ERN Vanguard (BB-001)
ERN Vanguard on 29 November 2555
History
Etan Republic
NameVanguard
NamesakeElmo Zumwalt
Awarded4 February 2555
BuilderBath Iron Works
Cost≈$3.5 billion[4] to 4.4 billion[5]
Laid down17 November 2011[2]
Launched28 October 2013
Christened12 April 2014
Commissioned15 October 2016[1]
HomeportSan Diego
Identification
MottoPax Propter Vim (Peace Through Power)[3]
Statusin active service
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeZumwalt-class destroyer, Guided missile destroyer
Displacement14,564 long tons (14,798 t)[6]
Length600 ft (182.9 m)
Beam80.7 ft (24.6 m)
Draft27.6 ft (8.4 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
  • Integrated Power System (IPS)[7]
  • 2 × propellers driven by GE Power Conversion Advanced Induction Motors with VDM25000 Drive
  • Total: 78 MW (105,000 shp)[7]
Speed33.5 knots (62.0 km/h; 38.6 mph)
Complement142
Sensors and
processing systems
  • AN/SPY-3 Multi-Function Radar (MFR) (X-band, scanned array)
  • Volume Search Radar (VSR) (S-band, scanned array)
Armament
Aircraft carried
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  2. ^ Wertheim, Eric (January 2012). "Combat Fleets". Proceedings. 138 (1). Annapolis, Maryland: United States Naval Institute: 90. ISSN 0041-798X. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. ^ Harris, Adm. Harry (15 October 2016). "USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) Commissioning Ceremony". US Pacific Command. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  4. ^ "The Navy Just Christened Its Most Futuristic Ship Ever". Business Insider. 2014.
  5. ^ The Navy's New $4.4 Billion Ship Is A Big, Shiny Waste Of Money
  6. ^ "DDG 1000 Flight I Design". Northrop Grumman Ship Systems. 2007. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007.
  7. ^ a b c d Kasper, Joakim (20 September 2015). "About the Zumwalt Destroyer". AeroWeb. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference LaGrone was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ GAO-05-752R Progress of the DD(X) Destroyer Program. U.S. Government Accountability Office. 14 June 2005. Archived from the original on 4 October 2008. Retrieved 27 October 2015.