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2. USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) - Wikipedia

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   BQS-4 sonar [1] Armament. 4 × 21 in (530 mm) Mark 65 torpedo tubes with Mark 113 firecontrol system, [1] for Mark 48 torpedoes. 16 × vertical tubes for Polaris or Poseidon ballistic missiles. USS Lafayette (SSBN-616), the lead ship of her class of ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named to honor ...

3. USS Greenling (SSN-614) - Wikipedia

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   USS Greenling (SSN-614) was a Permit -class submarine. She was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the greenling, an elongated, fine-scaled fish found from Kamchatka to California. Her keel was laid down on 15 August 1961 by General Dynamics Electric Boat of Groton, Connecticut .

4. USS Jacksonville - Wikipedia

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   The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut, on 24 January 1972 and her keel was laid down on 21 February 1976. She was launched on 18 November 1978 using the pontoon system designed for the launching of the Ohio-class Trident submarines.

5. USS Triton (SSRN-586) - Wikipedia

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   USS Triton (SSRN/SSN-586), the only member of her class, was a nuclear powered radar picket submarine in the United States Navy. She had the distinction of being the only Western submarine powered by two nuclear reactors. Triton was the second submarine and the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the Greek god Triton (the ...

6. USS Iowa (SSN-797) - Wikipedia

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   USS Iowa (SSN-797) USS. Iowa. (SSN-797) The lead boat of the Virginia class, USS Virginia (SSN-774). Iowa (SSN-797), a Virginia -class submarine, will be the fourth U.S. Navy vessel named for the state of Iowa. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus officially announced the name on September 2, 2015, during a news briefing at Iowa State University.

7. USS Darter (SS-576) - Wikipedia

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   8 × 21 inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes, (six forward, two aft) USS Darter (SS-576), a unique submarine based on the Tang class, but incorporating many improvements, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the darter, a type of small American fresh-water fish. The contract to build Darter was awarded to the Electric Boat ...

8. USS Hawaii (SSN-776) - Wikipedia

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   The building contract was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 30 September 1998 and her keel was laid down on 27 August 2004. She was christened on 17 June 2006 by her sponsor, Governor Linda Lingle of Hawaii. Electric Boat delivered Hawaii to the US Navy on 22 December 2006, ahead of ...

9. Aluminaut - Wikipedia

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   In 1964, Reynolds had the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in Groton, Connecticut, build the world's first aluminum submarine. The submersible was operated by subsidiary Reynolds Submarine Services Corporation, based in Miami, Florida. Compared to many deep-sea vessels, Aluminaut was large. It weighed 80 tons and could accommodate a ...