Submarines

All Hands, Jan, 2007

ATTACK SUBMARINES

Attack submarines are designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships. A number of Third World countries are acquiring modern, state-of-the-art, non-nuclear submarines.

Countering this threat is the primary mission of U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines. Other missions range from intelligence collection and special forces delivery to anti-ship and strike warfare.

The Seawolf-class submarine is designed to be exceptionally quiet, fast and well-armed, with advanced sensors. It is a multi-mission vessel, capable of deploying to forward ocean areas to search out and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships and to fire missiles in support of other forces.

Los Angeles-class

Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, one shaft

Length: 360 feet

Beam: 33 feet

Displacement: Approx. 6,900 tons submerged

Speed: 20 plus knots (23 plus mph)

Crew: 134 (13 officers, 121 enlisted)

Armament: Tomahawk missiles; VLS tubes (SSN 719 and later), MK-48 torpedoes; Four torpedo tubes.

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Ships:

USS Los Angeles (SSN 688)

USS Philadelphia (SSN 690)

USS Memphis (SSN 691)

USS Bremerton (SSN 698)

USS Jacksonville (SSN 699)

USS Dallas (SSN 700)

USS La Jolla (SSN 701)

USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705)

USS Albuquerque (SSN 706)

USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (SSN 708)

USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709)

USS Augusta (SSN 710)

USS San Francisco (SSN 711)

USS Houston (SSN 713)

USS Norfolk (SSN 714)

USS Buffalo (SSN 715)

USS Olympia (SSN 717)

USS Providence (SSN 719)

USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720)

USS Chicago (SSN 721)

USS Key West (SSN 722)

USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)

USS Louisville (SSN 724)

USS Helena (SSN 725)

USS Newport News (SSN 750)

USS San Juan (SSN 751)

USS Pasadena (SSN 752)

USS Albany (SSN 753)

USS Topeka (SSN 754)

USS Miami (SSN 755)

USS Scranton (SSN 756)

USS Alexandria (SSN 757)

USS Asheville (SSN 758)

USS Jefferson City (SSN 759)

USS Annapolis (SSN 760)

USS Springfield (SSN 761)

USS Co1umbus (SSN 762)

USS Santa Fe (SSN 763)

USS Boise (SSN 764)

USS Montpelier (SSN 765)

USS Charlotte (SSN 766)

USS Hampton (SSN 767)

USS Hartford (SSN 768)

USS Toledo (SSN 769)

USS Tucson (SSN 770)

USS Columbia (SSN 771)

USS Greeneville (SSN 772)

USS Cheyenne (SSN 773)

Seawolf-class

Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, one shaft

Length: 353 feet

Draft: 35 feet

Beam: 40 feet

Displacement: 8,060 tons surfaced; 9,150 tons submerged

Speed: 25 plus knots (28 plus mph)

Crew: 134 (13 officers; 121 enlisted)

Ships:

USS Seawolf (SSN 21)

USS Connecticut (SSN 22)

USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23)

Virginia-class

Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, one shaft

Length: 377 feet

Beam: 34 feet

Displacement: Approx. 7,800 tons

Speed: 25 plus knots (28 plus mph)

Crew: 134 officers and enlisted

Armament: Tomahawk missiles; VLS tubes, MK-48 torpedoes; Four torpedo tubes; Advanced mobile mines, and unmanned undersea vehicles.

Ships:

USS Virginia (SSN 774)

USS Texas (SSN 775)

Hawaii (SSN 776)*

North Carolina (SSN 777)*

New Hampshire (SSN 778)*

New Mexico (SSN 779)*

BALLISTIC MISSILE/GUIDED MISSILE SUBMARINES

Strategic deterrence has been the sole mission of the fleet ballistic missile submarine (SSBN) since its inception in 1960. The SSBN provides the nation's most survivable and enduring nuclear strike capability. The Ohio-class submarine replaced aging fleet ballistic missile submarines built in the 1960s and is far more capable.

Ohio-class/Trident ballistic missile submarines provide the sea-based "leg" of the triad of U.S. strategic deterrent forces. The first four Ohio-class submarines are converting to guided missile submarines (SSGN) with an additional capability to transport and support Navy special operations forces.

Ohio-class

Power Plant: One nuclear reactor, one shaft

Length: 560 feet

Beam: 42 feet

Displacement: 16,764 tons surfaced; 18,750 tons submerged

Speed: 20 plus knots (23 plus mph)

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Crew: 155 (15 Officers, 140 Enlisted)

Armament: 24 tubes for Trident II, D-5 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, MK-48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes.

Ships:

USS Henry M. Jackson (SSBN 730)

USS Alabama (SSBN 731)

USS Alaska (SSBN 732)

USS Nevada (SSBN 733)

USS Tennessee (SSBN 734)

USS Pennsylvania (SSBN 735)

USS West Virginia (SSBN 736)

USS Kentucky (SSBN 737)

USS Maryland (SSBN 738)

USS Nebraska (SSBN 739)

USS Rhode Island (SSBN 740)

USS Maine (SSBN 741)

USS Wyoming (SSBN 742)

USS Louisiana (SSBN 743)

Ships Converted to SSGN:

USS Ohio (SSGN 726)

USS Michigan (SSGN 727)

USS Florida (SSGN 728)

USS Georgia (SSGN 729)**

DEEP SUBMERGENCE RESCUE VEHICLES

Deep Submergence Rescue Vehicles (DSRV) perform rescue operations on submerged, disabled submarines of the U.S. Navy or foreign navies. DSRVs can embark up to 24 personnel for transfer to another vessel. The DSRV also has an arm to clear hatches on a disabled submarine and a combined gripper and cable cutter. The gripper is able to lift 1,000 pounds.

Power Plant: Electric motors, silver/zinc batteries, one shaft, 15 shaft horsepower, four thrusters, 7.5 horsepower.

Length: 49 feet

Beam: 8 feet

Displacement: 38 tons

Speed: 4 knots

Maximum Depth: 5,000 feet

Sonar: Search and navigation

Crew: Two pilots, two rescue personnel and the capacity for 24 passengers.