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 .

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 ...

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.

May 30, 2003 — -- A U.S. nuclear submarine has taken on some unusual damage during maneuvers. As the new Seawolf class sub USS Connecticut surfaced in the ice pack between the North Pole and ...

Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22) in 2009. US Navy Photo. In what are perhaps my favorite lines from any government report ever, a GAO report explains the Navy modified three ...

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.

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, ...