February 15, 2025: The Zumwalt class are finally being equipped with workable artillery. Both of the Zumwalts’ two gun turrets were removed and replaced by twenty-four 2.2 meter launch tubes for ...

USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) recently completed modifications to remove her main guns and replace them with a hypersonic missile capability. The work to have her guns removed to make space for new ...

please see Destroyer Zumwalt completes modernisation for CPS integration . Engineering design planning includes removal of the two 155 mm Advanced Gun System (AGS) mounts, according to the USN.

The Ingalls team also replaced the original twin 155mm Advanced Gun Systems on the destroyer with new missile tubes. When released back to the fleet, the Zumwalt will be the first vessel in the USN to ...

The USS Zumwalt is at a Mississippi shipyard where workers have installed missile tubes that replace twin turrets from a gun system that was never activated because it was too expensive.

It's trading in its Advanced Gun System (AGS), its primary armament, for supersonic missiles, leaning into its classification as a guided missile destroyer. When the USS Zumwalt entered service ...

The U.S. Navy has removed the USS Zumwalt’s two Advanced Gun Systems. The guns, the ship’s main armament and reason for being, will be replaced by hypersonic missiles. The fate of the two ...

Elmo R. “Bud” Zumwalt, our 19th chief of naval operations, who led our sea service from 1970 to 1974. Zumwalt inspired me to write this article to highlight the unique leadership and career ...

The USS Zumwalt, America's newest stealth destroyer ... the US Navy can't afford the ammunition for the vessel's 155-millimeter Advanced Gun Systems. These weapons are designed to fire a GPS ...

The USS Zumwalt is already utilizing the data from its initial deployment to undergo retrofitting, enhancing its versatility and effectiveness. The cutting-edge main guns are being replaced with a ...

Destroyer USS Zumwalt has long had problems with its main deck guns, which don't have any ammunition. The technologically advanced stealth destroyer is getting something new though. The Zumwalt is ...

Destroyer USS Zumwalt has long had problems with its main deck guns, which don't have any ammunition. The technologically advanced stealth destroyer is getting something new though. The Zumwalt is ...