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Navy/USMC

DDG-1000 Starts Acceptance Trials

Valerie Insinna

Wednesday, April 20th, 2016

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DDG-1000 Starts Acceptance Trials

The first of the Zumwalt-class (DDG-1000) destroyers. Photo: Dana Rene, special to Defense Daily.

The Navy’s newest destroyer, the USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000), on April 20 set out to sea for acceptance trials, marking the beginning of the the final at-sea demonstrations before the ship is delivered to the service.During acceptance trials, the Navy’s Board of Inspection and Survey (INSURV) will test shipboard systems such as navigation, propulsion readiness, auxiliary systems, habitability, fire protection and damage control, Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) said.The Zumwalt-class destroyers are built by General Dynamics [GD] Bath Iron Works in…

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