T he U.S. Navy's fleet of submarines might be large, but it only has three Seawolf-class attack submarines: The USS Seawolf (SSN 21), the USS Connecticut (SSN 22), and the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23 ...

The U.S. Navy's fleet of submarines might be large, but it only has three Seawolf-class attack submarines: The USS Seawolf (SSN 21), the USS Connecticut (SSN 22), and the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23).

The 353-foot Seawolf-class–unless it's the USS Jimmy Carter, which is 453-feet long– can travel as fast as 25 knots underwater. It has a single Westinghouse S6W nuclear reactor that drives two ...

The following is the July 9, 2025, Congressional Research Service In Focus report, Report to Congress on SSN(X) Program .

In terms of armaments, the Seawolf class submarines could pack a punch. These vessels are armed with both the land-attack and anti-ship version of the Tomahawk missile which has a range of 2,500km.

The reason there are so few of these lethal submarines is their high cost per unit. Back in the 1990s, the Seawolf class accounted for about 25% of the U.S. Navy’s entire construction budget. Of ...

The Connecticut is one of three Seawolf-class submarines in the US Navy fleet, each costing about $3 billion to build. The 9,300-ton, 353-foot sub, commissioned in 1998 and is crewed by 140 sailors.

The Virginia Class attack submarine is the U.S. Navy’s newest undersea warfare platform and incorporates the latest in stealth, intelligence gathering and weapons systems technology.

The Ohio Class (of which there are 18 in service) is used for the ballistic missile submarine role (14 boats) and guided missile submarines (4 boats). The Seawolf class (3 in service, used as fast ...

Nicknamed "Olympic pier," the new infrastructure will support the Navy's Seawolf-class submarines at Naval Base Kitsap. The pier extension project cost $121 million in total, ...

The Virginia class was put into production in full swing due to being smaller and carrying more manageable costs than the Seawolf. The Navy is now building the next-generation attack submarine ...