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The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. The class is designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions, including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering operations. [ 10 ]
29 wrz 2021 · The two main classes of fast-attack submarines developed during the period of NAVSEA are the Sturgeon-class (SSN 637-639; SSN 646-653; SSN 660-687) and the Los Angeles-class (SSN 688-725; SSN 750-773).
The Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. Also known as the 688 class (pronounced "six-eighty-eight") after the hull number of lead vessel USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), 62 were built from 1972 to 1996, the latter 23 to an improved 688i standard.
27 wrz 2024 · BREMERTON, Wash. (May 27, 2021) The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN 22) departs Naval Base Kistap-Bremerton for deployment.
USS Asheville (SSN-758), is a Los Angeles-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine. She is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Asheville, North Carolina.
Ten days had elapsed since we received the shocking news that one of our fast-attack nuclear-powered submarines, the USS Scorpion (SSN-589), was overdue at Norfolk and presumed lost. Much had happened in that short time.
Nuclear-powered Attack Submarines. During the Cold War, one of the main tasks of fast attack submarines (SSNs) became finding and tracking Soviet submarines. They also carried out a variety of other covert missions related to intelligence gathering and special operations.
