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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.
Among the range of armaments used by the class were the Mark 48 torpedo, the Harpoon anti-ship missile, the Tomahawk cruise missile, and the SUBROC nuclear anti-submarine missile. [1] [7] Starting with USS Archerfish (SSN-678), the hull was lengthened by 10 ft (3 m) to allow a larger living and working space compared to previous boats of the class.
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 ...
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)
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).
The first nuclear-powered attack submarine was the US Navy's USS Nautilus, operational from 1954. This was followed by the four submarines of the Skate class entering service in 1957. The Royal Navy's first nuclear fleet submarine was HMS Dreadnought which by using an American reactor entered service in 1963.
World War II submarines of the United States (336 P) Pages in category "Submarines of the United States Navy" The following 61 pages are in this category, out of 61 total.