Los Angeles class submarine

Los Angeles-class attack submarine
USS Greeneville off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii.
Class Overview
Class Type	Attack Submarine
Class Name	In Honor of Los Angeles, California
Preceded By	Chronologically: Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine USS Narwhal USS Glenard P. Lipscomb By Type Sturgeon-class attack submarine
Succeeded By	Chronologically: Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine By Type: Seawolf-class attack submarine
Ships of the Class:	See the list below for the all ships of the Los Angeles'' class

The Los Angeles-class attack submarines (SSN) are the most numerous class of nuclear powered submarines built by any nation, and form the bulk of the U.S. attack submarine force as of 2004. They were preceded by the Sturgeon-class. Named after US cities, the class broke a long-standing Navy tradition of naming attack submarines after sea creatures. The boats are also colloquially referred to as "688-class" subs, after the hull classification symbol of the first boat, SSN-688.

LA-class submarines are extremely fast—they are publicly acknowledged as being faster than 25 knots (46 km/h, 29 mph), and it is widely believed that they can exceed 35 knots (65 km/h, 40 mph) under good conditions. They carry about 25 torpedo-tube launched weapons. Any boat of this class may launch a Tomahawk cruise missile from its horizontal torpedo tubes. The last 31 boats of this class also have 12 vertical launch tubes specifically for the purpose of launching Tomahawks.

The final 23 boats in the series, referred to as "688i," are even quieter, incorporate an advanced combat system, and are configured for under-ice operations (with diving planes on the bow and a reinforced sail). The Navy is phasing out older non-Vertical Launch System (VLS) Los Angeles-class attack submarines in favor of the Virginia-class attack submarines.

Specifications

* Builders: GD Electric Boat and Newport News Shipbuilding
* Displacement: 6,927 tons submerged
* Length: 360 ft (110 m)
* Beam: 33 ft (10 m)
* Draft: 32 ft (9.7 m)
* Armament:
** 4 x 21 in (533 mm) forward torpedo tubes
** on SSNs 719-725 and 750-773, 12 Vertical Launch System tubes
* Propulsion: S6G reactor
* Speed: 25+ knots (46 km/h) submerged, some sources say 35+ knots (Classified)
* Depth: greater than 800 ft (240 m)
* Complement: 140

Boats

Homeported at the Naval Submarine Base, Groton, Connecticut

* USS Philadelphia (SSN 690)
* USS Memphis (SSN 691)
* USS Dallas (SSN 700)
* USS Augusta (SSN 710)
* USS Providence (SSN 719)
* USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720)
* USS San Juan (SSN 751)
* USS Miami (SSN 755)
* USS Alexandria (SSN 757)
* USS Annapolis (SSN 760)
* USS Springfield (SSN 761)
* USS Hartford (SSN 768)
* USS Toledo (SSN 769)
* USS Albuquerque (SSN 706)

Homeported at the Naval Submarine Base, Norfolk, Virginia

* USS Jacksonville (SSN 699)
* USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN 708)
* USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709)
* USS Norfolk (SSN 714)
* USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723)
* USS Newport News (SSN 750)
* USS Albany (SSN 753)
* USS Scranton (SSN 756)
* USS Boise (SSN 764)
* USS Montpelier (SSN 765)
* USS Hampton (SSN 767)

Homeported at the Naval Submarine Base, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii

* USS Los Angeles (SSN 688)
* USS La Jolla (SSN 701)
* USS Buffalo (SSN 715)
* USS Olympia (SSN 717)
* USS Honolulu (SSN 718)
* USS Chicago (SSN 721)
* USS Key West (SSN 722)
* USS Louisville (SSN 724)
* USS Pasadena (SSN 752)
* USS Columbus (SSN 762)
* USS Santa Fe (SSN 763)
* USS Charlotte (SSN 766)
* USS Tucson (SSN 770)
* USS Columbia (SSN 771)
* USS Greeneville (SSN 772)
* USS Cheyenne (SSN 773)

Homeported at the Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

* USS Jacksonville (SSN 699)

Homeported at the Naval Submarine Base, San Diego, California

* USS Helena (SSN 725)
* USS Topeka (SSN 754)
* USS Asheville (SSN 758)
* USS Jefferson City (SSN 759)

Homeported at Naval Forces Marianas, Apra Harbor, Guam

* USS Houston (SSN 713)
* USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705)

Homeported at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington

* USS San Francisco (SSN 711) Will move to San Diego following repair.

Stricken, to be disposed of by submarine recycling

* USS Omaha (SSN 692)
* USS Cincinnati (SSN 693)
* USS Groton (SSN 694)
* USS Birmingham (SSN 695)
* USS New York City (SSN 696)
* USS Indianapolis (SSN 697)
* USS Phoenix (SSN 702)
* USS Baltimore (SSN 704)
* USS Portsmouth (SSN 707)
* USS Atlanta (SSN 712)

Disposed of by submarine recycling

* USS Baton Rouge (SSN 689)
* USS Boston (SSN 703)

Further information

* GlobalSecurity.org -- SSN-688 Los Angeles-class
* Role of the Modern Submarine
* World War II Submarine Veterans Oral History Project