The Los Angeles Class Fast Attack Submarine was designed almost exclusively for carrier battlegroup escort. Escort duties included conducting ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) sweeps hundreds of miles ahead of the battlegroup and conducting attacks against surface action groups. These submarines are well equipped to accomplish these tasks. They are fast, equipped with Mk-48 Advanced Capability anti-submarine/ship torpedoes, Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles, and mines. Besides escorting, other tasks include undersea warfare, surface warfare, strike warfare, mining operations, special forces delivery, reconnaissance and intelligence collection.
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division |
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co. |
16 Officers |
127 Enlisted Personnel |
Dimensions |
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Length: 109.73 meters 360 feet |
Beam: 10.6 meters 33 feet |
Weight |
Displacement: 7 038.16 metric tons (submerged) 6 927 long tons (submerged) |
Features |
Propulsion: one S6G reactor, one shaft, one propeller |
Performance: 35 000 shaft horsepower |
Speed (official): 20+ knots » 37+ kilometers per hour ~23 miles per hour |
Speed (actual): 32 knots » 59.26 kilometers per hour (maximum submerged speed) 36.82 miles per hour (maximum submerged speed) |
Operating depth (official): 240+ meters 800+ feet |
Operating depth (actual): 274.32 meters (test depth) 900 feet (test depth) |
1 x Dry Deck Shelter (only on USS Dallas, USS La Jolla and USS Buffalo) |
4 x Mk-67 Torpedo Tube |
» AGM-84 Harpoon |
» BGM-109 Tomahawk |
» Mk-48 Torpedo |
» Mk-67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mine |
Hull number | Boat name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
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SSN 688 | USS Los Angeles | 1976.11.13. | 2010.02.04. | Decommissioned |
SSN 689 | USS Baton Rouge | 1977.06.25. | 1995.01.13. | Decommissioned |
SSN 690 | USS Philadelphia | 1977.06.25. | 2010.06.25. | Decommissioned |
SSN 691 | USS Memphis | 1977.12.17. | 2012.10.20. | Decommissioned |
SSN 692 | USS Omaha | 1978.03.11. | 1995.10.05. | Decommissioned |
SSN 693 | USS Cincinnati | 1978.06.10. | 1996.07.29. | Decommissioned |
SSN 694 | USS Groton | 1978.07.08. | 1997.11.07. | Decommissioned |
SSN 695 | USS Birmingham | 1978.12.16. | 1997.12.22. | Decommissioned |
SSN 696 | USS New York City | 1979.03.03. | 1997.04.30. | Decommissioned |
SSN 697 | USS Indianapolis | 1980.01.05. | 1998.02.17. | Decommissioned |
SSN 698 | USS Bremerton | 1981.03.28. | - | In active service |
SSN 699 | USS Jacksonville | 1981.05.16. | - | In active service |
SSN 700 | USS Dallas | 1981.06.26. | - | In active service |
SSN 701 | USS La Jolla | 1981.09.30. | - | In active service |
SSN 702 | USS Phoenix | 1981.12.12. | 1998.07.29. | Decommissioned |
SSN 703 | USS Boston | 1982.01.30. | 1999.01.18. | Decommissioned |
SSN 704 | USS Baltimore | 1982.07.24. | 1998.07.10. | Decommissioned |
SSN 705 | USS City Of Corpus Christi | 1983.01.08. | - | In active service |
SSN 706 | USS Albuquerque | 1983.05.21. | - | In active service |
SSN 707 | USS Portsmouth | 1983.10.01. | 2004.09.10. | Decommissioned |
SSN 708 | USS Minneapolis-St. Paul | 1984.03.10. | 2008.08.28. | Decommissioned |
SSN 709 | USS Hyman G. Rickover | 1984.07.21. | 2006.12.14. | Decommissioned |
SSN 710 | USS Augusta | 1985.01.19. | 2008.04.15. | Decommissioned |
SSN 711 | USS San Francisco | 1984.04.21. | - | In active service |
SSN 712 | USS Atlanta | 1982.03.06. | 1999.01.22. | Decommissioned |
SSN 713 | USS Houston | 1982.09.25. | - | In active service |
SSN 714 | USS Norfolk | 1983.05.21. | 2015.11.13. | Decommissioned |
SSN 715 | USS Buffalo | 1983.11.05. | - | In active service |
SSN 716 | USS Salt Lake City | 1984.05.12. | 2005.10.26. | Decommissioned |
SSN 717 | USS Olympia | 1984.11.17. | - | In active service |
SSN 718 | USS Honolulu | 1985.07.06. | 2006.11.01. | Decommissioned |
4 x Mk-67 Torpedo Tube |
» Mk-48 Torpedo |
» Mk-67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mine |
Mk-45 Vertical Launching System (12 cells) |
» BGM-109 Tomahawk |
» AGM-84 Harpoon |
Hull number | Boat name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
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SSN 719 | USS Providence | 1985.07.27. | - | In active service |
SSN 720 | USS Pittsburgh | 1985.11.23. | - | In active service |
SSN 721 | USS Chicago | 1986.10.27. | - | In active service |
SSN 722 | USS Key West | 1987.09.12. | - | In active service |
SSN 723 | USS Oklahoma City | 1988.07.09. | - | In active service |
SSN 724 | USS Louisville | 1986.11.08. | - | In active service |
SSN 725 | USS Helena | 1987.07.11. | - | In active service |
SSN 750 | USS Newport News | 1989.06.03. | - | In active service |
A fire raged through the nuclear-powered Los Angeles class fast attack submarine USS Miami on Wednesday, 23rd of May, 2012, while sitting in a dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine. According to US Navy sources, the submarine’s nuclear reactor was not in operation at the time of the fire and no weapons were aboard. A civilian shipyard worker caused the fire, which quickly spread through the submarine’s forward compartments. It took the efforts of more than 100 firefighters to save her. The cost of the necessary facelifts and fixes was so high that the Navy eventually decided to retire the boat. After 23 years of service, the Navy formally decommissioned USS Miami on March 28, 2014, during an indoor ceremony at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, Maine.
4 x Mk-67 Torpedo Tube |
» Mk-48 Torpedo |
» Mk-67 Submarine Launched Mobile Mine |
Mk-45 Vertical Launching System (12 cells) |
» BGM-109 Tomahawk |
» AGM-84 Harpoon |
Hull number | Boat name | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
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SSN 751 | USS San Juan | 1988.08.06. | - | In active service |
SSN 752 | USS Pasadena | 1989.02.11. | - | In active service |
SSN 753 | USS Albany | 1990.04.07. | - | In active service |
SSN 754 | USS Topeka | 1989.10.21. | - | In active service |
SSN 755 | USS Miami | 1990.06.30. | 2014.12.03. | Lost |
SSN 756 | USS Scranton | 1991.01.26. | - | In active service |
SSN 757 | USS Alexandria | 1991.06.29. | - | In active service |
SSN 758 | USS Asheville | 1991.09.28. | - | In active service |
SSN 759 | USS Jefferson City | 1992.02.29. | - | In active service |
SSN 760 | USS Annapolis | 1992.04.11. | - | In active service |
SSN 761 | USS Springfield | 1993.01.09. | - | In active service |
SSN 762 | USS Columbus | 1993.07.24. | - | In active service |
SSN 763 | USS Santa Fe | 1993.12.11. | - | In active service |
SSN 764 | USS Boise | 1992.11.07. | - | In active service |
SSN 765 | USS Montpelier | 1993.03.13. | - | In active service |
SSN 766 | USS Charlotte | 1994.09.16. | - | In active service |
SSN 767 | USS Hampton | 1993.11.16. | - | In active service |
SSN 768 | USS Hartford | 1994.12.10. | - | In active service |
SSN 769 | USS Toledo | 1995.02.24. | - | In active service |
SSN 770 | USS Tucson | 1995.08.18. | - | In active service |
SSN 771 | USS Columbia | 1995.10.09. | - | In active service |
SSN 772 | USS Greenville | 1996.02.16. | - | In active service |
SSN 773 | USS Cheyenne | 1996.09.13. | - | In active service |