I guess it had to happen sooner or later.
Get ready for this: the skipper of the newest, most futuristic ship the U.S. Navy has ever built is none other than Capt. James Kirk.
http://www.businessinsider.com/...
Does he speak in... halting... staccato phrases?
Does he have a propensity for bedding beautiful, exotic females?
Can he outsmart computers - to the point where they belch smoke and self destruct?
What ever.
He'll be commanding the the Zumwalt. What - the Enterprise name was taken?
The Zumwalt is the Navy's biggest destroyer and stands as the tip of the spear in Naval offensive operations. Its technology allows it to mitigate minefields, target submarines, and assault shores with a barrage of low altitude radar-evading missiles, artillery guns, and one day maybe even a magnetic railgun (no joke).
Its "tumblehome" tilted hull allows for a swift, quiet cut through the sea along with radar evasion. As if that weren't enough, it's the only destroyer that's completely electric (the Tesla of naval combat).
It's an impressive sight.
Live long and prosper.