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List submarines of the United States Navy, by hull number and boat name Hull number Name Notes Turtle: World's first combat submersible. Deployed in 1775. Failed mission to destroy HMS Eagle. Continental Army project. Alligator: Experimental submarine built in 1862. Foundered in bad weather in 1863. First submarine of the United States Navy.
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.
In 1920 the U.S. Navy Department established a standard Type and Class letter designation system. "SS" was established as the two-letter class designation for Submarine (first line). In addition to a name, each U.S. submarine carries a Class designation followed by an assigned hull number.
United States: 7,000 United States Navy: 24: 62: 0: 35 submarines retired Rubis class France: 2,670 French Navy: 2: 6: 0: 4 retired Seawolf class (SSN-21) United States: 9,300 United States Navy: 3: 3: 0: 29 originally planned, 3rd in class built substantially modified for special missions Shang class (Type 093) People's Republic of China ...
Fact File: Attack Submarines - SSN. United States Navy. "Fact File: Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines - SSBN". United States Navy. "Submarine Service: Operations and Support". Royal Navy. "SSBN-726 Ohio-Class FBM Submarines". Federation of American Scientists.
Pages in category "World War II submarines of the United States" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 336 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of submarines of World War II, which began with the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939 and ended with the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945. Germany used submarines to devastating effect in the Battle of the Atlantic , where it attempted to cut Britain's supply routes by sinking more merchant ships than Britain ...
Nuclear submarines of the United States Navy (15 C, 206 P) R. Research submarines of the United States (11 P) S. Ships sunk by American submarines (1 C, 188 P)