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First nuclear submarine class with teardrop hull form. USS Scorpion lost at sea 1968. Thresher/Permit: 14 USS Thresher (SSN-593) 28 May 1958 USS Gato (SSN-615) 25 January 1968 First class with bow sonar sphere. Known as Thresher class until the loss of the USS Thresher (SSN-593) in 1963 Tullibee: 1 26 May 1958 9 November 1960
Orca class post-war midget submarine: 13.27 meter x 2.1 meter 5 men midget submarine with maximum depth of 100, maximum underwater speed of 5 kn, maximum range of 150 nmi, maximum endurance of 4 days, and maximum payload of 250 kg. Periscopes includes television camera, HF/HF communication and GPS antenna.
Oscar class (Project 949 Granit/Project 949A Antey) Soviet Union / Russia: 19,400 Russian Navy: 6: 14: 0: 2 being modernized, 1 inactive/reserve, 4 scrapped, 1 lost at sea: Shang class (Type 093G) People's Republic of China: 7,000 People's Liberation Army Navy: 1: 1: 0: Only G variant of the Shang-class submarine is capable of launching guided ...
Biber (German for "beaver") was a German midget submarine of the Second World War. Armed with two externally mounted 53-centimetre (21 in) torpedoes or mines, they were intended to attack coastal shipping. They were among the smallest submarines in the Kriegsmarine. The Biber was hastily developed to help meet the threat of an Allied invasion ...
NR-1 was launched on 25 January 1969, completed initial sea trials 19 August 1969, and was home-ported at Naval Submarine Base New London. NR-1 was the smallest nuclear submarine ever put into operation. The vessel was casually known as "Nerwin" and was never officially named or commissioned.
Royal Canadian Navy: . Victoria-class submarine - 4 ex-RN Upholder-class in active service; Oberon-class submarine (decommissioned after 2000); 3 acquired and 2 for training and spares; 2 sold as museum ship (HMCS Ojibwa (S72) and HMCS Onondaga (S73)) and 3 scrapped (HMS Olympus (S12), HMS Osiris (S13), HMCS Okanagan (S74))
The four Skate class boats re-introduced stern torpedo tubes. Although among the smallest nuclear-powered attack submarines ever built, the Skate class served for many years, with the last being decommissioned in 1989. USS Skate was the first submarine to surface at the North Pole, on 17 March 1959.
Schematic drawing of Kilo-class submarine. There are several variants of the Kilo class. The information below is the smallest and largest number from the available information for all three main variants of the boat. [17] Displacement: 2,300–2,350 tons surfaced; 3,000–4,000 tons submerged; Dimensions: Length: 70–74 meters; Beam: 9.9 meters