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Navy to Take Charge of Huge, High-Tech Destroyer Worth $4 Billion
Source: ABC News
Navy to Take Charge of Huge, High-Tech Destroyer Worth $4 Billion
By ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN JASON KURTIS
May 16, 2016, 12:45 PM ET
The U.S. Navy will soon take charge of the first in its newest, most advanced line of warships: the angular, tech-savvy -- and expensive -- USS Zumwalt.
The largest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer in the Navy's fleet, the USS Zumwalt will be part of an ambitious "Zumwalt-class" of destroyers planned since the 1990s, but not yet built.
At 610 feet long, the USS Zumwalt will be the largest destroyer in the Navy. The final cost to build the behemoth is expected to be at least $4.4 billion.
The official hand-off will take place from the Bath, Maine ship yard to the U.S. Navy on Friday, Navy officials confirmed to ABC News.
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By ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN JASON KURTIS
May 16, 2016, 12:45 PM ET
The U.S. Navy will soon take charge of the first in its newest, most advanced line of warships: the angular, tech-savvy -- and expensive -- USS Zumwalt.
The largest and most technologically sophisticated destroyer in the Navy's fleet, the USS Zumwalt will be part of an ambitious "Zumwalt-class" of destroyers planned since the 1990s, but not yet built.
At 610 feet long, the USS Zumwalt will be the largest destroyer in the Navy. The final cost to build the behemoth is expected to be at least $4.4 billion.
The official hand-off will take place from the Bath, Maine ship yard to the U.S. Navy on Friday, Navy officials confirmed to ABC News.
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Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/navy-charge-huge-high-tech-destroyer-worth-billion/story?id=39144021
[font size=1]The future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) is underway for the first time conducting at-sea tests and trials in the Atlantic Ocean Dec. 7, 2015.[/font]
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