Description:
The SSN 688 Los Angeles-class attack submarines were designed to provide escort for carrier strike groups and hunter-killer capability against soviet ballistic submarines. The end of the Cold War has involved the nuclear attack submarines to counter Third World countries non-nuclear submarines that eventually could threaten sea line of communications.
In addition to the attack and escort role, the Los Angeles-class submarines can assume intelligence collection, special operations forces delivery, and land-attack missions.
The USS Navy deployed the SSN 688 USS Los Angeles nuclear-powered attack submarine in 1976. Currently the US Navy has decommissioned many of the first generation Los Angeles submarines.
USS San Francisco (SSN 711) fast-attack submarine ran aground approximately at 350 miles south of Guam January 8, 2005. This grave incident meant the death of a crew member and the submarine's forward hull suffering severe damage.
Specifications Accommodation: Crew 134
Dimensions: Length 110 m, Width 10 m
Weights: Max Weight 6,900 t
Performance: Max Operating Depth 450 m (1,476 ft), Service Life 25 yr, Top Speed 15 mps (30 kt)
Power: Power 35,000 shp
Other: Torpedo Tubes 4
News
Operators
United States of America / 16
Ships
SSN 688 USS Los Angeles
Commissioning: Saturday, November 13, 1976
Naval Station Pearl Harbor - Hawaii - ?
SSN 689 USS Baton Rouge
Commissioning: 1977
SSN 690 USS Philadelphia
Commissioning: 1977
SSN 691 USS Memphis
Commissioning: 1977
SSN 692 USS Omaha
Commissioning: 1978
SSN 693 USS Cincinnati
Commissioning: 1978
SSN 694 USS Groton
Commissioning: 1978
SSN 695 USS Birmingham
Commissioning: 1978
SSN 696 USS New York City
Commissioning: 1979
SSN 697 USS Indianapolis
Commissioning: 1980
SSN 698 USS Bremerton
Commissioning: 1981
SSN 699 USS Jacksonville
Commissioning: 1981
SSN 700 USS Dallas
Commissioning: 1981
SSN 701 USS La Jolla
Commissioning: 1981
SSN 702 USS Phoenix
Commissioning: 1981
SSN 703 USS Boston
Commissioning: 1982
SSN 704 USS Baltimore
Commissioning: 1982
SSN 705 USS City of Corpus Christi
Commissioning: 1983
SSN 706 USS Albuquerque
Commissioning: 1983
SSN 707 USS Portsmouth
Commissioning: 1983
SSN 708 USS Minneapolis-St. Paul
Commissioning: 1984
SSN 709 USS Hyman G. Rickover
Commissioning: 1984
SSN 710 USS Augusta
Commissioning: 1985
SSN 711 USS San Francisco
Commissioning: 1984
SSN 712 USS Atlanta
Commissioning: 1982
SSN 713 USS Houston
Commissioning: 1982
SSN 714 USS Norfolk
Commissioning: 1983
SSN 715 USS Buffalo
Commissioning: 1983
SSN 716 USS Salt Lake City
Commissioning: 1984
SSN 717 USS Olympia
Commissioning: 1984
SSN 718 USS Honolulu
Commissioning: 1985
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Notes (*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)
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