Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy. Also known as the 688 class (pronounced...
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Skipjacks were the fastest U.S. nuclear submarines until the Los Angeles-class submarines, the first of which entered service in 1974. The Skipjacks' design...
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class was the intended successor to the Los Angeles class, and design work began in 1983. A fleet of 29 submarines was to be built over a ten-year period...
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scheduled to replace older Los Angeles-class submarines, many of which have already been decommissioned. Virginia-class submarines will be acquired through...
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USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), lead ship of her class of submarines, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Los Angeles, California...
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submarine fleet throughout much of the Cold War. The boats were phased out in the 1990s and early 21st century, as their successors, the Los Angeles,...
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USS Baton Rouge (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Baton Rouge (SSN-689) was a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered attack submarine which served with the United States Navy. With her keel laid down on...
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Los Angeles International Airport, the primary airport serving the Greater Los Angeles Area Los Angeles-class submarine, a boat class USS Los Angeles (ID-1470)...
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USS Topeka (SSN-754) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Topeka (SSN-754) is a Los Angeles-class submarine and the third United States Navy vessel to be named for Topeka, Kansas. The contract to build her...
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USS Albany (SSN-753) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Albany (SSN-753) is a Los Angeles-class submarine, the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Albany, New York. The contract to build...
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operates three classes of fast attack submarine: the Los Angeles, Seawolf, and Virginia classes. There are 34 Los Angeles-class submarines on active duty...
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USS Olympia (SSN-717) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
(SSN-717) is a Los Angeles-class submarine of the United States Navy. She is the 30th Los Angeles class nuclear powered fast attack submarine. Olympia is...
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submarines. In 2004, a Chinese researcher reported that the Type 094 had an acoustic signature of 120 decibels, comparable to the Los Angeles-class submarine...
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USS Key West (SSN-722) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Key West (SSN-722), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named after Key West, Florida. The contract to...
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USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Cheyenne (SSN-773), the final Los Angeles-class submarine, is the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cheyenne, Wyoming. The contract...
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USS City of Corpus Christi (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN-705), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for Corpus Christi, Texas...
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Permit-class submarine (known as the Thresher class until the lead boat USS Thresher was lost) was a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (hull...
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USS San Francisco (SSN-711) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS San Francisco (SSN-711) is a Los Angeles-class nuclear submarine, the third ship or boat of the United States Navy to be named for San Francisco,...
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USS Providence (SSN-719) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Providence (SSN-719), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is the fifth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for Providence, Rhode Island. The contract...
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USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Pittsburgh (SSN-720) is a Los Angeles-class submarine and is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The...
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USS Miami (SSN-755) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Miami (SSN-755) was a Los Angeles-class submarine of the United States Navy. She was the third vessel of the U.S. Navy to be named after Miami, Florida...
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USS La Jolla (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS La Jolla (SSN-701/MTS-701), a Los Angeles-class submarine, is named for La Jolla, California. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric...
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The Collins-class submarines are Australian-built diesel-electric submarines operated by the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). The Collins class takes its name...
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USS Chicago (SSN-721) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Chicago (SSN-721) is a Los Angeles-class submarine, the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the city of Chicago, Illinois. The contract...
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USS Columbia (SSN-771) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
Improved (688i) Los Angeles-class attack submarine of the United States Navy. Commissioned in 1995, the submarine is assigned to Submarine Squadron 7 and...
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USS New York City (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS New York City (SSN-696) was a Los Angeles-class submarine and the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named specifically for New York City...
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USS Annapolis (SSN-760) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Annapolis (SSN-760), is the tenth "improved" Los Angeles-class submarine. Annapolis is the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Annapolis...
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electricity generation and propulsion on Los Angeles-class attack submarines. The S6G designation stands for: S = Submarine platform 6 = Sixth generation core...
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USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Minneapolis–Saint Paul (SSN-708), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the first vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the metropolitan area...
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USS Boston (SSN-703) (category Los Angeles-class submarines)
USS Boston (SSN-703), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named for Boston, Massachusetts. The contract...
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