The guided-missile destroyer Zumwalt made a quick turnaround to its home port in San Diego last week, just a day after getting underway, stymied by an undisclosed maintenance issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWe expect the ship to resume its transit in the near future,\u201d Cmdr. Arlo Abrahamson, a spokesperson for the Naval Surface Force, said in a statement to Navy Times. The destroyer, commissioned in 2016, left port Thursday only to return Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Zumwalt was heading to its new home port of Pascagoula, Mississippi, where Abrahamson said it will get \u201ctechnology upgrades\u201d including the Navy\u2019s Conventional Prompt Strike hypersonic missile system<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThe upgrades will ensure Zumwalt remains one of the most technologically advanced and lethal ships in the U.S. Navy,\u201d the spokesman said, while refusing to reveal details of the technical snafu that turned it around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe don\u2019t get into details about specific maintenance issues on our ships due to operational security,\u201d <\/b>he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n