Friday, January 30, 2009

SSN Seawolf Class Attack Submarine, USA


Crew
116 (including 15 officers)
Displacement
7,568t surfaced, 9,142t dived (12,139 tons for Jimmy Carter)

Dimensions:

Length
107.6m (138m for Jimmy Carter)
Beam
12.9m
Draught
10.9m
Speed
35 knots (dived)
"Silent speed"
20 knots
Diving depth
610m

Weapon Systems:

Submarine-launched cruise missile
Tomahawk TLAM-N land attack
Surface-to-surface missile
Tomahawk TASM
Torpedoes
8 x 660mm torpedo tubes for missiles and Gould Mk 48 ADCAP torpedoes - total of 50 carried
Combat data system
Lockheed Martin BSY-2
ESM
WLQ-4
Decoys
WLY-1 torpedo decoy
Radar
BPS I-band navigation radar
Sonar
BQQ 5D sonar suite, BQS 24
Propulsion
1 x GE PWR S6W nuclear; 2 x turbines, 52,000hp (38.8MW); 1 x Westinghouse secondary propulsion submerged motor

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