Would the new stealthy USS Zumwalt destroyer capsize or suffer extreme damage if its wave-piercing Tumblehome hull were subject to massively dangerous stormy sea conditions? Such questions ...

The Zumwalt and her two sister ships are built with a tumblehome hull, where the sides slope inward rather than outward or at a straight vertical as in most ship designs. The configuration ...

However, they are nothing like a battleship for many reasons. The Promise: The stealth-focused ship, with a unique tumblehome hull design and advanced radar-evading technology, promised cutting ...

Its unconventional, almost inverse-shaped "tumblehome" hull slices through water, leaving almost no wake. But those same innovations have made the destroyer unstable, according to eight current ...

The U.S. Navy’s newest destroyer is a “better ride” in rough seas than other ships, thanks to the shape of the hull and other factors. The USS Zumwalt, with its knifelike bow, is more stable ...

DE AGOSTINI PICTURE LIBRARY//Getty Images The French battleship Charles Martel featured a tumblehome hull design common in 19th-century European battleships. The Zumwalt's unique bow—which ...

Would the new stealthy USS Zumwalt destroyer capsize or suffer extreme damage if its wave-piercing Tumblehome hull were subject to massively dangerous stormy sea conditions? Such questions ...

Built with stealth-focused designs, including a tumblehome hull and composite deckhouse, the Zumwalt boasts a radar profile akin to a fishing boat. However, questions about its value remain ...

The Navy just put its newest destroyer, the USS Zumwalt, into the sea. Constructed by General Dynamics with weapons systems and software from other companies, the Zumwalt "DDG-1000" Guided Missile ...

There is no shortage of experts who say the ship is as easy to spot as a battleship, which leads to the hotly debated “tumblehome hull.” A tumblehome hull means the sides slop inward from the ...

Its “tumblehome” hull looks like something you’d see on a ship built before World War I. Make no mistake, the Monsoor guided-missile destroyer — named after Navy SEAL Michael A.