Today, 26 Los Angeles-class submarines remain in service – meaning ... Soviet attack-sub speeds that prompted the Los Angeles’s design in the first place. To achieve the classified top speed ...
On April 2, the launch of the last Los Angeles class submarine took place at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Congressman James B. Longley, Jr. of Maine, a member of the National Security ...
Built by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia, the first sub in this class, the USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), was commissioned way back in 1976.These subs replaced ...
Ultimately, Holland's innovative design earned the approval of ... Building on the success of the USS Triton, the Los Angeles-class attack submarines and later strategic nuclear submarines capable ...