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688 SSN Sub Brief

The 688-class, also known as the Los Angeles-class, submarines are a series of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSNs) ...
The National Interest

The Los Angeles–Class Submarine: The Old American Attack Sub Russia Still Fears

Sixty-two Los Angeles–class submarines were built between 1976 and 1996. Not all of them served at once—some of the earliest subs were retired starting in 1995 with just seventeen years of service to ...
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The Navy’s Los Angeles-Class Attack Submarine Nightmare Is Speeding Up

Since the United States no longer has the largest navy in the world (that honor belongs to China), it relies on its submarine fleet to project power around the globe. Subsea warfare will be decisive ...
Defense News

Delays in Navy’s next-gen submarine threaten US seapower, report says

Then-Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Lisa Franchetti tours a Rhode Island facility responsible for helping make Virginia- and Columbia-class submarines in October 2023. (Chief MC Amanda R.