The Seawolf class is a class of nuclear-powered, fast attack submarines (SSN) in service with the United States Navy. The class was the intended successor to the Los Angeles class, and design work began in 1983. [10] A fleet of 29 submarines was to be built over a ten-year period, but that was reduced to 12 submarines.

USS Seawolf (SSN-21) is a nuclear-powered fast attack submarine and the lead ship of her class. She is the fourth submarine of the United States Navy named for the seawolf. The contract to build Seawolf was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics on 9 January 1989 and her keel was laid down on 25 October 1989.

USS Seawolf (SSN-575) was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the seawolf, the second nuclear submarine, and the only US submarine built with a liquid metal cooled (sodium), beryllium - moderated [2][3] nuclear reactor, the S2G. [4] .

Seawolf-class submarine, class of three U.S. nuclear-powered attack submarines known for their speed and advanced weapons and for being extremely quiet underwater. Seawolf-class submarines were manufactured by the Electric Boat division of General Dynamics.

The Seawolf was designed as a faster, better-armed eventual replacement for the Los Angeles class nuclear-powered attack submarines. The first of class, the Seawolf (SSN21), was ordered from the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics, Connecticut, US, in January 1989 and commissioned in July 1997.

2023年8月28日 · One of those vessels is the USS Seawolf (SSN 21), a nuclear submarine developed during the Cold War by the U.S. Navy to confront the forces of the Soviet Union. With its two sister ships, it...

USS Seawolf was a product of the Cold War, designed as a replacement for the Los Angeles-class submarines and as a response to the Soviet Akula class. According to the Navy's "Undersea Warfare" magazine, Seawolf is quieter at high speed than a Los Angeles submarine is pierside.

2024年11月14日 · What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s Seawolf-class submarines—USS Seawolf, USS Connecticut, and USS Jimmy Carter—are powerful yet rare nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines. Built as...

2025年2月20日 · The Seawolf-class fast-attack submarine USS Connecticut transits the Pacific Ocean during Annual Exercise. ANNUALEX is a yearly bilateral exercise with the U.S. Navy and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force.

Seawolf-class submarines were designed to operate autonomously against the world's most capable submarine and surface threats. The primary mission of the Seawolf was to destroy Soviet ballistic missile submariness before they could attack American targets.