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USS Nautilus (SSN-571) This is a list of submarines of the United States Navy, listed by hull number and by name. List. See also. Submarines in the United States Navy. List of current ships of the United States Navy. List of lost United States submarines. List of most successful American submarines in World War II.
List of currently active United States military watercraft. The United States military has numerous types of watercraft, operated by the Navy, including Naval Special Warfare Command and Military Sealift Command, as well as the Coast Guard, Army and Air Force.
There are three major types of submarines in the United States Navy: ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines, and cruise missile submarines. All submarines currently in the U.S. Navy are nuclear-powered. Ballistic missile submarines have a single strategic mission of carrying nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
Attack submarines are designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships; project power ashore with Tomahawk cruise missiles and Special Operation Forces (SOF); carry out...
The Navy's ballistic missile submarines, often referred to as "boomers," serve as an undetectable launch platform for submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs).
2024 ships and submarines of the United States Navy Photo courtesy of the U.S. Navy. Naval Vessel Register, U.S. Navy Museum. For more information visit: www.nvr.navy.mil
Today’s submarine force is the most capable force in the world and the history of U.S. Navy, comprising 53 fast attack submarines, 14 ballistic-missile submarines and four guided-missile...
In the U.S. Navy the current Ohio Class SSBN will be replaced by the Columbia (SSBN-826) Class from the 2030s. Meanwhile the first of the Royal Navy’s Dreadnought Class submarines, which will replace the current Vanguard Class, has already been started.
Los Angeles (SSN 688)-class submarines are the backbone of the submarine force with 40 now in commission. Thirty Los Angeles-class SSNs are equipped with 12 Vertical Launch System tubes for...
The graphic depicts the 71 submarines currently on active duty, including Ohio -class ballistic missile submarines, Ohio -class guided missile submarines, and Los Angeles, Sea Wolf, and...