Seawolf class submarine (1995) Nuclear-powered attack submarines (1995), in service: USS Seawolf, Connecticut, Jimmy Carter (SSN-21 to 23). The Seawolf class was the last cold war fast attack submarines (SSN) design for the United States Navy, intended successor to the Los Angeles class. Design work began indeed began in 1983 and initially 29 were planned … Read more
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1976-97), 18 in service, 24 planned (SSBN-726-743). The Ohio-class SSBN (Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear) submarines became the largest US submarines ever built. They were and are still the backbone of the United States’ strategic nuclear deterrent force, carrying a substantial portion of the country’s nuclear deterrent capability under sea. The primary … Read more
Nuclear-powered attack submarines (1960-69), service 1976-today: 31 × Flight I, 8 × Flight II with VLS, 23 × Flight III 688i (Improved) SSN-688 to 773: 62 total) The Los Angeles class were 62 nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN), of which 24 are still currently in service with the US Navy. Called colloquially the “688” class … Read more
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1962-66), service 1965-1999: (SSBN-616-659). The Benjamin Franklin is considered a sub-class of the larger Lafayette class, an evolution of the previous Ethan Allen class, based on the Goerges Washington class made as a stretched and modified version of the Skipjack class SSNs. With the sub-class James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin made … Read more
The Only Nuclear-Powered Cruise Missile US Sub Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine (1957-60), service 1960-1976 as SSGN-587 USS Halibut (SSGN-587) was the one and unique nuclear-powered guided missile submarine of the US Navy, sing the Regulus system. A forerunner to later SSBNs she became later a special operations platform, and then the attack submarine SSN-587 in … Read more
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (built 1963-64), service 1964-1994: James Madison, Tecumseh, Daniel Boone, John C. Calhoun, Ulysses S. Grant, Von Steuben, Casimir Pulaski, Stonewall Jackson, Sam Rayburn, Nathanael Greene (SSBN-627 -636). The James Madison class SSBN were a near-repeat of the Lafayette class which themselves evolved from the Ethan Allen class. The Lafayette, James Madison, … Read more
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1958-61), service 1963-1994: Lafayette, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, John Adams, James Monroe, Nathan Hale, Woodrow Wilson, Henry Clay, Daniel Webster (SSBN-616 -626). The Lafayette class evolved from the Ethan Allen class, themslves a major development of the Skipjack-based G. Washington class, slightly larger and improved. With the sub-class James Madison, and … Read more
Nuclear-powered attack submarines (1960-69), service 1961-1993: USS Sturgeon, Whale, Tautog, Grayling, Pogy, Aspro, Sunfish, Pargo, Queenfish, Puffer, Ray, Sand Lance, Lapon, Gurnard, Hammerhead, Sea Devil, Hawkbill, Bergall, Spadefish, Seahorse, Finback, Narwhal, Pintado, Flying Fish, Trepang, Bluefish, Billfish, Drum, Archerfish, Silversides, William H. Bates, Batfish, Tunny, Parche, Cavalla, Glenard P. Lipscomb, L. Mendel Rivers, Richard B. … Read more
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (1958-61), service 1961-1990: Ethan Allen, Sam Houston, Thomas A. Edison, John Marshall, Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-608 – 618) The Ethan Allen class were five ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) which directly eveolved from the George Washington class. The class comprised Ethan Allen, Sam Houston, Thomas A. Edison, John Marshall, and Thomas Jefferson. With … Read more
Nuclear-powered attack submarines (1958-67), service 1961-1993: USS Thresher, Permit, Plunger, Barb, Pollack, Haddo, Jack, Tinosa, Dace, Guardfish, Flasher, Greenling, Gato, Haddock (SSN-593 to 621) Also known in most publications the Thresher/Permit class, the Permit class Nuclear Attack Submarine marked the true transition to a semi-prototype stage of nuclear submarines (they were preceded by the Skipjack … Read more
