US Navy
The Navy destroyer USS Zumwalt purposefully sailed into very rough seas last fall for a test.
It sailed through storms off the coast of California and Alaska with waves up to 20 feet high.
The Zumwalt successfully completed the Rough-Water Trials.
The US Navy put the stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt to the test by sailing it straight into a storm with waves as high as 20 feet, Naval Sea Systems Command announced recently.
Navy engineers tested the destroyer in storms off the coast of California and Alaska last fall as part of the second phase of the Rough-Water Trials, which test seakeeping, structural response, and operability. The warship appears to have done well in Sea State 6 conditions with waves up to 20 feet high.
The stealth destroyer Zumwalt sails through rough seas testing
A view from the Bridge on destroyer Zumwalt during heavy seas testing late in 2020. (Photo: Navy) WASHINGTON – The stealth destroyer Zumwalt aced its rough seas testing, leaders from Naval Sea Systems Command said in a recent release. Engineers from the Naval Surface Warfare Centers Carderock Division and Philadelphia Division carried out tests late last year on Zumwalt as part of the ship’s Performance and Special Trials, which are conducted on the lead ship of every class to test how the ship behaves in various sea conditions. The ship held its own through the high end of Sea State 6, which means 20-foot seas, according to a Naval Sea Systems Command press release, with ship and crew performing at acceptable levels according to the parameters of the test.