Attack submarine
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An attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine is a submarine specifically designed for the purpose of attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants, and merchant vessels. In the Soviet a
HMCS Windsor, an attack submarine of the Royal Canadian Navy
USS K-3 with BQR-4 sonar dome
USS Thresher, the first high-speed deep-diving SSN optimized for both ASW and surface attack
HSwMS Gotland with USS Ronald Reagan
Los Angeles-class submarine
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The Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast-attack submarines in service with the United States Navy. Also known as the 688 class after the hull number of lead vessel USS Los Angeles,
Attack submarine
…starting with the UGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile in 1977, followed by the UGM-109 Tomahawk land attack missile in 1983. In 1985 the first of the Los Angeles-class Flight II or 688i with 12 vertical launch tubes that could fire Tomahawk missiles was commissioned. The Virginia-class Block V starting in 2028 will…
USS Los Angeles, lead boat of the class.
Crewmen monitor consoles at the diving station aboard a Los Angeles-class submarine
A portside bow view of the fore section of USS Santa Fe tied up at the pier in February 1994: The doors of the Mark 36 vertical launch system for the Tomahawk missiles are in the "open" position.
The aft end of the control room for USS Jefferson City in June 2009