Meet The Los-Angeles Class: The 62 Submarines Built To Fight Russia
ByPeter Suciu
The Los-Angeles Class: Meet The Backbone of the U.S. Navy’s Submarine Force: In November 1976, just days after Jimmy Carter was elected the 39th president of the United States, the USS Los Angeles (SSN-668) was commissioned. She was the first of a then-new class of submarines that would become the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s submarine force at a time when the Soviet Union was the top national security threat. Just six months later, on May 27, 1977, President Carter and the First Lady were hosted onboard the submarine for an at-sea demonstration of her capabilities.
By 1996, the United States Navy took delivery of 62 of its Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN). Also known as the 688 – pronounced “ Six-Eighty-Eight” after the hull of the lead boat – the submarines were built by Northrop Grumman Ship Systems (formerly Newport News Shipbuilding) and General Dynamics Electric Boat Division. Today, more than five decades after SSN-668 was laid down in Newport News, Virginia, there are still 28 of the class in active service – more than other class in the world.
Each of the Los Angeles-class boats are just 362 feet in length but are home to a crew of 143 sailors, including 16 officers and 127 enlisted. Enough food is carried on each submarine to feed the crew for as long as ninety days.
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