Zumwalt Stealth Destroyer Delivered to the U.S. Navy

Shipbuilder General Dynamics Bath Iron Works formally delivered the stealth destroyer Zumwalt (DDG 1000) to the US Navy May 28, marking a turnover of ownership from the ship’s status as a private vessel to become a government-owned warship. Delivery represents a major milestone in the design and development of the ships, conceived in the late 1990s as the epitome of stealth in warship design. At various times the Navy envisioned 32 ships in the class, then 28, then seven, then two, and back up to three – the class size of today.