Today, 26 of these submarines remain active, making them the backbone of the U.S. Navy’s fast attack fleet. -Despite some program challenges, the Los Angeles-class has been essential to U.S ...

These subs replaced America’s previous premier attack submarine ... at more than 28 miles per hour (that’s fast for a sub). The Los Angeles ­class carries 143 crew onboard, including sixteen ...

The Virginia Class attack submarine is the ... was originally intended to succeed the Los Angeles class, but production was canceled after only three submarines were produced.

The final former USS Norfolk (SSN-714) was a Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine that entered service in 1983. She was decommissioned in 2014. The future SSN-815 will fill a ...

Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine USS Houston was decommissioned during a ceremony held at Deterrent Park at Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor in Washington on Aug. 26, 2016, according to information ...

North Korea’s state-run media lashed out at the United States on Tuesday over the arrival of a fast-attack submarine in South Korea’s largest port, calling it an “undeniable threat” and an effort to ...

A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine has arrived at a naval base in the southern port city of Busan.According to South Korea’s Naval Operations Command on Monday, the USS Alexandria, ...

The vaunted Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines were intended to replace America’s iconic, though aging, Los Angeles-class attack submarines. Yet, the Navy has failed to adequately ...

The Virginia Class attack submarine is the ... was originally intended to succeed the Los Angeles class, but production was canceled after only three submarines were produced.