{"id":132516,"date":"2021-12-16T11:44:30","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/the-navys-last-stealth-zumwalt-destroyer-comes-with-80-megawatts-of-power"},"modified":"2021-12-16T11:44:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T19:44:30","slug":"the-navys-last-stealth-zumwalt-destroyer-comes-with-80-megawatts-of-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/the-navys-last-stealth-zumwalt-destroyer-comes-with-80-megawatts-of-power","title":{"rendered":"The Navy\u2019s Last Stealth Zumwalt Destroyer Comes with 80 Megawatts of Power"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Xxe6oexgYeQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Having completed sea trials, it will now have its combat system activated.<\/p>\n<p>Back in December of 2017, we brought you news of the U.S. Navy\u2019s stealth destroyer the U.S.S. Monsoor breaking down during sea trails. At the time, we asked the question if this event would spell the end for Zumwalt-class destroyers?<\/p>\n<p>It seems the Zumwalts are alive and well with the U.S. Navy\u2019s third and final Zumwalt-class ship, the U.S.S. Lyndon B. Johnson, recently completing basic sea trials, according to 1945. This means that the massive ship will now have its combat system activated.<\/p>\n<p>Zumwalt-class destroyers are top-of-the-range warships with advanced electrical generation systems. These systems power the ship\u2019s engines, electronics, weapons, and propulsion systems.<\/p>\n<p>Each Zumwalt-class destroyer comes with an Integrated Power System. These generate up to 80 megawatts of power and have been included with the expectation that the ships will be equipped with a new generation of power-hungry weapons such as electromagnetic railguns and perhaps even lasers.<\/p>\n<p>Full Story:<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/the-navys-last-stealth-zumwalt-destroyer-comes-with-80-megawatts-of-power\">Continue reading \u201cThe Navy\u2019s Last Stealth Zumwalt Destroyer Comes with 80 Megawatts of Power\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having completed sea trials, it will now have its combat system activated. Back in December of 2017, we brought you news of the U.S. Navy\u2019s stealth destroyer the U.S.S. Monsoor breaking down during sea trails. At the time, we asked the question if this event would spell the end for Zumwalt-class destroyers? It seems the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":578,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1497,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-132516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy","category-military"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/578"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}