Wednesday 21 September 2016

USS Zumwalt laid up for repairs before commissioning



The US Navy's largest-ever destroyer has taken a bit of a pause in its journey to its new homeport. The Commander, Naval Surface Forces, US Pacific issued a statement today that the future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) suffered an "engineering casualty" shortly after leaving Naval Station Norfolk, Virginia. No one was reported injured and the guided-missile destroyer suffered only minor damage, but was forced to return to Norfolk for assessment and repair.

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