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A teardrop hull is a submarine hull design which emphasizes submerged performance over surfaced performance. It was somewhat commonly used in the early stages of submarine development, but was gradually abandoned in the early 20th century in favour of designs optimized for high performance on the surface as a result of changes in operational doctrine.
USS Albacore was a unique research submarine that pioneered the American version of the teardrop hull form (sometimes referred to as an "Albacore hull") of modern submarines. On modern military submarines the outer hull (and sometimes also the propeller) is covered with a thick layer of special sound-absorbing rubber, or anechoic plating , to ...
USS Albacore (AGSS-569) is a unique research submarine that pioneered the American version of the teardrop hull form (sometimes referred to as an "Albacore hull") of modern submarines. The revolutionary design was derived from extensive hydrodynamic and wind tunnel testing, with an emphasis on underwater speed and maneuverability. [ 4 ]
Unique submarine; teardrop hull form; no weapons T-1: 2 USS T-1, later USS Mackerel (SST-1) 1 April 1952 USS T-2, later USS Marlin (SST-2) 20 November 1953 Training and experimental submarines Sailfish: 2 USS Sailfish (SSR-572) 8 December 1953 USS Salmon (SSR-573) 25 August 1956 Radar picket: Triton: 1 29 May 1956 10 November 1959
First submarine to complete a submerged circumnavigation of the Northwest Passage. SSN-585 Skipjack: Lead boat of a class of 6. First nuclear powered submarine with a teardrop hull. SSRN-586 Triton: Unique submarine. First submarine to complete a submerged circumnavigation of the globe, and the only Western submarine powered by two nuclear ...
The new class introduced the teardrop hull and the S5W reactor to U.S. nuclear submarines. [1] [2] The Skipjacks were the fastest U.S. nuclear submarines until the Los Angeles-class submarines, the first of which entered service in 1974.
They were the first production warships built with the teardrop-shape hull first tested on the experimental USS Albacore, and the first to combine the control room, attack center, and conning tower in the same space in the hull. They were of double hull design with 1.5-inch thick HY80 steel.
The Yuan class submarines have a teardrop-shaped hull and are believed to be double-hulled. [16] [17] They also have a angled casing, which appears like a distinctive hump. [18] [16] While earlier variants of the Yuan class have a large upright sail, newer variants have instead a more angled sail. [18] [19]