# Capt. James Kirk to command cutting edge new naval vessel **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 31, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774 "2013-10-31T19:24:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/1 "2013-10-31T19:24:06Z")
Story [here](http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2013/10/31/242130673/capt-james-kirk-to-command-navys-new-stealth-destroyer). Well, it’s James A. Kirk, not James T. Kirk. A for Apollo? Anyway, a stealth destroyer? Looks cool. I wonder what it’s mission is. Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/2 "2013-10-31T19:26:29Z")
Is it a nuclear wessel? ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/3 "2013-10-31T19:34:00Z")
What’s a Zumwalt? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/4 "2013-10-31T19:36:48Z")
Former Admiral and then Chief of Naval Operations Elmo R. Zumwalt, dec. 2000. That’s a _bad_ lookin’ boat. We’re not going to need a bigger one. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/5 "2013-10-31T20:05:04Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Looks cool. I wonder what it’s mission is. And how long? Five years, give or take? ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/6 "2013-10-31T20:40:23Z")
I love that. Man if he’s single, do you think he’ll work the whole “I’m Captain Kirk cruising for alien tail” angle? ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/7 "2013-10-31T21:13:33Z")
> [@JSexton](#): > > And how long? Five years, give or take? Ongoing, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![detop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@detop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/detop)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/8 "2013-10-31T21:18:40Z")
> [@WordWolfMan](#): > > I love that. Man if he’s single, do you think he’ll work the whole “I’m Captain Kirk cruising for alien tail” angle? Only when patrolling the Bermuda Triangle 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/9 "2013-10-31T21:33:10Z")
There was a strong effort to name one of these three ships the USS Robert Heinlein. It failed. But now wouldn’t THAT have been cool… ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/10 "2013-10-31T22:36:00Z")
> [@Fear\_Itself](#): > > Is it a nuclear wessel? No, but as [CNN points out](http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/us/uss-zumwalt-capt-kirk/index.html?hpt=hp_t3), it does have a cloaking device. ---
**Author:** ![Gagundathar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a183cd/32.png) [@Gagundathar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gagundathar)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/11 "2013-10-31T23:26:23Z")
That is one heck of a beautiful ship. Genuinely looks 21st century. ---
**Author:** ![Don\_t\_Panic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/don_t_panic/32/398_2.png) [@Don\_t\_Panic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_t_Panic)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2013, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/12 "2013-10-31T23:39:41Z")
How much do we need to bribe them to convince them to rename the boat the Enterprise? ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/13 "2013-11-01T00:51:24Z")
> [@Martian Bigfoot](#): > > How much do we need to bribe them to convince them to rename the boat the Enterprise? Apparently, he has about [12 years](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Enterprise_(CVN-80)) to work his way up… ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/14 "2013-11-01T02:31:53Z")
You know some of the crew are getting the new red t-shirts. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/15 "2013-11-01T02:39:20Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > No, but as [CNN points out](http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/31/us/uss-zumwalt-capt-kirk/index.html?hpt=hp_t3), it does have a cloaking device. Isn’t that against the Romulan Treaty? ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/16 "2013-11-01T02:55:54Z")
We promise to only use it in the Gamma Quadrant. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/17 "2013-11-01T08:54:32Z")
> [@Deaddfan](#): > > What’s a Zumwalt? Google translate renders Zum walt at ‘For Violence’ ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/18 "2013-11-01T16:44:48Z")
> [@Amateur\_Barbarian](#): > > There was a strong effort to name one of these three ships the USS Robert Heinlein. It failed. But now wouldn’t THAT have been cool… Proof that the PTB aren’t literate, that’s for sure. ---
**Author:** ![Capt\_Kirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@Capt\_Kirk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt_Kirk)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/19 "2013-11-01T17:05:24Z")
I appreciate that you all seem to like my new command Thank you **Capt Kirk** ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774/20 "2013-11-01T17:11:43Z")
Somebody better warn the female seamen! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/capt-james-kirk-to-command-cutting-edge-new-naval-vessel/672774.md?page=2)