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Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr. (29 November 1920 – 2 January 2000) was an American naval officer and the youngest man to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. As an admiral and later the 19th Chief of Naval Operations, Zumwalt played a major role in U.S. military history, especially during the Vietnam War. A highly-decorated war veteran, Admiral Zumwalt reformed Naval personnel policies in an effort to improve enlisted life and ease racial tensions. After he retired from a 32-year Navy career, he launched an unsuccessful campaign for the United States Senate.
The hull classification symbol for the USS Zumwalt will be DDG-1000. In doing so, the U.S. Navy will eschew the guided missile destroyer sequence that goes up to DDG-116 (presently the last of the named Arleigh Burke-class destroyers), and continue in the previous "gun destroyer" sequence left off with the last of the Spruance-class, USS Hayler (DD-997). With the production run of the Zumwalt class limited to three units, plans are underway for a third "flight" of Arleigh-Burke class destroyers.
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