{
  "id": "zumwalt",
  "name": "Zumwalt class",
  "aliases": [
    "DDG-1000"
  ],
  "domain": "naval",
  "country": "USA",
  "category": "Guided-missile destroyer",
  "status": "in-service",
  "fielded": 2016,
  "operators": [
    "USA"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 1,
  "summary": "The Zumwalt-class destroyer is a class of three United States Navy guided missile destroyers designed as multi-mission stealth ships with a focus on land attack. It is a multi-role class that was designed for secondary roles of surface warfare and anti-aircraft warfare and originally designed with a primary role of naval gunfire support.",
  "specs": [
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 175,
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "beam_m",
      "v": 24.6,
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Draft",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "8.4 m",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Displacement (standard)",
      "section": "dims",
      "v": "15,656 t",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "propulsion",
      "v": "2 x Rolls Royce MT30",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Engine power",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Rolls Royce RR4500 Turbine Generators",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "FCS Name",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "Naval Surface Fire Support Weapon Control System (NWCS)",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Embarked aircraft",
      "section": "armament",
      "v": "2 x Sikorsky MH-60R/S Seahawk; 3 x Northrup Grumman MQ-8 Fire Scout",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Radars and sonars",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "1 x Raytheon AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function System",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Name",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "AN/SQS-90; AN/SQS-60; AN/SQS-61; AN/SQR-20",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Countermeasures #1",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "1 x AN/SLQ-25A Nixie Towed Torpedo Decoy",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Countermeasures #2",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "4 x Loral-Hycor MK 36 SRBOC Decoy Rocket Launchers (140 rounds)",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Countermeasures #3",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "2 x MK 53 Nulka Automated Decoy Rocket Launching Systems using MK 137 Rocket Launchers",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "v": "Mark 51; LRLAP; Mark 57 Vertical Launch System (VLS); RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (EMMS); Mark 32 Anti-Submarine Warfare",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 186,
      "note": "Source card lists 610 (feet); converted",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_kt",
      "v": 30,
      "note": "Source card lists 56 km/h (30 kt)",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "hulls",
      "v": 3,
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "Mark 51",
      "role": "Advanced Gun System",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Advanced Gun System",
        "Caliber": "155 mm"
      },
      "qty": "300 rounds carried in each magazine"
    },
    {
      "name": "Mark 57 Vertical Launch System (VLS)",
      "role": "Surface-to-Air",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Surface-to-Air",
        "Launcher": "Peripheral Vertical Launching System (PVLS)"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (EMMS)",
      "role": "Surface-to-Air",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Surface-to-Air"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "Mark 32 Anti-Submarine Warfare",
      "role": "Torpedo",
      "src": [
        "weg-zumwalt"
      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Type": "Torpedo",
        "Warhead": "PBXN-103",
        "Speed": "74.1 km/h"
      },
      "range_km": 10
    }
  ],
  "variants": [],
  "art": "destroyer",
  "image": {
    "file": "zumwalt.jpg",
    "thumb": "zumwalt-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "National Museum of the U.S. Navy",
    "license": "Public domain",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:USS_Zumwalt_(DDG_1000).jpg",
    "title": "File:USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000).jpg"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-05",
      "change": "Editorial correction: Converted a length given in feet; removed the cancelled LRLAP round"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-06",
      "change": "Added photo (Public domain)"
    }
  ],
  "notes": "The Navy cancelled the Advanced Gun System's LRLAP round and is replacing the forward guns with Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile launchers.",
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/zumwalt.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-zumwalt": {
      "title": "Zumwalt Class American Guided Missile Destroyer",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/Zumwalt_Class_American_Guided_Missile_Destroyer",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}