October 10, 2019
Why the U.S. Navy's Seawolf Submarine Is Such a Top Secret
Think Russia.
by David Axe Follow @daxe on Twitter L
Key Point: She is one of a kind.
Sometime apparently in August 2013, the U.S. Navy’s nuclear-powered attack submarine USS Seawolf eased out of the port of Bremerton, in Washington State, on what was probably her fifth or sixth deployment since commissioning in 1997.
A month later the U.S. Sixth Fleet, in charge of ships in European waters, posted a series of photos to the Website Flickr depicting the U.S. ambassador to Norway, Barry White, touring the 350-foot-long Seawolf pierside at Haakonsvern naval base … in southern Norway. Thousands of miles from Washington State.
How Seawolf got to Norway—and what she might have done en route—offer a rare and tantalizing glimpse into some of the most secretive quarters of the most poorly understood aspects of American naval power.
https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/why-us-navys-seawolf-submarine-such-top-secret-86961
