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USS Indiana (SSN-789) is a nuclear powered United States Navy Virginia-class attack submarine, named for the State of Indiana.She is the sixteenth of her class and sixth of the significantly redesigned Block III, including a revised bow and VLS technology from the Ohio-class of guided missile submarines. [12]
Nine nuclear submarines have sunk, either by accident or by scuttling. The Soviet Navy lost five (one of which sank twice), the Russian Navy two, and the United States Navy (USN) two. Three submarines were lost with all hands: the two from the United States Navy (129 and 99 lives lost) and one from the Russian Navy (118 lives lost).
Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship is a non-fiction book written by Tom Clancy and defense systems analyst John D. Gresham. Released on November 1, 1993, it is the first entry in Clancy's Guided Tour series of non-fiction books, which explore several different facets of the United States military.
Navies across the world have been working to make their compact submarines more suitable for the modern-day sailor. Cramped and heavily armed — see what life is like aboard a nuclear submarine ...
Pages in category "United States submarine accidents" ... Johnson Sea Link accident; K. USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) L. ... USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) Submarine incident off ...
Commissioned in 1958, the USS Growler patrolled seas off the coast of Russia during the Cold War. I toured the only nuclear missile submarine in the US open to the public. Take a look inside.
During an underwater tour of Catalina Island, passengers aboard the SS Nautilus couldn't avoid thinking about the loss of the Titan submersible -- but that didn't stop them from boarding.
USS San Francisco in a dry dock, after hitting an underwater mountain 350 miles (560 km) south of Guam in 2005 This article describes major accidents and incidents involving submarines and submersibles since 2000. 2000s 2000 Kursk explosion Main article: Kursk submarine disaster In August 2000, the Russian Oscar II-class submarine Kursk sank in the Barents Sea when a leak of high-test peroxide ...