Sometime next year, the Navy is scheduled to award multimillion-dollar contracts to build the nation`s first new nuclear attack submarine in more than a decade. The contracts might seem routine at ...
Key Points and Summary - The “Improved” Los Angeles–class—known as the 688I—was the Navy’s decisive answer to late–Cold War threats and post–Cold War strike demands. -Building on the original SSN-688 ...
July 13, 2014: The U.S. Navy is adjusting the retirement schedule of its elderly Los Angeles (SSN 688) class SSNs (nuclear attack submarines) to maximize the number of years the remaining Los Angeles ...
Seven personnel practiced locking out from the attack submarine USS Los Angeles (SSN 688) and ascending to the surface wearing special suits that are designed to enable a free ascent from a stricken ...
February 1, 2010: The U.S. Navy has retired the USS Los Angeles (SSN 688). This was the lead ship of the Los Angeles class nuclear attack submarine (SSN). The Los Angeles entered service in 1976. It ...