This is a NEW 28 X 22 poster from a limited edition printing. DDG - 1000 Zumwalt Destroyer. Raytheon IDS. Photo is actual item in this listing. Suitable for framing. Ships priority mail in a secure mailing tube with USPS Tracking. Check our feedback. Quality Purveyor | Fair | Fast
About DDG 1000 - PCU Zumwalt (DDG-1000) is a guided missile destroyer of the United States Navy. She is the lead ship of the Zumwalt class and the first ship to be named for Admiral Elmo Zumwalt. Zumwalt has stealth capabilities, having a radar cross-section akin to a fishing boat despite her large size. Zumwalt is named after Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr., who was an American naval officer and the youngest man to serve as the Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a major role in U.S. military history, especially during the Vietnam War. A highly decorated war veteran, Zumwalt reformed the U.S. Navy's personnel policies in an effort to improve enlisted life and ease racial tensions. The hull classification symbol for Zumwalt is DDG-1000 and continue in the previous "gun destroyer" sequence left off with the last of the Spruance class, USS Hayler. With the production run of the Zumwalt class limited to three units, plans are underway for a third "flight" of Arleigh-Burke-class destroyers.