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USS Seawolf Like all of the original nuclear subs, the project manager at Electric Boat was the general manager of the company, Bill Jones. During the parallel construction of the first nuclear submarines, the Navy, the Atomic Energy Commission , its independent labs, and the shipyard all worked together to learn together.
The contract to build Seawolf was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics on 9 January 1989 and her keel was laid down on 25 October 1989. She was launched on 24 June 1995, sponsored by Mrs. Margaret Dalton, and commissioned on 19 July 1997.
Seawolf-class submarines are larger, faster, and significantly quieter than previous Los Angeles-class submarines; they also carry more weapons and have twice as many torpedo tubes. The boats are able to carry up to 50 UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles for attacking land and sea surface targets. The boats also have extensive equipment to allow ...
The USS Blue Ridge was present during the Vietnam War but more recently aided Japan following its 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami. ... Number of boats: 3. The Seawolf-class of attack submarines ...
USS Jimmy Carter is one of only three Seawolf-class subs, but even among that small group it's unique. The US Navy's only operational sub named after a president has been doing top-secret missions ...
Lead boat of a class of 3 SS-18 Grayling / D-2: SS-19 Salmon / D-3: SS-19½ Seal / G-1: Lead boat of a class of 4 SS-20 Carp / F-1: Lead boat of a class of 4. Lost in collision on 17 Dec 1917. SS-21 Barracuda / F-2: SSN-21 Seawolf: Lead boat of a class of three. Commissioned 1997 SS-22 Pickerel / F-3: SSN-22 Connecticut: Second of three Seawolf ...
Undated photo of the USS Seawolf (SS-197) from a government archive. When war with Japan began, the submarine readied for sea and was on her first war patrol from 8–26 December 1941. Seawolf hunted Japanese shipping off San Bernardino Strait. On 14 December, she fired a spread of torpedoes at Sanyo Maru in Port San Vicente.
Known as "pig boats", or "boats", due to foul living quarters and unusual hull shape. O-11 through O-16 (built by Lake Torpedo Boat Company) also known as the "modified O-class". Modified boats proved to be disappointing and were scrapped in 1930; Lake went out of business in 1925.