WATCH: Time-Lapse Shows Zumwalt DDG1000 Transfer and Float Off

BATH, Maine (Oct. 28, 2013) The Zumwalt-class guided-missile destroyer DDG 1000 is floated out of dry dock at the General Dynamics Bath Iron Works shipyard. U.S. Navy Photo

On October 28, 2013, the first of three new-generation stealth destroyers for the U.S. Navy, the ZUMWALT (DDG 1000), was launched at Bath Iron Works shipyard in Maine. Below is a timelapse video of showing DDG 1000’s transition from drydock to float-off on the Kennebec River:

Bath Iron Works will deliver the ship to the U.S. Navy in late 2014 and she is expected to reach initial operating capability in 2016.

The lead ship and class are named in honor of former Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt Jr., who served as Chief of Naval Operations from 1970-1974.

Links to More Photos and Info for DDG1000:

• First Zumwalt Class Stealth Destroyer Launched in Maine
• Billy Badass Has Arrived

Updated: December 8, 2015 (Originally published November 5, 2013)

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