THE zumwalt-class ddg-1000 AT A GLANCE. THE LARGEST: The Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 ship is the largest destroyer ever built for the Navy, at 15,000 tons based on the weight of the water it displaces.

The ship, Nordin said, “had a beautifully carved head and tail on it” which have been kept at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry the last 50 years.