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The Seawolf class is a class of nuclear-powered, fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy. The class was the intended successor to the Los Angeles class, and design work began in 1983. [10] A fleet of 29 submarines was to be built over a ten-year period, but that was reduced to 12 submarines.
USS Seawolf (SSN-21) is a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and the lead ship of her class. She is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf , a solitary fish with strong, prominent teeth that give it a savage look.
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is the third and final Seawolf-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 2005, she is named for the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, the only president to have qualified on submarines. [7]
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 ...
One of the US Navy's most capable submarines grounded on a seamount last month. A former submariner told Insider how mishaps like this can happen.
USS Connecticut (SSN-22) is a Seawolf-class nuclear powered fast attack submarine operated by the United States Navy. Connecticut is the fifth active United States Ship to be named for the U.S. state of Connecticut, going back to 1776.
See photos of the inside. Germany's U-505 submarine was the 1st warship captured by the US Navy in over a century and top secret during World War II. ... the U-505 was one of the German navy's ...
USS Seawolf (SSN-575) was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal cooled , beryllium-moderated [2] [3] nuclear reactor, the S2G. [4]