What’s more, submarines, like the Los Angeles-class attack submarine, require just a fraction of the crew to operate that an American flattop needs (even with the advanced automation practices ...
On April 2, the launch of the last Los Angeles class submarine took place at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Congressman James B. Longley, Jr. of Maine, a member of the National Security ...
The Los Angeles-class is a vaunted nuclear-powered fast attack submarine also known as the 688 class. The original 688 class was constructed from 1972 until 1996 before an improved 688i version ...
However, one of its main tactical advantages is that it can operate around 10 times more quietly than even the quietest Los Angeles-class submarines. Its silence makes the Seawolf capable of ...
The final former USS Norfolk (SSN-714) was a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine that entered service in 1983. She was decommissioned in 2014. The future SSN-815 will fill a ...
The Boise and two other Los Angeles-class submarines have long awaited repairs that the Navy doesn't have the capacity to perform, so the service has contracted the labor to private shipyards.