There are three major types of submarines in the United States Navy: ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines, and cruise missile submarines. All submarines currently in the U.S. Navy are nuclear-powered. Ballistic missile submarines have a single strategic mission of carrying nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missiles.

Submarines of the United States Navy are built in classes, using a single design for a number of boats. Minor variations occur as improvements are incorporated into the design, so later boats of a class may be more capable than earlier. Also, boats are modified, sometimes extensively, while in service, creating departures from the class standard.

This is a list of submarines of the United States Navy, listed by hull number and by name. World's first combat submersible. Deployed in 1775. Failed mission to destroy HMS Eagle. Continental Army project. Experimental submarine built in 1862. Foundered in bad weather in 1863. First submarine of the United States Navy.

Today’s submarine force is the most capable force in the world and the history of U.S. Navy, comprising 53 fast attack submarines, 14 ballistic-missile submarines and four guided-missile...

Apr 1, 2024 · In the first of a kind, the U.S. Navy has fitted a new form of propulsion, magnetohydrodynamic drive (MHD), to a Virginia class submarine. This promises to make the submarine virtually undetectable, the holy grail of naval warfare.

Jan. 14 (UPI) -- The U.S. Navy is building four new nuclear submarines to supplement its aging fleet. "Today's submarine force is the most capable force in the world and in the history of...

Aug 12, 2024 · The United States submarine force consists of four operational classes – Ohio, Los Angeles, Seawolf, and Virginia – all of which are nuclear-powered. 1 The Ohio -class consists of 14 SSBNs that serve as the sea-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. 2 An additional four Ohio -class submarines are configured as SSGNs that possess both strike and Sp...

Jan 14, 2025 · Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro named three Virginia-class submarines on Monday to be the future USS Potomac (SSN 814), the future USS Norfolk (SSN 815), the future USS Brooklyn (SSN 816)...

Mar 20, 2024 · The Navy has the best submarine fleet in the world, which plays an integral role in national security — here's what you need to know about them.

Apr 5, 2019 · Today’s submarine force is the most capable force in the world and the history of the U.S. Navy. The composition of the current force consists of Los Angeles, Ohio, Seawolf, and Virginia -class...