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  2. List of submarines of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Turtle, an American submarine of the American Revolutionary War; H. L. Hunley, a human-powered submarine of the American Civil War in the early 1860s, operated by the Confederate States Army. The United States Navy operated several captured U-boats for publicity and testing purposes. Some were commissioned into the Navy.

  3. Ohio-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    The Ohio class was designed in the 1970s to carry the concurrently designed Trident submarine-launched ballistic missile. The first eight Ohio-class submarines were armed at first with 24 Trident I C4 SLBMs. [6] Beginning with the ninth Trident submarine, Tennessee, the remaining boats were equipped with the larger, three-stage Trident II D5 ...

  4. List of submarine classes of the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. United States Navy submarine bases - Wikipedia

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    The submarine tender allowed the submarine to operate at its patrol area longer, operating out of advanced bases in the field. This reduced the need to return to permanent bases farther away. Other early Submarine Tenders, Auxiliary Submarine ship, known as "AS", were USS Alert, USS Camden US Rainbow and USS Canopus.

  6. List of United States Navy ships named after US states

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    The Ohio-class of ballistic missile submarines has 17 boats with state names, and the Seawolf-class (attack subs), the Columbia-class (missile subs) and the San Antonio-class of amphibious transport docks use one name each, for a total of 48.

  7. USS Ohio (SSGN-726) - Wikipedia

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    USS Ohio (SSBN-726/SSGN-726), the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. state of Ohio. She was commissioned with the hull designation of SSBN-726, and with her conversion to a guided missile submarine she was re-designated SSGN ...

  8. Submarines in the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    Submarines have been active component of the US Navy ever since. The boat was developed at Lewis Nixon's Crescent Shipyard located in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This pioneering craft was in service for 10 years and was a developmental and trials vessel for many systems on other early submarines.

  9. 41 for Freedom - Wikipedia

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    The 41 submarines were ultimately superseded in service by the Ohio class, the first of which was commissioned in 1981. USS Kamehameha, operating as a SEAL platform in her later years, was decommissioned on 2 April 2002, the last boat of the original "41 for Freedom" submarines in commission, and the oldest submarine in the US Navy. Almost 37 ...