Photos: The Navy’s newest destroyer, the Michael Monsoor
The Michael Monsoor, a Zumwalt-class destroyer, is docked in the San Diego Harbor at Naval Air Station North Island in Coronado Island, Calif.
(Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)The Navy’s newest destroyer, the Michael Monsoor, is as much an experiment as a ship-killer.
Luciana Reed of the Eagle Flag Co. of America puts up ship bunting on the 600-foot Navy destroyer Michael Monsoor.
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The destroyer costs about $4.4 billion, according to a 2016 estimate by the Government Accountability Office.
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Naval seamen on the flight deck of the Navy destroyer Michael Monsoor in San Diego.
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The destroyer features a portrait of its namesake, Michael A. Monsoor, a Navy SEAL who was killed in the Iraq war.
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The Michael Monsoor generates about 78 megawatts, a massive amount of power that could run a small city, the Navy says.
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The 600-foot Navy destroyer Michael Monsoor.
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Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Harbolt, from left, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tarell Flowers and Petty Officer 2nd Class Anthony Cociffi listen to Commanding Office Capt. Scott Smith speak to the media.
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The 600-foot Navy destroyer Michael Monsoor.
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Commanding Office Capt. Scott Smith inside the Navy destroyer Michael Monsoor.
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