Meet The Captain

Meet the Captain of the new Destroyer, the USS Zumwalt

http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg1000/Pages/bio1.aspx#.UqAOlCd42uL

And it begins!!

I'm sure he has been thinking this way before pinning Captain on.

I know he is getting a shiney new destroyer, but this guy needs to be a shoe in for when the next carrier named enterprise is commissioned.

On a related note, when did destroyers become the length of WW2 cruisers?

yamaha wrote: On a related note, when did destroyers become the length of WW2 cruisers?

When destroyers and cruisers became essentially the same thing. The funny thing is modern destroyers probably pack more firepower than a WW2 battleship.

I believe modern destroyers are primarily anti-submarine and cruisers are anti-air so size really isn't much of a consideration. In the olden days, cruisers where a "gap filling" ship that had to out gun destroyers and out run battleships so size was pretty relevant.

His five year mission?

I sure hope he can take it in good humor. All the Cap'n Kirk reactions would have to get old eventually.

Please, please, please let the Chief Engineer be scottish...

If I were him I would legally change my middle name to Tiberius.

Giant Purple Snorklewacker wrote: If I were him I would legally change my middle name to Tiberius.

This.

In reply to Ian F:

Hmm, that is true.....but still, 600ft long with the draft of a ww2 battleship.....

My first thought was this.

I thought we were going here

or maybe here

or even here would be cool

I was expecting this ….

I'm sure I wasn't the only one...

There is only one true captain...

"engage"

Well, at least his bio didn't say:

"Captain Kirk also likes to berkeley green bitches"

In reply to Datsun310Guy:

McHALE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

aircooled wrote: I believe modern destroyers are primarily anti-submarine and cruisers are anti-air so size really isn't much of a consideration. In the olden days, cruisers where a "gap filling" ship that had to out gun destroyers and out run battleships so size was pretty relevant.

Some battlecruisers were actually just as big as the battleships, but packed less armour and firepower. My great Uncle was assigned to the USS Alaska as WW2 ended. The Alaska was only 79 feet shorter than the USS New Jersey and still carried 9 12" guns as compared to the Jersey's 9 16" guns

In reply to SyntheticBlinkerFluid:

Oh, they launched his future "Wessel" in October and I missed it....

http://www.public.navy.mil/surfor/ddg1000/Pages/FirstZumwaltClassDestroyerLaunched.aspx

Also, they went for the "Merrimack/CSS Virginia" look......

yamaha wrote: Also, they went for the "Merrimack/CSS Virginia" look......

That made me LOL. I totally missed that when I saw the pics early, but you're right - yes they did indeed.

Separated at berth?

CSS Virginia

Zumwalt-class:

Maybe it'll be a name for one of the sister ships. Why not... can't be any worse than "Zumwalt"

Zumie was the Chief of Naval Operations.