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These Russian or Soviet submarines either suffered extensive crew casualties or were entirely lost to enemy action or to "storm or perils of the sea." A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost. A dagger (†) indicates that the boat was lost.
Prototype "fleet submarines"—submarines fast enough (21 knots (11 m/s)) to travel with battleships. Twice the size of any concurrent or past U.S. submarine. A poor tandem engine design caused the boats to be decommissioned by 1923 and scrapped in 1930.
The decommissioning of Russian nuclear-powered vessels is an issue of major concern to the United States and to Scandinavian countries [1] near Russia.From 1950 to 2003, the Soviet Union and its major successor state, Russia, constructed the largest nuclear-powered navy in the world, [2] with more ships than all other navies combined: [3] 248 submarines (91 attack submarines, 62 cruise missile ...
The Ship-Submarine Recycling Program (SRP) is the process that the United States Navy uses to dispose of decommissioned nuclear vessels. SRP takes place only at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard (PSNS) in Bremerton, Washington , but the preparations can begin elsewhere.
The George Washington class was a class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines deployed by the United States Navy. George Washington, along with the later Ethan Allen, Lafayette, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin classes, comprised the "41 for Freedom" group of submarines that represented the Navy's main contribution to the nuclear deterrent force through the late 1980s.
She is the first vessel to be named after the Commonwealth since the battleship USS Massachusetts (BB-59) was decommissioned in 1947. [6] Her keel was laid 11 December 2020 at Newport News Shipbuilding, in a virtual ceremony due to the COVID-19 pandemic. [2] She was christened by ship sponsor Sheryl Sandberg on 6 May 2023. [3]
The submarine was launched on 21 February 2008 and christened four months later, on 21 June 2008 in Groton, Connecticut, eight months ahead of schedule and $54 million under budget. [2] [10] New Hampshire finished sea trials and was delivered to the Navy on 28 August 2008. [11]
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]