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title: "Here’s An Inside Look At The Navy’s Newest High-Tech Destroyer"
description: "There's no denying that the Navy’s newest destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, looks sleek is hell on the outside, and watching it [fire off]() 10 sweet Long Range Land-Attack Projectile rounds in a minute is enough to bring a tear to…"
date: "2017-06-14"
modified: "2017-06-14"
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  - name: "Sarah Sicard"
    link: "https://taskandpurpose.com/authors/sarahsicard/"
url: "https://taskandpurpose.com/news/heres-inside-look-navys-newest-high-tech-destroyer-zumwalt/"
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---

# Here’s An Inside Look At The Navy’s Newest High-Tech Destroyer

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There's no denying that the Navy’s newest destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, looks sleek is hell on the outside, and watching it [fire off](<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaYQiL0P67k>) 10 sweet Long Range Land-Attack Projectile rounds in a minute is enough to bring a tear to any patriot’s eye.

But what’s it actually like inside the Zumwalt? Probably not what you expected, at least according to a new video tour of the vessel:

\[embed\]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PaDQmda03M\[/embed\]

The sneak peak, produced by AiirSource Military, starts out with a cinematic classic: the toilet shot. But don’t worry, things improve as the video moves on to the control room, medical facilities, fully-equipped gym, and — some random sailor ironing a shirt. It’s an interesting look at life aboard the “[most technologically advanced surface combatant in the world](<https://www.navy.mil/ah_online/zumwalt/>).”

Part of the DDG-1000 class, the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works-built Zumwalt was designed to carry out a range of deterrence, power projection, sea control, and command and control missions, [according to the Navy](<https://www.navy.mil/ah_online/zumwalt/>). Construction began in 2008, with a set commission date of 2013, but delays pushed it back to October 2016.

But the ship already has a tumultuous history. The program was originally slated to deliver 32 ships meant to replace Navy’s fleet of Arleigh-Burke class destroyers as the branch’s multi-mission stealth vessel of choice. But each unit costs roughly $4 billion, and because of cost overruns, Congress defunded 29 of the ships and ordered the continuation of the Arleigh-Burke program instead.

Today, the vessel is the first of only three Zumwalt-class ships — and things aren’t of to a great start. Just a month after it hit the open sea, the destroyer's crew uncovered a seawater leak in the auxiliary motor drive oil system. The engineering malfunction, which occurred near the Panama Canal before the ship even made it to sea trials, [required two weeks of repairs](<https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a22992/uss-zumwalt-malfunction/>).

But hey, it does look really cool. Plus, its gun system is capable of firing 600 rocket-powered projectiles and hitting targets more than 70 miles away, including on land. Too bad the Navy [can’t afford the ammo](<https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/navy-ships/a23738/uss-zumwalt-ammo-too-expensive/>) at $800,000 a round.

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