The US Navys Fast-Attack Submarines, Vol. 2 Goodall James C.
The US Navys Fast-Attack Submarines, Vol. 2 Goodall James C. Successors to the US Navy's Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines (presented in volume 1), the Seawolf- and Virginia-class SSNs are…
Specifikacia The US Navys Fast-Attack Submarines, Vol. 2 Goodall James C.
The US Navys Fast-Attack Submarines, Vol. 2 Goodall James C.
Successors to the US Navy's Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines (presented in volume 1), the Seawolf- and Virginia-class SSNs are presented here from their initial design and construction, through testing and trials, to current operations. With the end of the Cold War, the Seawolf-class SSNs were limited to the three that were under construction at the time, and the program was terminated. From its debut in 1997, the nuclear-powered Seawolf (SSN-21) represented the lead ship of the deadliest submarine ever to be constructed for the USN during the Cold War.
The author's unprecedented access onboard a Seawolf-class SSN--the USS Connecticut (SSN-22)--is a first for the Navy and provides exclusive coverage found only in this book. With only three in the class, the supersecret USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is virtually off limits to any and all photography. In place of the Seawolf class,
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