Story highlights The USS Zumwalt is the first of the Navy's newest class of destroyers and will be commissioned this fall

Capt. James Kirk and his crew will test the ship's array of futuristic systems until then

(CNN) Capt. James Kirk just got the keys to the baddest ship in the fleet -- U.S. Navy's fleet, not Starfleet.

The ship is the future USS Zumwalt, the first of the Navy's newest class of destroyers, and contractor General Dynamics turned it over to the Navy on Friday at Bath Iron Works in Maine.

Capt. James A. Kirk

The ship will be commissioned -- and officially become the USS Zumwalt -- on October 15 in Baltimore. Until then, Capt. Kirk (U.S. Navy, not United Federation of Planets) and his crew will test the ship's array of futuristic systems.

"Zumwalt's crew has diligently trained for months in preparation of this day and they are ready and excited to take charge of this ship on behalf of the U.S. Navy," Kirk said in a Navy press release. "These are 143 of our nation's finest men and women who continue to honor Admiral Zumwalt's namesake with their dedication to bringing this ship to life."

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The 610-foot, 15,700-ton warship "is a stealthy ship with a minimal radar signature and an intrinsically quiet tumblehome hull form and wave-piercing bow," General Dynamics says.

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