It may be a sea trial but the crew of the Navy's newest ship got a taste of the real world.

Last week the $4.3 billion stealth destroyer built at Bath Iron Works took to the seas. The U.S.S. Zumwalt was preforming its Alpha sea trials early Saturday when it was called to the rescue of a fisherman suffering chest pains off the coast of Maine.

Using a small boat, a crew from the Zumwalt transferred the man to the destroyer. Minutes later a Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopter hoisted the man off the deck to receive care at Maine Medical Center.

The cutting edge warship will undergo beta sea trials in February. Beta trials are also known as builder trials. This is when the battleship is pushed to its max, including its weapon systems. You don't want to be on the receiving end of those by the way.

The ship’s weapon system is capable of firing rocket powered, computer-guided shells, over 60 miles! That’s is three-times farther than any other Navy destroyer. The new Advanced Gun System (AGS) can fire 80 Tomahawk cruise missiles and Seasparrow surface to air missiles. Oh, almost forgot, the AGS is self-firing. No sailors are needed to load and remove missile shells.
Bath built, is best built.

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