I'm assume your baby career end much before mine started though that's just an assumption which we know what assumptions make out of us lol.

The zumwalt to zumbalt was a typo my phone loves zumbalt more I guess.. idk but the ship I got to personally see and at the time it was big gossip in the navy the problem is what the navy wanted in warship and what they got were too different things, starting with fire power the zumwalt was en experimental concept in hopes to replace the arliegh burke (excuse my spelling I not a nuke) destroyers and also bridge the gap with the guided missile cruiser.

What they got was a ship that failed to meet both and for twice the cost.. then came the limited mission capabilities based on it's weapon limitations  another blow. Currently there are alot of cool things the navy learned from the zumwalt class and alot they wished they didn't now I may have been harsh in calling it a waste but from the scuttle butt that ship hasn't found its place in the front lines and will probably go threw a few refittings before they either come up with a ship that meets the needs or decide to take what they learned and build something else.

As for the fast transport... Another ship that's cool in concept but again a ship still searching for it's primary role, right now they are a transport... Perhaps the navys equivalent of a fast ferry but one of their limitations is their handling in the open ocean miles away from shore which was reportedly like riding a washer machine on the tilt awhirl (direct quote from a LT I served under) so this ship needs a home island hopping  where I think it would be a good fit.

Idk maybe I'm wrong and these ships are just different then what I picture of warship, maybe the navys taking a new path an I'm old school but when I think warship I think arliegh burke destroyer, frigates (which sadly are all gone) or Ticonderoga class cruisers. I would be happy to see a new ship class or even a upgraded ship class but these just have yet to prove there worth.

As for the carrier comment yes carriers are flight decks idk maybe it's just the picture but that super structure just seem alot smaller then it's predecessors. I did have an opportunity to visit a carrier at sea and land on It backwards during some ship to ship medevac granted I didn't stay long but that place was busy busy.