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List Of Submarine Classes In Service
The list of submarine classes in service includes all submarine classes currently in service with navies or other armed forces worldwide. For surface combatants, see the list of naval ship classes in service. Ballistic missile submarines Cruise missile submarines Nuclear-powered attack submarines Non-nuclear attack submarines with air-independent propulsion (AIP) * ''Agosta-90B class submarine'' ** Builder: ** Displacement: 1,725 tons ** Operators: *** : 3 in service * ** Builder: , ** Displacement: 1,800 tons ** Operators: : 2 building * (Dolphin-2; AIP-variant) ** Builder: ** Displacement: 1,900 tons ** Operator: : 3 AIP in-service/sea trials, 3 AIP ordered * ** Builder: , ** Displacement: 1,647 tons ** Operators: : 3 in service * ''Qing''-class submarine **Builder: ** Displacement: 6,628 tons ** Operator: : 1 in service * ** Builder: ** Displacement: 3,426 tons ** Operator: : 1 in service; 3 more building * ** Builder: / ** Displacem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Submarine
A submarine (often shortened to sub) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. (It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability.) The term "submarine" is also sometimes used historically or informally to refer to remotely operated vehicles and Autonomous underwater vehicle, robots, or to medium-sized or smaller vessels (such as the midget submarine and the wet sub). Submarines are referred to as ''boats'' rather than ''ships'' regardless of their size. Although experimental submarines had been built earlier, submarine design took off during the 19th century, and submarines were adopted by several navies. They were first used widely during World War I (1914–1918), and are now used in many navy, navies, large and small. Their military uses include: attacking enemy surface ships (merchant and military) or other submarines; aircraft carrier protection; Blockade runner, blockade running; Ballistic missile submarine, nuclear deterrenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attack Submarine
An attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine is a submarine specifically designed for the purpose of attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants, and merchant vessels. In the Soviet Navy, Soviet and Russian Navy, Russian navies they were and are called "multi-purpose submarines". They are also used to protect friendly surface combatants and Ballistic missile submarine, missile submarines. Some attack subs are also armed with submarine-launched cruise missile, cruise missiles, increasing the scope of their potential missions to include land targets. Attack submarines may be either nuclear marine propulsion, nuclear-powered or diesel–electric ("conventionally") powered. In the United States Navy hull classification symbol, naming system, and in the equivalent NATO system (STANAG 1166), nuclear-powered attack submarines are known as SSN (hull classification symbol), SSNs and their anti-submarine warfare, anti-submarine (ASW) diesel–electric predecessors are SSK ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agosta-class Submarine
The ''Agosta''-class submarine is a class of diesel-electric attack submarine developed and constructed by the French DCNS in the 1970s to succeed the submarines. The submarines have served in the French Navy as well as exported to the navies of Spain and Pakistan. It also used by Royal Malaysian Navy for the training purpose. They were replaced in French service by the nuclear attack submarines but are still in active service with the navies of Spain and Pakistan. The French Navy grouped this model of submarine in their most capable class as an ''océanique'', meaning "ocean-going." The ''Agosta'' class is named for its lead unit, , which in turn was named for the Battle of Augusta () of 22 April 1676. Ships French Navy built by Arsenal de Cherbourg * ''Agosta'' (S 620) – Completed 1977 – Decommissioned 1997 * ''Bévéziers'' (S 621) – Completed 1977 – Decommissioned 1998 * ''La Praya'' (S 622) – Completed 1978 – Decommissioned 2000 * (S 623) – Complete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Air-independent Propulsion
Air-independent propulsion (AIP), or air-independent power, is any marine propulsion technology that allows a non-nuclear submarine to operate without access to atmospheric oxygen (by surfacing or using a snorkel). AIP can augment or replace the diesel-electric propulsion system of non-nuclear vessels. Modern non-nuclear submarines are potentially stealthier than nuclear submarines; although some modern submarine reactors are designed to rely on natural circulation, most naval nuclear reactors use pumps to constantly circulate the reactor coolant, generating some amount of detectable noise. Non-nuclear submarines running on battery power or AIP, on the other hand, can be virtually silent. While nuclear-powered designs still dominate in submergence times, speed, range and deep-ocean performance, small, high-tech non-nuclear attack submarines can be highly effective in coastal operations and pose a significant threat to less-stealthy and less-maneuverable nuclear submarines. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Virginia-class Submarine
The ''Virginia'' class, or the SSN-774 class, is a class of nuclear-powered attack submarine with cruise missile capability 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. They are scheduled to replace older ''Los Angeles''-class attack submarines, many of which have already been decommissioned, as well as four cruise missile submarine variants of the ''Ohio''-class submarines. ''Virginia''-class submarines will be acquired through 2043, and are expected to remain in service until at least 2060, with later submarines expected to operate into the 2070s. On 14 March 2023, the trilateral Australian-British-American security pact known as AUKUS announced that the Royal Australian Navy would purchase three ''Virginia''-class submarines as a stopgap measure between the retirement of their conventionally powered s and the acquisition of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor-class Submarine
The Victor class, Soviet designations Project 671 ''Yorsh'', Project 671RT ''Syomga'' and Project 671RTM/RTMK ''Shchuka'', (List of NATO reporting names for submarines, NATO reporting names Victor I, Victor II and Victor III, respectively), are series of Nuclear submarine, nuclear-powered attack submarines built in the Soviet Union and operated by the Soviet Navy. Since the 1960s, 48 units were built in total, of which the last remaining are currently in service with the Russian Navy. The Victor-class submarines featured a Teardrop hull, teardrop shape, allowing them to travel at high speed. These vessels were primarily designed to protect Soviet surface fleets and to attack United States Navy, American ballistic missile submarines. Project 671 began in 1959 with the design task assigned to SKB-143 (one of the predecessors of the Malakhit Marine Engineering Bureau). Versions Project 671 ''Yorsh'' (Victor I) Soviet designation Project 671 ''Yorsh'' (ruffe)—was the initial ty ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sierra-class Submarine
The Sierra class, Soviet designations Project 945 ''Barrakuda'' and Project 945A ''Kondor'', (List of NATO reporting names for submarines, NATO reporting names Sierra I and Sierra II respectively), are a series of Nuclear submarine, nuclear-powered attack submarines intended for the Soviet Navy and currently in service with the Russian Navy. The class resembles the in having a light and strong titanium pressure hull which enables the submarines of the class to dive to greater depths, reduce the level of radiated noise and increase resistance to torpedo attacks. It is powered by a single OK-650 pressurized water reactor. The upgraded version, the Sierra II class was specifically developed for search and destroy missions against US nuclear submarines. It has speeds and diving depth greater than its American counterparts at the time it was designed. It has also improved quieting and sonar. Versions Project 945 ''Barrakuda'' (Sierra I) The first submarine of the Project 945, ''C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Jimmy Carter
USS ''Jimmy Carter'' (SSN-23) is the third and final nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine in the United States Navy. Commissioned in 2005, she is named for the 39th president of the United States, Jimmy Carter, the only president to have qualified on submarines. The only submarine to have been named for a living president, ''Jimmy Carter'' is also one of the few vessels, and only the third submarine of the US Navy, to have been named for a living person. Extensively modified from the original design of her class, she is sometimes described as a subclass unto herself. History Construction The contract to build ''Jimmy Carter'' was to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 29 June 1996, and her keel was laid on 5 December 1998. Original schedules called for ''Jimmy Carter'' to be commissioned in late 2001 or early 2002. Electric Boat was awarded an $887 million extension to the ''Jimmy Carter'' contract on 10 December 1999 to mod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seawolf-class Submarine
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 , and design work began in 1983. A fleet of 29 submarines was to be built over a ten-year period, but that was reduced to 12 submarines. The end of the Cold War and budget constraints led to the cancellation of any further additions to the fleet in 1995, leaving the ''Seawolf'' class limited to just three boats. This, in turn, led to the design of the smaller . The ''Seawolf'' class cost about $3 billion per unit ($3.5 billion for ), making it the most expensive United States Navy fast attack submarine and second most expensive submarine ever, after the French nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines. Design The ''Seawolf'' design was intended to combat the threat of advanced Soviet ballistic missile submarines such as the , and attack submarines such as the in a deep-ocean environment. ''Seawolf' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rubis-class Submarine
The ''Rubis'' class is a class of nuclear-powered attack submarines operated by the French Navy. It originally comprised six boats, the first entering service in 1983 and the last in 1993. Two additional units originally planned were cancelled as a result of post-Cold War budget cuts. All submarines of the ''Rubis'' class have been based at Toulon and are part of the ''Escadrille de sous-marins nucléaires d'attaque''. Smaller than contemporary designs of other major world navies, the ''Rubis'' class shares many of its system designs with the conventionally-powered . In the late 1980s, the ''Rubis'' class was proposed to Canada in the context of their plan to acquire nuclear-powered submarines. The submarines of the class were built in two batches, with the final two built to an improved standard to reduce noise emissions that plagued the original design. Dubbed the AMÉTHYSTE rebuild, the first four hulls were refitted to its standard until they were practically indistinguishab ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles-class Submarine
The ''Los Angeles'' class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines ( SSN) in service with the United States Navy. Also known as the 688 class (pronounced "six-eighty-eight") after the hull number of lead vessel , 62 were built from 1972 to 1996, the latter 23 to an improved 688i standard. As of 2024, 24 of the ''Los Angeles'' class remain in commission—more than any other class in the world—and they account for almost half of the U.S. Navy's 50 fast attack submarines. Submarines of this class are named after American towns and cities, such as Albany, New York; Los Angeles, California; and Tucson, Arizona, with the exception of , named for the " father of the nuclear Navy." This was a change from traditionally naming attack submarines after marine animals, such as or . Rickover explained the decision to name the submarines after cities (and occasionally politicians influential in defense issues) by observing that "fish don't vote." Development In the lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Han-class Submarine
The Type 091 (NATO reporting name: Han class) is a first-generation nuclear-powered attack submarine produced by China. It was the People Liberation Army Navy's (PLAN) first nuclear submarine, and the first indigenously produced nuclear attack submarine in Asia. History China's nuclear submarine program, "09 Project", was authorized by the Central Military Commission and Mao Zedong in July 1958. In October 1959, Mao ordered the program to proceed after the Soviets refused to assist. Work was slowed by the Great Leap Forward and the nuclear weapons program, which had priority and used similar resources. The submarine program was postponed in March 1963 and resumed in March 1965 after China's first nuclear weapons test. Research on foreign civilian nuclear marine propulsion continued during the pause. A loop-based nuclear reactor was selected over a more powerful but also more complex integrated design in July 1965; it most resembled the reactor used by the Japanese '' Mutsu''. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
