INTRODUCTION -
A submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability. The term most commonly refers to a large, crewed, autonomous vessel. It is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots, as well as medium-sized or smaller vessels, such as the midget submarine and the wet sub.
Most large submarines consist of a cylindrical body with hemispherical (and/or conical) ends and a vertical structure, usually located amidships, which houses communications and sensing devices as well as periscopes. In modern submarines, this structure is the "sail" in American usage, and "fin" in European usage. A "conning tower" was a feature of earlier designs: a separate pressure hull above the main body of the boat that allowed the use of shorter periscopes. There is a propeller (or pump jet) at the rear, and various hydrodynamic control fins as well as ballast tanks. Smaller, deep diving and specialty submarines may deviate significantly from this traditional layout.
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10) GEORGE WASHINGTON CLASS :-
| Succeeded by: | Ethan Allen |
| Built: | 1958–1961 |
| In commission: | 1959–1985 |
| Completed: | 5 |
| Retired: | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | SSBN |
| Displacement: | 5,400 tons light 5,959–6,019 tons surfaced 6,709–6,888 Approx. tons submerged |
| Length: | 381.6 ft (116.3 m) |
| Beam: | 33 ft (10 m) |
| Draft: | 29 ft (8.8 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 S5W PWR 2 geared turbines at 15,000shp 1 Screw |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) surfaced +25 knots (46 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Test depth: | 700 ft (210 m) |
| Capacity: | 112 (Crew Only) |
| Complement: | Two crews (Blue/Gold) each consisting of 12 officers and 100 men. |
| Armament: | 16 Polaris A1/A3 missiles 6 × 21 inches (530 mm) torpedotubes |
9) GERMAN TYPE U31 :-
| Builders: | Germaniawerft, Kiel |
| Operators: | Kaiserliche Marine |
| Preceded by: | Type U 27 |
| Succeeded by: | Type U 43 |
| In commission: | 3 September 1914 |
| Completed: | 11 |
| Lost: | 7 |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | 685 tonnes (674 long tons) (surfaced) 878 tonnes (864 long tons) (submerged) 971 tons (total) |
| Length: | 64.4 m (211 ft) (overall) 52.36 m (pressure hull) |
| Beam: | 6.32 m (20.7 ft) (overall) 4.05 m (pressure hull) |
| Draught: | 3.56 m (11.7 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 1,850 hp (1,380 kW) (surfaced) 880 kilowatts (1,180 hp) (submerged) |
| Speed: | 16.7 knots (30.9 km/h; 19.2 mph) (surfaced) 9.8 knots (18.1 km/h; 11.3 mph) (submerged) |
| Range: | 8,790 nautical miles (16,280 km; 10,120 mi) @ 8 kn (surfaced) 80 nautical miles (150 km; 92 mi) @ 5 kn(submerged) |
| Complement: | 35 men |
| Armament: | four 50 cm (20 in) torpedo tubes (2 each bow and stern, 6 torpedoes one or two 7.5 cm (3.0 in) – 10.5 centimetres (4.1 in) deck guns |
8) TYPHOON CLASS SUBMARINE :-
| Name: | Akula (Акула) (NATO: Typhoon) |
| Builders: | Rubin Design Bureau |
| Operators: | Soviet Navy Russian Navy |
| Preceded by: | Delta class submarine |
| Succeeded by: | Borei class submarine |
| In commission: | December 12, 1981 |
| Planned: | 8 (2 later cancelled) |
| Completed: | 6 |
| Retired: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Ballistic missile submarine |
| Displacement: | 23,200–24,500 t (22,830–24,110 long tons) surfaced 33,800–48,000 t (33,270–47,240 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 175 m (574 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 23 m (75 ft 6 in) |
| Draught: | 12 m (39 ft 4 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × OK-650 pressurized-water nuclear reactors, 190 MW (254,800 hp) each 2 × VV-type steam turbines, 37 MW (49,600 hp) each 2 shafts with 7-bladed shrouded screws |
| Speed: | 22.22 knots (41.15 km/h; 25.57 mph) surfaced 27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph) submerged |
| Endurance: | 120 days submerged |
| Test depth: | 400 m (1,300 ft) |
| Complement: | 160 |
| Armament: | 1 × 9K38 Igla SAM 2 × 658 mm (26 in) torpedo tubes • RPK-7 Vodopad AShMs • Type 65K torpedoes 4 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes • RPK-2 Viyuga cruise missiles • Type 53 torpedoes D-19 launch system • 20 × RSM-52 SLBMs |
| Notes: | Ships in class include: TK-208,TK-202 TK-12, TK-13 TK-17, TK-20,TK-210 |
7) I- 400 CLASS SUBMARINE :-
| Operators: | Imperial Japanese Navy |
| Cost: | 28,861,000 JPY in 1942 |
| Built: | January 18, 1943 to July 24, 1945 |
| In commission: | 1944–45 |
| Planned: | 18 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Cancelled: | 15 |
| Active: | 0 |
| Lost: | 3 |
| Retired: | 0 |
| Preserved: | 0 |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: | 6,560 long tons (6,670 t) |
| Length: | 122 m (400 ft) |
| Beam: | 12.0 m (39.4 ft) |
| Draft: | 7.0 m (23.0 ft) |
| Propulsion: | 4 diesels: 1,680 kW (2,250 hp) each, surface 2 electric motors: 1,600 kW (2,100 hp) each, submerged |
| Speed: | 18.7 kn (34.6 km/h), surfaced 12 kn (22 km/h), submerged |
| Test depth: | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Complement: | 144 officers and men |
| Armament: | • 3 Aichi M6A1 Seiran sea-planes • 8 × 533 mm forward torpedo tubes • 1 × 14 cm/40 11th Year Type naval gun • 3 × 25 mm 3-barrel machine gun • 1 × 25 mm machine gun |
6) X-CRAFT SUBMARINE :-
| Name: | X class |
| Operators: | Royal Navy |
| Preceded by: | V class |
| Succeeded by: | XE class |
| Subclasses: | X3, X4, X5-10, X20-25, XT |
| Completed: | 20 |
| Lost: | 7 (5 scuttled, 1 foundered, 1 collision) |
| Preserved: | 1 |
| General characteristics (X class) | |
|---|---|
| Type: | midget submarine |
| Displacement: | 27 tons surfaced 30 tons submerged |
| Length: | 51.25 ft (15.62 m) |
| Beam: | 5.75 ft (1.75 m) |
| Draught: | 5.3 ft (1.60 m) |
| Propulsion: | Single shaft; 1 x Gardner 4LW 4-cyl diesel engine, 42 hp (31.3 kW) at 1,800rpm 1 x Keith Blackman electric motor, 30 hp (22.3 kW) at 1,650 rpm |
| Speed: |
6.5 knots (12.0 km/h) surfaced
5.5 knots (10.2 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 500 nmi (926 km) surfaced 82 nmi (151.8 km) @2 knots (2 mph; 4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 300 ft (91.5 m) |
| Complement: | 4 |
| Armament: | 2 x 4,400 lb detachable amatol charges |
5) USS NAUTILUS SSN-571 :-
| Name: | USS Nautilus |
| Operator: | United States Navy |
| Awarded: | 2 August 1951 |
| Builder: | General Dynamics |
| Laid down: | 14 June 1952 |
| Launched: | 21 January 1954 |
| Sponsored by: | Mamie Eisenhower |
| Completed: | 22 April 1955 |
| Commissioned: | 30 September 1954 |
| Decommissioned: | 3 March 1980 |
| Struck: | 3 March 1980 |
| Status: | Museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3,533 tons surface, 4,092 tons submerged |
| Length: | 320 ft (98 m) |
| Beam: | 28 ft (8.5 m) |
| Draft: | 26 ft (7.9 m) |
| Installed power: | 13,400 hp (10.0 MW) |
| Propulsion: | STR nuclear reactor (later redesignated S2W) |
| Speed: | 23 knots (43 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Complement: | 13 officers, 92 enlisted |
| Armament: | 6 torpedo tubes |
Nautilus (Nuclear Submarine)
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4) BRITISH T-CLASS SUBMARINE :-
| Name: | T-class submarine |
| Preceded by: | Grampus class |
| Succeeded by: | U class |
| Completed: | 53 |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,290 tons surfaced 1,560 tons submerged |
| Length: | 276 ft 6 in (84.28 m) |
| Beam: | 25 ft 6 in (7.77 m) |
| Draught: | 12 ft 9 in (3.89 m) forward 14 ft 7 in (4.45 m) aft |
| Propulsion: | Two shafts Twin diesel engines, 2,500 hp (1.86 MW) each Twin electric motors 1,450 hp (1.08 MW) each |
| Speed: | 15.5 kn (28.7 km/h; 17.8 mph) surfaced 9 kn (17 km/h; 10 mph) submerged |
| Range: | 8,000 nmi (9,200 mi; 15,000 km) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) surfaced with 131 tons of fuel |
| Complement: | 48 |
| Armament: | 6 bow torpedo tubes 4 external torpedo tubes 16 torpedoes QF 4 inch (100 mm) deck gun |
3) GATO-CLASS SUBMARINE :-
| Builders: | Electric Boat Company, Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Manitowoc Shipbuilding Company |
| Operators: | United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Tambor class |
| Succeeded by: | Balao class |
| Cost: | $2.85 million (1940) |
| Built: | 1940–1944 |
| In commission: | 1943–1969 |
| Completed: | 77 |
| Active: | 0 |
| Lost: | 20 |
| Retired: | 57 |
| Preserved: | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement: | 1,525 tons (1,549 t) surfaced 2,424 tons (2463 t) submerged |
| Length: | 311 ft 8 in (95.00 m) – 311 ft 10 in (95.05 m) |
| Beam: | 27 ft 3 in (8.31 m) |
| Draft: | 17 ft (5.2 m) maximum |
| Propulsion: |
4 × diesel engines driving electrical generators (Fairbanks-Morse, General Motors, or Hooven-Owens-Rentschler)
2 × 126-cell Sargo batteries
2,740 shp (2,040 kW) submerged4 × high-speed electric motors with reduction gears (Elliott Company,General Electric, or Allis-Chalmers) two propellors 5,400 shp (4,000 kW) surfaced |
| Speed: | 21 knots (39 km/h) surfaced 9 knots (17 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 11,000 nautical miles (20,000 km) surfaced at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
| Endurance: | 48 hours at 2 knots (3.7 km/h) submerged 75 days on patrol |
| Test depth: | 300 ft (90 m) |
| Complement: | 6 officers, 54 enlisted men |
| Armament: | 10 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes (six forward, four aft) 24 torpedoes 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) / 50 caliber deck gun Bofors 40 mm and Oerlikon 20 mmcannon |
2) SEAWOLF -CLASS SUBMARINE :-
| Builders: | General Dynamics Electric Boat |
| Operators: | United States Navy |
| Preceded by: | Los Angeles-class submarine |
| Succeeded by: | Virginia-class submarine |
| Built: | 1989–2005 |
| In commission: | 1997–present |
| Planned: | 29 |
| Completed: | 3 |
| Cancelled: | 26 |
| Active: | 3 |
| General characteristics | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: |
Surfaced: 8,600 tons
Submerged: 9,138 tons |
| Length: | 353 ft (107 m) |
| Beam: | 40 ft (12 m) |
| Propulsion: | 1 S6W PWR 45,000 hp 1 secondary propulsion submerged motor 1 shaft 1 propeller |
| Speed: |
Surfaced: 18 knots (21 mph; 33 km/h)
Submerged: 35 knots (40 mph; 65 km/h) |
| Range: | unlimited except by food supplies |
| Test depth: | 2,000 ft (610 m) |
| Complement: | 140 |
| Crew: | 14 officers; 126 enlisted |
| Armament: | 8 × 660mm torpedo tubes (50 Tomahawk cruise missile/Harpoon/Mk-48 torpedo) |
1) GERMAN TYPE VII - SUBMARINE :-
| Name: | Type VII |
| Builders: | Neptun Werft, Rostock Deschimag, Bremen Germaniawerft, Kiel Flender Werke, Lübeck Danziger Werft, Danzig Blohm + Voss, Hamburg Kriegsmarinewerft, Wilhelmshaven Nordseewerke, Emden F. Schichau, Bremerhaven, Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel |
| Operators: | Kriegsmarine Soviet Navy Royal Norwegian Navy Royal Navy French Navy Spanish Navy |
| In commission: | 1936–1970 (G-7) |
| Completed: | 703 |
| General characteristics (Type VIIC) | |
|---|---|
| Displacement: |
769 tonnes (757 long tons) surfaced
871 t (857 long tons) submerged |
| Length: | 67.1 m (220 ft 2 in) o/a 50.5 m (165 ft 8 in) pressure hull |
| Beam: | 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in) o/a 4.7 m (15 ft 5 in) pressure hull |
| Height: | 9.60 m (31 ft 6 in) |
| Draft: | 4.74 m (15 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × supercharged Germaniawerft, 6-cylinder, 4-stroke M6V 40/46 diesels totalling 2,800–3,200 hp (2,100–2,400 kW). Max rpm: 470-490 |
| Speed: | 17.7 knots (20.4 mph; 32.8 km/h) surfaced 7.6 knots (8.7 mph; 14.1 km/h) submerged |
| Range: | 15,170 km (8,190 nmi) at 10 kn (19 km/h) surfaced 150 km (81 nmi) at 4 kn (7.4 km/h) submerged |
| Test depth: | 230 m (750 ft) Calculated crush depth: 250–295 m (820–968 ft) |
| Complement: | 44-52 officers & ratings |
| Armament: | • 5 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (4 bow, 1 stern) • 14 × torpedoes or 26 TMA or 39 TMB mines • 1 × 8.8 cm SK C/35 naval gun with 220 rounds • Various antiaircraft weaponry (see main article) |
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