wash across the flight deck, and everything that can fit in hangarbay is tied down. Watching from the bridge as the forward section of the flight deck plows under oncoming swells and then rising again is the best ride in the world.

[@dannybrazil3986]

I was on CVN 70 CARL VINSON I remember having waves crashing over our elevators and water rolling into the hanger deck . Also once while in the Indian Ocean we were trying to out run a typhoon we encountered rough seas and for the first time while sitting at a table in our berthing playing cards my chair and I slide away from the table. There was one other time we had sea trails there were no air wing on board and we went out while there was a storm now that was a wild ride I was walking up hill then down hill...lol i know that doesn't sounded like much of anything to a sailor on a small boy who experience pitch ,roll, and heave and walk the bulkheads. But Because the carrier was always so Cadillac I knew we were in heavy seas.

[@cheftomsd]

On a destroyer, rough seas are when you stay clear of all weather decks.

[@cheftomsd]

Was hoping to see some actual big seas and how she handled. As a sailor who actually encountered a typhoon in the South China seas on a destroyer I wanted to see some real weather.

[@jamesgarrett2129]

True. Amazing what sand crabs call rough. I'm guessing the capt took her to Alaska because he heard there was going to be a dime beer night. Seriously when I first went on board a tin can I thought the 2 straps were to hold my blanket and pillow. The first rough weather I joined the other greenhorn on the deck while listening to othe crew members howl. They had waited for the moment 😊

[@alexhuntercdc5151]

When you are on a fishing boat in Alaska and you see a floating pyramid doing a Tokyo drift :))

[@ooopsyantsoshadrytv-2911]

🇦🇺🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@alexhuntercdc5151]

@@ooopsyantsoshadrytv-2911 i know, right XD ?

[@bald_1567]

Deh ne deh neh ha

[@bald_1567]

Ttttooookkkkkyyyyyyoooooo

[@Thawhid]

@@alexhuntercdc5151 Yess XD

[@tvgerbil1984]

The sea was quite calm at 1:22 but you can already see a lot of spray travelling along the inverted bow onto the deck of the ship. The Zumwalts may be stable but must be very wet even at moderate sea conditions.

[@jocelyngarvin188]

My Dad was a radioman 3rd class on the USS Moffat during WW2,they were in the North Atlantic. This one's for you, Dad. Love you and miss you.

[@coolguylynxy]

o7 salute for your dad

[@cdreyes81]

Good.thing we got to see how it handled in those calm waters

[@jasonfrederick1258]

I feel like I've been taken for a ride....I didn't get my click's worth...

[@markjgaletti57]

There's footage, It has 360 degree camera setup like new vehicles have, it's classified.

[@Murasame13]

@SCP 682 no, not "clicks" he said his single click wasn't worth clicking the video. So "my click's" makes sense.

[@francisdrelling4060]

I, too, was expecting some sea action that never arrived. However, the big delivery is that the naysayers were wrong with their dire predictions the vessel would prove to be unseaworthy. That is a very big deal.

[@romine777]

When I first saw the Zumwalt, I thoght it was a strange looking ship; however, the more I see her, I have taken a like to her. What's not to like, the ride is smoother, has a somewhat stealth mode and other countries cannot see your goodies. I have no doubt that the Chinese and Russians will copy design once we test it.

[@Solaris00]

Everybody gangsta until the iceberg starts moving towards you

[@EGvids1]

It has high tech radars can detect a needle floating or a paper flying

[@ciuyr2510]

add this to World of Warships, detection range: 0.5km

[@desertpenguin8195]

YES

[@caturlifelive]

👌👌🏻👌🏼👌🏽👌🏾👌🏿

[@__z4ne__823]

I'm sure you'd notice the pyramid of giza throwing 200mm shells at you

[@SpecCmdr013]

__z4ne__*155mm

[@__z4ne__823]

@@SpecCmdr013 when

[@michielsiegers1208]

Seeing this Zumwalt class... It reminds me of the old American Iron clad early warships...

[@sameerthakur720]

Merrimack.

[@joedoherty100]

I swear I drew a picture of that ship in 5th grade!!!

[@penkagenova7073]

Nice what did the class think

[@u-know-this]

Design by Tesla for sure and its electric go figure

[@jake4194]

More like 1st grade lol

[@notenki6823]

I drew one too

[@unkletonebeats1956]

Same, but mine had cannons fireing on giant robots.

[@theephemeralglade1935]

"Able Seaman, Rand! Wouldn't you say that the Zumwalt has exceptional sea keeping capability?!" "Yes, Admiral..."

[@VersusARCH]

"Great grandad got it right" - a descendant of the CSS Virginia conversion designer.

[@pankourlaut]

Back to boxy ironclads? Pretty sure they didn't have radar detection issues back then. 😁

[@Wppk765]

It really does look like the Merrimack, good call

[@robertphillips6296]

It looks so futuristic one of them should be called USS Enterprise.

[@ianmiles6813]

Robert Phillips there are actually going to make a new ship called the enterprise but not for a while

[@justanotheraviator2357]

But Enterprise should be a Carrier

[@robertphillips6296]

How about calling one of them Defiant or say Voyager then?

[@dexterramos1826]

yeah it's a supercarrier

[@charliefoxmusic8744]

It looks like a grumpy old man... the US doesn't know how to make good looking ships, the British do tho!

[@yuritalagon6617]

The USS Zumwalt looks gorgeous but, it somehow looks like squidward's house.

[@dunrossb]

And the Yamato looks like Spongebob's lol

[@garcxonfirman9106]

Squidward house is stealtly too

[@whispofwords2590]

It looks best from the side i think. And from 3/4ths angle.

[@colinmontgomery1956]

What? This is the ugliest ship ever built.

[@whispofwords2590]

@@colinmontgomery1956 ok, one, huge exaggeration. Two, youve apparently never seen a french pre dreadnaught.

[@wowens1218]

I was aboard the USS Wiltsie DD 716 in 1970. Rear Admiral Zumwalt was in charge of the 7th fleet on the Westpac Cruise. Navy ships have really changed from 50 yrs ago.

[@applasamysubbharao2578]

A Bit disappointed Not Much Stormy Sea Sailing...

[@seanworkman431]

Agreed, a 40ft yacht crossing Bass Straight or the English Channel should be able to handle a 9 meter sea and a 6 meter wave at the same time, which of course means the seas are larger than the boat. I have done it. A U.S ship should be able to handle more than a 4 foot sea. Take that thing down to the southern oceans and then send another post. Perhaps range, fuel capacity, gross tonnage and crew capacity would be more exciting?

[@celuft]

That’s the roughest calm I never experienced

[@elijahhodges4405]

Actually the Admiral's name was pronounced like Zoomwalt. Navy ships don't have propellers they have screws. This ship and others like it make me wish I was young again. I would join up once more to be part of this Navy.

[@provetamin]

fucking tell me about. i was in the navy 96-97 and i can honestly say it was the best time of my life. i would do anything to be able to enlist again. but im too old and out of shape aswell hehe

[@elijahrobinson2362]

Elijah Hodges, the use of ‘propellers’ here was due to a quote by the actual officer, not the narrator. Maybe he chose the word so civilians would know what he meant, since not everyone understands that ‘screws’ refers to the water propulsion devices.

[@cheftomsd]

We loved the Admiral's Z grams that loosened Navy hair standards slightly.

[@kryss5719]

Zumwalt: _enter the battlefield_ Enemy: why do we hear *DarthVader theme song?*

[@stevensantos4245]

I was actually in Alaska when they docked in ketchikan. We ended up meeting the captain and turns our we were from the same city in Mexico. He took us on a private tour and I got to sit in the captains chair. Was one awesome experience

[@jippikayjee412]

Damn!

[@mitch326m]

Being an old boatswain mate. She will be easy to paint!

[@dmutant2635]

You and Gus should do a testimonial for the folks at Bath Iron Works....! Great observation.

[@timguerin7627]

And what color sir ! Anything as long as it's battleship gray, been there done that .

[@bestamerica]

hi M... ' who is a word - SHE -... where is she now

[@flight2k5]

Tim Guerin it’s not battleship grey. It’s haze grey.

[@bestamerica]

@Durell Dailey hi D D... ' why any boats / ships / submarines are SHE... that is a wrong idea word

[@bomberex7809]

The bow desighn is so amazing the ship doesn’t even deviate upward during rough sea.

[@MW_Builds]

Deviate?

[@MaxHDAvenger]

Typically most ships depending how they are designed may or may not handle rough seas. If the design of the ship can't handle rough seas then you got a problem.

[@bomberex7809]

Yes

[@bomberex7809]

MaxHD2490 Avenger I know most ships work in high seas I’m talking about it’s stability. It looks as if waves don’t effect the pitching angle much.

[@user-gu7yo5yn9g]

@@bomberex7809 of course they dont its because that floating building isn't in any rough weather take it somewhere where the winds are at least 20knots and see how it handles

[@moneygangrepp4]

I used to see this beast every Thursday in Maine. It was being built then. What a machine.

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

They really want to test the Zumwalt's roll recovery abilities....send them to the North Sea and see how fast they pass Sea State 6.

[@SMX815]

Tech News for Tech The North Sea is not for the faint hearted & it can get very choppy in a couple of hours!

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

@@SMX815 exactly my point! :) Want to see how that ship REALLY handles rough seas? Set sail for the North Sea. lol

[@SMX815]

Tech News for Tech Noobs the North Sea in winter makes for waves of biblical proportions & sorts the wheat from the chaff!

[@technewsfortechnoobs]

@@SMX815 sounds perfect for this ship to test then.

[@SMX815]

Amed Tajan I have been sailing & I am used to choppy waters 😊👍

[@kennethhuff7158]

Oh how I miss those days of swinging thru the air letting the sails down to catch a good wind.

[@riaenkarhystynk]

Other ships : we need to avoid bad weather! Zumwalt Destroyer : We are looking for bad weather!!!

[@jeots962]

The bow is up side down. I can’t stop looking at it just cut through the water. From here, looking at it through my phone, it looks like it’s five stories or more out of the water. It looks huge. I can’t wait to see it’s features,...

[@Mr91495osh]

I proudly served in the NAVY 3MAY67- 4MAY71. Smartest thing I ever did was enlist. I served one year in Beeville, TX and three on the USS HUNLEY AS-31 in Charleston, SC.

[@oliversmith9200]

Tumblehome hulls were of course abandoned when their proclivity to capsize when taking on water dunked the idea. Today's use must presume a superior defense ability. Perhaps also other new safeguards against hull breach induced capsize. The return of the tumblehome hull. I woulda' never thunk it. Also, like Jason Frederick, I complain that real film the Zumwalt In high water wasn't available in this vid.

[@danielmarso7242]

Been watching this DD in calm lake like waters, and months ago asked how does she handle heavy seas ? So today this video comes along to talk heavy seas. And the heavy Alaska seas, looked tough, but they were empty sea shots, the Skipper saying she handles better than ANY surface ship he has sailed in, but the ONLY shots of DD 1000 are the same old calm water shots , seems strange with the title of this video , they didn't show a single shot of her "with a bone in her teeth" , in heavy seas. seems strange !

[@dylanwagemans7718]

All fun and games until it opens it’s missile hatch

[@gypsymanjeff2184]

TRULY AN AMAZING SHIP ..anyone one her is one blessed sailor..thank you all who SERVE & have

[@digger105337]

If space aliens arrive by water, they'll be in something like the Zumwalt. 👽

[@trevortrevortsr2]

Early french pre dreadnaught use tumblehome - it was found that while it initially gave stability in moderate seas in extreme roll it was slow to roll back

[@silenog63]

Was on a spruance in north atlantic high seas. Pitch up light as a feather...pitch down heavy heavy... Side to side, hold on to angle iron or bounce off it. Loud boom when sonar dome hits on pitch down.

[@coreyhalcomb8806]

Didnt I see this boat on league of extraordinary men. I believe the boats name was the nautilus iv.

[@colinmontgomery1956]

You're right. There is a resemblance.

[@willapanews9761]

This ship had a major galvanic corrosion problem and had to have many parts replaced after the first sea trials.

[@drdzdd]

1.4 Billion $ ship can float ! That's great technology!

[@napeekapunpimtongnara9111]

it is so beautiful minimal design of the future warship that looks smart, it is light and it should be especially agile

[@jimwjohnq.public]

Run it through part of a typhoon or something really rough and see how it takes a really serious roll, say 15 degrees or more.

[@bosnia58]

It reminds me on shape from movie The Extraordinary Gentleman's movie hmmm nice I love it

[@nicholascotoiam3970]

Real great seeing Zumwalt . Passed by here leaving Newport Rhode Island. Awesome look ,feel of accomplishments U.S. Naval Command.

[@indridcold8433]

It looks like the hull is upside-down.

[@bowlampar]

Big wave will leave it alone , after all, Zumwalt already tumbled, sailed upside down at the beginning of the long journey into seven sea.

[@waverider5751]

I wonder if all the sailors on the Zumwalt have long hair and beards, we loved this guy in the 70’s for his relaxation of some of the personal grooming standards.

[@Ean.oo7]

Only the women.

[@timf6916]

Cool looking, time well tell

[@travisqueen1628]

That's pretty friggin cool! Just kind of slices through the waves.

[@LST1180]

The computer animation handled the seas well. I wish they had real video of the ship in heavy seas.

[@Vulture1738]

And just like that, LCS class ships were never seen again

[@skyhiker9669]

Gorgeous ship!

[@lordtutinean90]

Very very good!!! Get some today!!

[@enshongmiranda]

"faster turn on with the hard rudder"

[@naufal_da4423]

Lmao

[@thebentley71]

Not one photos or image of it in 12-20 ft seas.

[@bobboberson2024]

I like the pop-up rader on the bow. Clever.

[@doreenmitchell7596]

There would not have been a book CALLED THE PERFECT STORM with that BABY!! NICE!!!

[@richiesacolic436]

That thing looks like a Giant Bill board target that would be hard to Miss 🤔

[@geraldtodd6633]

You're right. Maybe radar has trouble seeing her but once they get a visual she is a real big target.

[@MililaniJag]

@1:57 Get used to the finer "Oscallation"?!?! The oscallation is based on the motion of the ocean. LOL! Cheers!

[@elijahrobinson2362]

Rob Is, that’s how Popeye pronoun-skes things.

[@MililaniJag]

@@elijahrobinson2362 LOL....A-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah-gah! Cheers!

[@paulmccormack5524]

She cuts threw those waves like a sword. Magnificent looking vessel.

[@GabrieLight]

Yeah, like any ship does! 😁

[@EGvids1]

This Destroyer will f you up

[@treenoises8009]

uss iowa be driftin the waves in my head, dodging torpedo runs as usual

[@purple748]

“Oskullation?” ...is that like vase-koo-late-ing?

[@heraclitus6100]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who caught that.

[@ahmedelshafey7602]

I thought he meant oscillation

[@purple748]

@@ahmedelshafey7602 Hello Ahmed. I'm pretty sure he does. But it's pronounced like: ah-SILL-ay-shun. The "c" is silent.

[@beastmr919]

@@purple748 depends on the accent buddy if you are from the uk well the american english and accent is different from you in many ways so that might be the case

[@purple748]

@@beastmr919 'Not from the UK.... 'Born in Florida... ;-) Although; I've lived overseas for 20 years, to the point that, my friends say I "talk funny" when I visit home! Not a Madonna, post Guy Richie, accent. To be clear..I still talk like a hick. But when I go home, I get a lot of "WTF is a mo-byle, a cue, a hire car, and what is take-away?!?!!" But, I don't know of any language or accent where oscillation is pronounced that way. At any rate; the video was very well done. Just poking a little fun.

[@nynthworld4152]

I'd like to order 4 Zumwalts please. Actually make that 5. 👍

[@bestamerica]

hi N W... ' oh really did order 4... want again 5... hope enjoy R/C model ships

[@reyb1649]

That's sick. I want one of these.

[@bestamerica]

hi R B... ' want this ship... try homemake model ship with R/C system

[@hillbillynomad6697]

Looks like my boat I built back in 80s when my granny updated her kitchen. I put all the boxes together and this same ship

[@jimmac1953]

More important has the Navy worked out issues with the Main Guns?

[@thatsfedup1064]

Question is does it transform?

[@IcOmEiNpEaCe333]

That was awesome how the zumwalt got some major air off that 30 foot wave 🤪

[@ejdiii333]

ACR-3 USS Brooklyn (1896-1922) had the tumble home design, It is a French design, and it is one of the most stable in rough seas, never mind looking totally cool. these ships even standing still, give an appearance of speed and stability.

[@darrenasquith1170]

-How much will it cost to fire our guns? -Yes

[@bestamerica]

hi D A... ' not important currency in here comment

[@65billh]

Seeing is Believing, Haven't Seen it Operate in Stormy Seas. How About It?

[@RobertKnowlton-fy2js]

The Vessels and Technology are impressive. As a former Helmsman on U.S.S. Nimitz and now a Retired Army Major I've learned one thing above all else. It's the Men and Women of our Beloved Homeland that makes the true difference. God Bless and Protect our Service Members as they Protect us. 🇺🇸

[@retiredwelder]

I welded on all three of those ships. In fact in my picture is a massive weld I did on the pvls units!!

[@user-pq4by2rq9y]

I wonder how “stealthy” a destroyer can really be

[@klab3929]

so stealthy they have fitt the ship with special reflectors to be detected during events where the zumwalt is shown with other boats

[@nolanconlin7236]

What he meant to say was that the boat does not have any flat sides or body panels, they are all angled in a direction that would deflect radar singles that they can’t bounce back to the radar unit, basically making it invisible to all modern radar systems

[@Ezlivin]

As a former submariner I can say that it would make a fine target.

[@xslonk]

1:08 They use footage from the movie "Interstellar" scenes with the 1000 foot waves hahahaha!

[@The_Real_Zaineman]

OMG you are right ! What a call ! ! , if you press 1:11 then QUICKLY press play then pause (double tap the button), you can see the spaceship on the right getting ready to race down the wave. In the movie the time index is 1:12:30 seconds. In this video, just when the spaceship gets big enough draw attention to itself, they cut the scene....lol.....Z

[@napeekapunpimtongnara9111]

I think there will be many unexpected things in the upcoming design event. The size of the warships that fit the high abilities It gives the boat a complete answer to all aspects of operation.

[@thefatrat7486]

My baby is finally getting his day in the sunshine

[@mr.oshawottryana.m.1785]

Now if only there were actual footage of Zumwalt sailing in a stormy sea... :-\

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[@CristoVelatoso]

@@jozjoslin2135 what the actual heck?

[@tommybirchfield4701]

"We Can Do Better." "Keep at it."

[@ringocomedynews5825]

She is amazing I wish the RN would build a ship like her.

[@AstroCool99]

Your Russian billionaire has a yacht designed just like this tbh

[@ccooperev]

I visited San Diego last winter and I saw several stealth ships in Port.

[@jameslewis1284]

You didn't show it in the Alaskan Seas and 13 to 20 foot waves what the f***

[@drewjohn8554]

Damn ancients got it right. I always believed that the pyramids were built for floods or just bad weather around

[@PyroMick]

It’s a beautifully designed ship; a ship of the future. One you can see today!

[@carlcollins3705]

Damn thing is a death trap

[@largeredrat7397]

Imagine you live in the 1700s, your sailing and you see this thing coming right at you

[@TheSoundOutside]

"Oscalation?" Might you have meant "oscillation?"

[@uninvestigated]

for all we know this thing is actually a submarine

[@johnvanlandingham4479]

I guess that's when you wonder who made the coffee I used to own a shrimp boat and the first time I saw an oil rig being towed I also had a moment we get a lot of weard plains here on the gulf too

[@oldgoat8861]

Looks like a knife blade....hard to believe so much scary power there. 🇺🇸🇺🇸👍👍

[@shielahaberecht3417]

She is so beautiful...I love her :)

[@norahriddhientertainment9027]

but $4 billion

[@shielahaberecht3417]

@@norahriddhientertainment9027 $3 billion, actually... And worth every penny as we proved out multiple new technologies with this class, and set a new power standard, along with the Ford class carriers, that establishes a new line of directed energy weapons.

[@diver0129]

@@norahriddhientertainment9027 Keep in mind that there was originally going to be a lot more built. So when you reduce the number built from 32 down to 3, you have to spread all the costs across a lot less hulls. This also drove the cost of ammunition way up.

[@fredscribner3688]

@@shielahaberecht3417 the three boats cost almost 24 billion to build and the advanced gun system is useless. This thing is a bust and it's butt ugly to boot.

[@shielahaberecht3417]

@@diver0129 That is true.. I think, but it's speculation, that the Navy decided a large build of that class wasn't necessary, thus saving procurement dollars, and the new tech already developed would be used across multiple platforms thus gaining a wide return on all the investment. They get three top shelf destroyers and the power technology for directed energy weapons fleet-wide.

[@george6252]

I would have been more convinced had I actually seen the ship in rough weather. Didn't see this so, "a grain of salt".

[@dbradley3]

I would barf up my lunch lasagna once the waves hit two feet, especially with no windows.

[@granskare]

Amazing!

[@curtishill6490]

I salute our military and this is a awesome ship💯but I thought I was going to watch a video of this ship in storms and giant waves! The video itself was lame...

[@navinpatel5611]

America has to finished China all World will give him Support

[@4banger875]

Navin Patel i agree

[@ritterakos8293]

U cant finnish China with propaganda. That didnt even work in any of the countries USA bullied. USA is dependent on China, vica versa, so there will be most likely no war... And why do you want war anyway?!

[@michaelcrump5319]

So, tumblehome and ram bows are the rage again. Cool.

[@oscarhamtig9785]

Amazing