Los Angeles class
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The Los Angeles class is a series of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines that formed the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s undersea fleet during the late Cold War and beyond.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Navy submarine class
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nuclear-powered attack submarine class ⓘ |
| armament |
21-inch torpedo tubes
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Mk 48 torpedoes NERFINISHED ⓘ UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles NERFINISHED ⓘ UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles NERFINISHED ⓘ mines ⓘ |
| beam | approximately 10 meters ⓘ |
| builtBy |
Electric Boat
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Newport News Shipbuilding NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict |
Cold War
ⓘ
Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) ⓘ
surface form:
War in Afghanistan
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| crewComplement | approximately 130 ⓘ |
| crewComposition | officers and enlisted personnel ⓘ |
| designedBy | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| displacementSubmerged | approximately 6927 tons ⓘ |
| displacementSurfaced | approximately 6080 tons ⓘ |
| draft | approximately 9.4 meters ⓘ |
| feature |
under-ice operations capability in improved units
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vertical launch system for Tomahawk missiles in later units ⓘ |
| firstCommissionedUnit | USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) GENERATED ⓘ |
| firstUnit | USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hullConfiguration | single-hull ⓘ |
| hullMaterial | steel ⓘ |
| lastCommissionedYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| lastUnit | USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| leadShip | USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 110.3 meters ⓘ |
| maximumSpeedSubmerged | over 30 knots ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Los Angeles, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| navalService | United States Navy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | formed the backbone of the U.S. Navy attack submarine force for decades ⓘ |
| numberBuilt | 62 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Navy ⓘ |
| periodOfProminence |
late Cold War
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post–Cold War era ⓘ |
| precededBy | Sturgeon class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
deterrence
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power projection ⓘ sea control ⓘ |
| propulsion | one shaft with single screw ⓘ |
| propulsionType | nuclear-powered ⓘ |
| reactorType | S6G pressurized water reactor ⓘ |
| role |
anti-submarine warfare platform
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anti-surface warfare platform ⓘ attack submarine ⓘ intelligence gathering platform ⓘ special operations support platform ⓘ strike warfare platform ⓘ |
| serviceEntryYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| status |
partially decommissioned
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partially in active service ⓘ |
| submarineType | fast attack submarine ⓘ |
| succeededBy |
Seawolf class
NERFINISHED
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Virginia class NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testDepth | over 650 feet ⓘ |
| variant |
Flight I
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Flight II NERFINISHED ⓘ Flight III (688i Improved Los Angeles class) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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