Names and Hull Numbers
In April 2006, the navy announced plans to name the first ship of the class Zumwalt after former Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Elmo R. "Bud" Zumwalt Jr. Its hull number will be DDG-1000, abandoning the guided missile destroyer sequence used by the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, and continue in the previous "gun destroyer" sequence left off with the last of the Spruance-class, USS Hayler.
DDG-1001 will be named for Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor, the second SEAL to receive the Medal of Honor in the Global War on Terror (GWOT), the navy announced on 29 October 2008.
On 16 April 2012, the navy announced that DDG-1002 will be named for former naval officer and U.S. President, Lyndon B. Johnson.
There is an active civilian campaign to persuade the Secretary of the Navy to name one of the class the USS Robert A. Heinlein.
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