03.11.2013, 00:59
Da ist er nun...obgleich oft wegignoriert und kleingeredet. Ich hatte es oft angezweifelt, war skeptisch, wollte es nicht so recht glauben, zweifelte an einem Stapellauf. Nun: Er scheint wirklich zu schwimmen:
Schneemann.
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The first ever Zumwalt-class destroyer was launched Monday into the Kennebec River next to the Bath, Maine shipyard of General Dynamics Bath Iron Works — the company that built the ship.
Bath Iron Works’ workers transitioned the USS Zumwalt (DDG1000) from its land-level construction facility to a floating dry dock on Monday morning. Officials then flooded the dock and the ship was removed from its cradle. Monday evening the ship “was floated off and tied to a pier on the Kennebec River,” Navy officials said.
The largest destroyer ever built at 600 feet has been under construction since 2009. The launch was supposed to occur earlier in the month, but the shutdown postponed the transition.
Schneemann.