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.