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requirements concurrently with the construction of the first units, with seawater, main ballast, and other systems modified for improved safety. The biggest difference was the much larger sail, which permitted a second periscope and additional intelligence-gathering masts, and which reduced the risk
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were located amidships to accommodate the bow-mounted sonar. The bow covering the sonar sphere was made from steel or glass reinforced plastic (GRP), both varieties having been produced both booted and not booted. Booted domes are covered with a half-inch layer of rubber. The GRP domes improved the
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was outfitted with Raytheon Harmonic Power Conditioners which eliminated an electrical bus noise problem that was inherent in the class. This was done by harmonic conditioning of the power system. This successful feature was later outfitted on the entire
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s was retained, including the bow compartment, operations compartment, reactor compartment, auxiliary machinery room no. 2, and the engine room. The extra length was in the operations compartment, including longer torpedo racks to accommodate additional
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received an additional 100-foot (30 m) hull extension containing cable tapping equipment that brought her total length to 401 feet (122 m). A number of the long hull
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s trial of turbo-electric propulsion was not considered successful due to lower speed - top speed was 23 knots (43 km/h), 5 knots slower than the
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bow sonar sphere performance; though for intelligence gathering missions, the towed-array sonar was normally used as it was a much more sensitive array.
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s were lengthened 10 feet (3 m) to provide more space for electronic equipment and habitability. The extra space also helped facilitate the use of
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drive from the steam turbines. The massive motor and associated generators required her to be lengthened to 365 ft 0 in (111.25 m). The
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mounted on the sail could rotate 90 degrees, allowing the submarine to surface through thin ice. Because the
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from the 1960s until 2004. They were the "workhorses" of the Navy's attack submarine fleet throughout much of the
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boats and related submarines were modifications of the original designs to test ways to reduce noise.
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The class received mid-life upgrades in the 1980s, including the BQQ-5 sonar suite with a retractable
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were involved in top-secret reconnaissance missions, including cable tap operations in the
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and a direct-drive turbine, along with several other quieting features. Unlike the
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attached to the ship's midships weapons shipping hatch, facilitating the use of
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Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines
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s' top speed was 26 knots (48 km/h), 2 knots slower than the
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Jane's Submarines, War Beneath The Waves, From 1776 To The Present Day
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that directly preceded them. The five-compartment arrangement of the
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s - and a lack of reliability, and she was decommissioned in 1989.
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Photo galleries of US nuclear attack submarines at NavSource.org
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s were essentially lengthened and improved variants of the
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U.S. Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History
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This article includes information collected from the
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List of submarine classes of the United States Navy
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regulations due to her unique main seawater system.
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New York: Harper and Row. p. 58. 1102:One other Navy vessel was based on the 361:Mark 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mines 2269: 1400: 1381: 1161: 1159: 1157: 1155: 1153: 1151: 596:among others were outfitted with SHT ( 485:s), the sail was enlarged (increasing 1846: 1478: 1292:: Greenwood Press. pp. 287–289. 1174: 288:(28 km/h; 17 mph) surfaced 1148: 13: 2193:Auxiliary submarines - AGSS or SSA 612:for main propulsion rather than a 563: 301:Unlimited, except by food supplies 246:24 ft 5 in (7.44 m) 238:31 ft 8 in (9.65 m) 14: 2303: 1441: 760:List of Sturgeon-class submarines 753: 337:Mark 48 and Mk-48 ADCAP torpedoes 1419: 1192: 469:the surface in heavy seas. The 103: 24: 1873:US submarine classes after 1945 424:-class boats, entered service. 1248: 1239: 1213: 1168: 1097: 61:General Dynamics Electric Boat 1: 1263:. William Morrow Paperbacks. 1136: 771: 477:was used (the same as in the 1881:ballistic missile submarines 1141: 1004: 7: 1405:. 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General Dynamics Electric Boat
General Dynamics Quincy
Ingalls Shipbuilding
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
New York Shipbuilding
Newport News Shipbuilding
Mare Island Naval Shipyard
United States Navy
Thresher/Permit class
Los Angeles class
Nuclear-powered
attack submarine
long tons
S5W
pressurized water reactor
steam turbines
knots
21 inch (533 mm)
torpedo tubes
Mark 48 and Mk-48 ADCAP torpedoes
Harpoon missiles
Tomahawk missiles
SUBROC
Mark 67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mines
CAPTOR mines
nuclear-powered
submarines
SSN
United States Navy

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