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Zumwalt Returns From First Pacific Operational Employment, Due For Hypersonic Missile Installation

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Zumwalt Returns From First Pacific Operational Employment, Due For Hypersonic Missile Installation
Guided-missile destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) sails through the Pacific Ocean on April 13, 2022 while underway in the U.S. 3rd Fleet. (Photo: U.S. Navy by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Christopher Sypert)

The Navy’s first stealth destroyer recently came back from its first long-range employment that worked through maintenance and logistics, but next year it will start getting hypersonic missiles installed to bring it to a full payload. The USS Zumwalt (DDG-1000) returned to its San Diego homeport on Nov. 10 after a three-month employment to the Western Pacific region that started Aug. 1. “Zumwalt executed the employment exactly as planned and at every milestone that was set out in that plan.…

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