The
Seawolf-class attack submarines (SSN) are the
U.S. Navy's most advanced submarine class.
Seawolf boats are quieter than the previous
Los Angeles class, faster, have more torpedo tubes, and carry more weapons. They use the more advanced AN/BSY-2 combat system, which includes a new larger spherical sonar array, a wide aperture array (WAA), and a new towed-array sonar. Originally intended as a fleet of 29 submarines to be built over a ten-year period, the end of the
Cold War and budget constraints dropped that number to three and led to the design of the
Virginia class submarine.
General Characteristics
- Builders: [Electric Boat]?
- Displacement: 9,150 tons submerged
- Length: 350 feet
- Beam: 40 feet
- Draft: 35 feet
- Speed: 25+ knots submerged
- Depth: Greater than 800 feet
- Complement: 133
- Armament: eight 30-inch torpedo tubes, 50 torpedoes and missiles, or 100 mines
Ships
- [USS Seawolf (SSN 21)]?
- [USS Connecticut (SSN 22)]?
- [USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23)]?
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