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LOS ANGELES CLASS
SUBMARINE MODEL
The 62
vessels in the Los Angeles class submarines are nuclear
powered fast attack submarines equipped for
anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering,
show-of-force missions, insertion of Special Forces,
strike missions, mining and search and rescue. As of
2012, 42 of the class are still in commission. The top
speed of the submarines of the Los Angeles class is 30
to 33 knots. The
maximum diving depth is 1,475 ft.
Los Angeles submarine class built since 1982 are
equipped with a vertical launch missile system with
twelve launch tubes. The submarine is armed with both
the land-attack and anti-ship version of the Tomahawk
missile. Tomahawk can be
fitted with a nuclear warhead which is not normally
carried on the Los Angeles class. The anti-ship Tomahawk
missile is equipped with an inertial guidance and an
active radar and anti-radiation homing head. The range
is up to 450km.
Nine of the Los Angeles class submarines were deployed
in the Gulf War in 1991, during which Tomahawk missiles
were launched. 12 Los Angeles submarines were deployed
in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom in 2003. All 12 launched Tomahawk
missiles.
Los Angeles class submarines carry about 25 torpedo
tube-launched weapons, as well as Mark 67 and Mark 60
CAPTOR mines and were designed to launch Tomahawk cruise
missiles, and Harpoon missiles horizontally (from the
torpedo tubes). The last 31 boats of this class (Flight
II/688i) also have 12 dedicated vertical launching
system tubes for launching Tomahawks. The tube
configuration for the first two boats of Flight II
differed from the later ones: Providence and Pittsburgh
have four rows of three tubes vs. the inner two rows of
four and outer two rows of two tubes found on other
examples.
Los Angeles class
submarines were built in three successive flights: SSNs 688–718, SSNs 719–750, and SSNs 751–773. In
1982, after building 31 boats, the class underwent a
minor redesign. The following eight that made up the
second "flight" of subs had 12 new vertical launch
tubes that could fire Tomahawk missiles. The last 23
had a significant upgrade with the 688i improvement
program. These boats are quieter, with more advanced
electronics, sensors, and noise-reduction
technology. The diving planes are placed at the bow
rather than on the sail, and are retractable.
As of
2020, 32 of the Los Angeles class remain in commission —
more than any other class in the world — and they
account for more than half of the U.S. Navy's 53 fast
attack submarines. Of the 30 retired boats, a few were
in commission for nearly 40 years, including
USS Dallas
(SSN-700), USS Jacksonville (SSN-699) and USS Bremerton
(SSN-698).
Los Angeles class submarine in fiction
The Los
Angeles
class
has been a fixture in popular culture. Tom Clancy,
especially, featured the Los
Angeles submarine
prominently. In Clancy’s The
Hunt for Red October,
perhaps the seminal work of fiction involving modern
submarine warfare, the USS Dallas is
vital to the plot. He also includes the USS Chicago in Red
Storm Rising,
and the USS Cheyenne in SSN.
Clancy discusses the USS Miami in-depth
during the 1993 non-fiction book Submarine:
A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship.
This primarily wood USS Dallas submarine model is
1/200 scale, 22" long
x 6" tall x 4" wide (including the base's dimensions)
$1,593
 Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
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688 class:
SSN 689 USS Baton Rouge (1977)
SSN 690 USS Philadelphia (1977)
SSN 691 USS Memphis (1977)
SSN 692 USS Omaha (1978)
SSN 693 USS Cincinnati (1978)
SSN 694 USS Groton (1978)
SSN 695 USS Birmingham (1978)
SSN 696 USS New York City (1979)
SSN 697 USS Indianapolis (1980)
SSN 698 USS Bremerton (1981)
SSN 699 USS Jacksonville (1981)
SSN 700 USS Dallas (1981)
SSN 701 USS La Jolla (1981)
SSN 702 USS Phoenix (1981)
SSN 703 USS Boston (1982)
SSN 704 USS Baltimore (1982)
SSN 705 USS City of Corpus Christi (1983)
SSN 706 USS Albuquerque (1983)
SSN 707 USS Portsmouth (1983)
SSN 708 USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (1984)
SSN 709 USS Hyman G. Rickover (1984)
SSN 710 USS Augusta (1985)
SSN 711 USS San Francisco (1984)
SSN 712 USS Atlanta (1982)
SSN 713 USS Houston (1982)
SSN 714 USS Norfolk (1983)
SSN 715 USS Buffalo (1983)
SSN 716 USS Salt Lake City (1984)
SSN 717 USS Olympia (1984)
SSN 718 USS Honolulu (1985)
688 class / VLS:
SSN 719 USS Providence (1985)
SSN 720 USS Pittsburgh (1985)
SSN 721 USS Chicago (1986)
SSN 722 USS Key West (1987)
SSN 723 USS Oklahoma City (1988)
SSN 724 USS Louisville (1986)
SSN 725 USS Helena (1987)
SSN 750 USS Newport News (1989)
688I class (improved 688 class):
SSN 751 USS San Juan (1988)
SSN 752 USS Pasadena (1989)
SSN 753 USS Albany (1990)
SSN 754 USS Topeka (1989)
SSN 755 USS Miami (1990)
SSN 756 USS Scranton (1991)
SSN 757 USS Alexandria (1991)
SSN 758 USS Asheville (1991)
SSN 759 USS Jefferson City (1992)
SSN 760 USS Annapolis (1992)
SSN 761 USS Springfield (1993)
SSN 762 USS Columbus (1993)
SSN 763 USS Santa Fe (1993)
SSN 764 USS Boise (1992)
SSN 765 USS Montpelier (1993)
SSN 766 USS Charlotte (1994)
SSN 767 USS Hampton (1993)
SSN 768 USS Hartford (1994)
SSN 769 USS Toledo (1995)
SSN 770 USS Tucson (1995)
SSN 771 USS Columbia (1995)
SSN 772 USS Greeneville (1996)
SSN 773 USS Cheyenne (1996)
Learn more about the
Los Angeles class submarine here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles-class_submarine
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