U.S. Navy stealth destroyer USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000).

(The picture is taken from the official website of the US Navy)

[Compiled by Chen Chengliang/Comprehensive Report] The USS Zumwalt, the largest destroyer in the history of the U.S. Navy with stealth capabilities, completed its first visit to Guam, a strategically important place in the Western Pacific on the 19th, and continued to support freedom and openness. Pacific operations, the ship's first deployment to the Western Pacific and the furthest from its home port of Naval Base San Diego since commissioning in 2016.

The USS Jwart is assigned to Task Force 71/15 Destroyer Squadron (DESRON), the Navy's largest forward-deployed destroyer squadron and the primary surface force of the US Seventh Fleet, the Navy statement noted.

The Seventh Fleet is subordinate to the Pacific Fleet under the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, and its headquarters is located in Yokosuka Port, Yokosuka City, Japan.

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Although the Jawat was officially commissioned in October 2016, the lack of combat systems prevented the Navy from fully using it until the company responsible for the project, BAE Systems, delivered it on time, and the combat system was installed and tested. It was delivered to the Pacific Fleet in April 2020, finally bringing the ship's long waiting journey to an end.

In addition to the No. 1 ship of the same name, the other two Juwart-class destroyers are named: USS Michael Monsoor and USS Lyndon B. Johnson, which is expected to be commissioned in 2023. The 2022 ring in July In the Pacific military exercise, the No. 2 ship Michael Monso once led allied ships to participate in the exercise.

The appearance of the Juwat class is completely stealthy, and the radar reflection cross-sectional area (RCS) of the 15,000-ton hull is only as large as that of a small yacht.

The radar and sensors on the Juwaite-class ship are completely integrated into the superstructure, and because of the unique appearance, the Juwaite-class is full of futuristic sense, as if it is a warship in a science fiction movie.

As a new plan to replace the Arleigh Burke class, the Juwart-class destroyer is a bold experimental project of the US Navy. The shield ship complex can be equipped with Aegis system air defense, use artillery to actively attack, and also have anti-submarine capabilities.

However, too many new technologies and equipment were accommodated, which led to the rising cost of construction. The cost of the Juwat ship was as high as US$7.8 billion (about NT$244.7 billion).

The U.S. Congress only approved the construction of 7 ships, and then due to the end of the Cold War and the budget to build new Aegis-class destroyers, only 3 Juwart-class ships were built.

U.S. military media reported that the two stealthy destroyers, the USS Jawat and USS Michael Monsoor, will carry hypersonic weapons.

The U.S. Navy has selected a shipbuilder, the largest U.S. military shipbuilding company Huntington.

Huntington Ingalls Industries handled the upgrade.

Although there are only 3 Juwaite-class ships, but with strong scientific and technological capabilities, it is still the main ship of the US Pacific Fleet against the Chinese Navy.