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  2. Submarine depth ratings - Wikipedia

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    This is the maximum depth at which a submarine is permitted to operate under normal peacetime circumstances, and is tested during sea trials.The test depth is set at two-thirds (0.66) of the design depth for United States Navy submarines, while the Royal Navy sets test depth at 4/7 (0.57) the design depth, and the German Navy sets it at exactly one-half (0.50) of design depth.

  3. Ohio-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    The US Navy has a total of 18 Ohio-class submarines which consist of 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs). The SSBN submarines provide the sea-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Each SSBN submarine is armed with up to 20 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM).

  4. Los Angeles-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    The U.S. Navy gives the maximum operating depth of the Los Angeles class as 650 ft (200 m), [16] while Patrick Tyler, in his book Running Critical, suggests a maximum operating depth of 950 ft (290 m). [17] Although Tyler cites the 688-class design committee for this figure, [18] the government has not commented on it.

  5. 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 ...

  6. Submarines in the United States Navy - Wikipedia

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    The USS Holland was the first submarine in the US Navy, commissioned on April 1, 1900. 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 ...

  7. Seawolf-class submarine - Wikipedia

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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.

  8. Virginia-class submarine - Wikipedia

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    The Virginia class, or the SSN-774 class, is the newest class of nuclear-powered cruise missile fast attack submarines in service with the United States Navy.The class is designed for a broad spectrum of open-ocean and littoral missions, including anti-submarine warfare and intelligence gathering operations. [10]

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

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    Download as PDF; Printable version; ... set the submerged depth record in 1915, 256 feet (78 m). ... List of submarines of the United States Navy.