SSN-688 Los Angeles-class
| Specifications | |
|---|---|
| Builders | Newport News Shipbuilding Co. General Dynamics Electric Boat Division. |
| Power Plant | One S6G reactor one shaft at 35,000 shp Improved Performance Machinery Program Phase I [on 688 Improved] |
| Length | 360 feet (109.73 meters) |
| Beam | 33 feet (10 meters) |
| Displacement | 6,927 tons (6210 metric tons) submerged |
| Speed | Official: 20+ knots (23+ miles per hour, 36.8 +kph) Actual: 32 knots maximum submerged speed |
| Operating Depth |
official: "greater than 800 feet" Actual: 950 feet [300 meters] test depth Actual: 1475 feet [450 meters] collapse depth |
| Hull | HY-80 Steel |
| Crew | 13 Officers, 116 Enlisted Departments Combat Engineering Executive NAVOPS Medical Supply |
| Armament |
Harpoon and Tomahawk ASM/LAM missiles from VLS tubes MK-48 torpedoes from four 533-mm torpedo tubes (Seawolf has 8) |
| Combat Systems |
AN/BPS-5 surface search radar AN/BPS-15 A/16 navigation and fire control radar TB-16D passive towed sonar array (subsystem of BQQ-5) TB-23 passive "thin line" towed array (subsystem of BQQ-5) AN/BQG-5D wide aperture flank array AN/BQQ-5D/E low frequency spherical sonar array OR AN/BSY-1 spherical bow array [on SSN-751 and later] AN/BQS-15 close range active sonar (for ice detection) MIDAS Mine and Ice Detection Avoidance System SADS-TG active detection sonar Type 2 attack periscope (port) Type 18 search periscope (starboard) AN/BSY-1 (primary computer); UYK-7; UYK-43; UYK-44 WLR-9 Acoustic Intercept Receiver WLR-8(V)2 ES receiver APX-72 IFF (transponder only) Link 11 Tactical data link OTCIXS Tactical data link |
| Unit Cost | $900 million [1990 prices] |
| Unit Operating Cost Annual Average | ~$21,000,000 [source: [FY1996 VAMOSC] |
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