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Pre–World War I Class name No. Laid down Last comm. Notes Alligator [1]: 1: 1861: 1862: First submarine in the U.S. Navy. Purpose was to protect wooden ships against ironclads.
List of submarines of World War II; List of United States Navy ships; List of United States Navy losses in World War II § Submarines (SS) - abbreviated list; List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § Submarine (SS) - detailed list; The NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft was a non-commissioned nuclear submarine operated by ...
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 ...
General Motors Cleveland Model 16-248 diesel engine Fairbanks-Morse Model 38D8⅛ diesel engine. Twelve submarines of this class built by Electric Boat (SS-253 to SS-264) received what would be the final installations of the Hooven-Owens-Rentschler (H.O.R.) double-acting diesel engine. The Navy had been tinkering with this engine off and on ...
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.
USS George Washington Carrier Strike Group underway in the Atlantic USS Constitution under sail for the first time in 116 years on 21 July 1997 The United States Navy has approximately 470 ships in both active service and the reserve fleet; of these approximately 50 ships are proposed or scheduled for retirement by 2028, while approximately 95 new ships are in either the planning and ordering ...
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)
List of most successful American submarines in World War II; List of United States submarines designated as memorials; Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratory; United States Naval Undersea Museum; Submarine Force Library and Museum