How many submarines are there in the US Navy?

Victor Bout

Enlist and find out...

Insane

Navy Personnel
Active Duty: 339,710

Officers: 52,148

Enlisted: 283,096

Midshipmen: 4,466
Ready Reserve: 127,971 [As of 18 June]

Selected Reserves: 69,018

Individual Ready Reserve: 58,953
Reserves currently mobilized: 5,326 [As of 08 Aug]
Personnel on deployment: 63,798
Navy Department Civilian Employees: 176,938

Ships and Submarines
Deployable Battle Force Ships: 278

Ships Underway (away from homeport): 134 ships (48% of total)

On deployment: 114 ships (41% of total)

Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 30 submarines (55%)

On deployment: 14 submarines (25%)

renaissance

Who knows? Maybe they should put wheels on them, send them to Iraq, and just get the job done! Because obviously the billions of dollars spent on everything else (then the thousands to keep every soldier fighting/equipped) isn't working against a bunch of mindless idiots with AK-47's!

LAVADOG

Composition of the current force

* Ohio class (18 in commission) â€” ballistic submarines, 4 to be converted into guided missile submarines
* Virginia class (2 in commission, 2 under construction, 2 on order) â€” attack submarines
* Seawolf class (3 in commission) â€” attack submarines
* Los Angeles Class (49 in commission) â€” attack submarines

Carl Marks

If you want a complete answer just ask the Russian navy they'll know.

kisser

Its hard to tell, every time I start counting one dives, two surface and I lose count again!

Jim

I don't have current numbers, but you can Google Jane's Fighting Ships and probably get a close number. The last of the diesel boats was the B Girls (The Bonefish, Barbel and I believe Blueback), the Bonefish sank off South Carolina with a Battery well fire in about 1987 and they are decommed. I believe the early flights of Nuclear Attack Boats are all gone. I was on the Guardfish (SSN-612) and it's gone. I was also on a 688 class, the Jacksonville (SSN-699) and it's gone as well. The Seawolf class (SSN-21 Class) authorization was cut to only three boats as well as the cutting of funds to expand the SSBN Submarines since they were designed as a deterrent to the Soviet threat which ended in 1991 with the close of the cold war on the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialists Republic.

harry

to many , big boys toys

Rob K

The data on the subs is inaccurate.

I could tell you but then I'd have to kill you.

I've got a great polaroid of my submarine in a 4G negative dive (inverted), with a US submarine...

hortense h

No idea sorry

fubar817

Submarines are exstremly strategic against Air Craft Carriers. Air Craft Carries worst fear is and will remain a submarine. The US has a number of different classes of Submarines.

The short answer is 78 (72 active and 6 under construction)

The long answer is that there are two different types of submarines...

The Attack Sub, which is designed to seek & destroy enemy subs & surface ships.

The Ballistic Missile Sub, which is a nuclear-powered sub armed with long-range strategic missles.

As for as Attack Sub's, there is 1 Virginia Class (5 under construction), 2 Seawolf Class (1 under construction), & 51 Los Angelos Class.

As for as the Ballistic Missile Sub there are currently 18 active.

Schmorgen

36, not counting the DSRVs or the NR-1.

http://www.csp.navy.mil/

Maria W

Go to http://www.usni.org

The US Naval Institute.

Attack Submarines - SSN

Description
Attack submarine are designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and surface ships; project power ashore with Tomahawk cruise missiles and Special Operation Forces, carry out Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance missions; support Carrier and Expeditionary Strike Battle Groups; and engage in mine warfare.

Background
With the number of foreign Diesel-Electric / Air-Independent Propulsion submarines increasing yearly, the United States submarine force relies on its technological superiority and the speed, endurance, mobility, stealth, and payload afforded by nuclear power to retain its preeminence in the undersea battlespace.

There are three classes of SSNs now in service. Los Angeles (SSN 688) class submarines are the backbone of the submarine force with 47 now in commission. Thirty-one Los Angeles class are equipped with 12 Vertical Launch System tubes for firing Tomahawk cruise missiles.

The Navy also has three Seawolf (SSN 21) class submarines. Commissioned on 19 July 1997, USS Seawolf is exceptionally quiet, fast, well armed, and equipped with advanced sensors. Though lacking Vertical Launch Systems, the Seawolf class has eight torpedo tubes, which can also fire Tomahawks, and can hold up to 50 weapons in its torpedo room. The third ship of the class, USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23), has a 100-foot hull extension called the multi-mission platform. This hull section provides for additional payload to accommodate advanced technology used to carry out classified research and development and for enhanced warfighting capabilities.

The Navy is now building the next-generation SSN, the Virginia (SSN 774) class. The Virginia class is tailored to excel in a wide range of warfighting missions. These include anti-submarine and surface ship warfare; special operation forces; strike; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; carrier and expeditionary strike group support; and mine warfare.

The Virginia class has several innovations that significantly enhance their warfighting capabilities with an emphasis on littoral operations. Virginia class boats have a fly-by-wire ship control system that provides improved shallow-water ship handling. The class has special features to support special operation forces. The torpedo room can be reconfigured to house a large number of special operation forces and all their equipment for prolonged deployments and future off-board payloads. The class also has large lock-in / lock-out chamber for divers. In Virginia class boats, traditional periscopes have been supplanted by two Photonics Masts that house color, high-resolution black and white, and infrared digital cameras atop telescoping arms. With the removal of the barrel periscopes, the shipsâ€™ control room has been moved down one deck and away from the hullâ€™s curvature, affording it more room and an improved layout that provides the commanding officer with enhanced situational awareness. Additionally, through the extensive use of modular construction, open architecture, and commercial off-the-shelf components, the Virginia class is designed to remain state of the practice for its entire operational life through the rapid introduction of new systems and payloads.

Point Of Contact
Public Affairs Office
Naval Sea Systems Command (OOD)
Washington, DC 20362

General Characteristics, Virginia class
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division and Northrop Grumman Newport News
Date Deployed: Commissioned 23 October 2004
Propulsion: One nuclear reactor, one shaft
Length: 377 feet (114.8 meters)
Beam: 34 feet (10.4 meters)
Displacement: Approximately 7,800 tons (7,925 metric tons) submerged
Speed: 25+ knots (28+ miles per hour, 46.3+ kph)
Crew: 134: 14 Officers; 120 Enlisted
Armament: Tomahawk missiles, twelve VLS tubes, MK-48 ADCAP torpedoes, four torpedo tubes.
Ships:
USS Virginia (SSN 774), Groton, CT
USS Texas (SSN 775), Groton, Conn.
USS Hawaii (SSN 776)
North Carolina (SSN 777) - Estimated delivery in December 2007
New Hampshire (SSN 778) - Keel Laid 30 April 2007; estimated delivery in October 2008
New Mexico (SSN 779) - Named 7 December 2004; construction began in January 2004
Unnamed (SSN 780) - construction began in December 2004

General Characteristics, Seawolf class
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division.
Date Deployed: USS Seawolf commissioned 19 July 1997;
USS Connecticut commissioned 11 December 1998
USS Jimmy Carter commissioned 19 February 2005
Propulsion: One nuclear reactor, one shaft
Length: SSNs 21 and 22: 353 feet (107.6 meters)
SSN 23: 453 feet (138.07 meters)
Beam: 40 feet (12.2 meters)
Displacement: SSNs 21 and 22: 9,138 tons (9,284 metric tons) submerged;
SSN 23 12,158 tons (12,353 metric tons) submerged
Speed: 25+ knots (28+ miles per hour, 46.3+ kph)
Crew: 140: 14 Officers; 126 Enlisted
Armament: Tomahawk missiles, MK-48 torpedoes, eight torpedo tubes.
Ships:
USS Seawolf (SSN 21), Groton, CT
USS Connecticut (SSN 22), Groton, CT
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23), Bangor, WA

General Characteristics, Los Angeles class
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding Co.; General Dynamics Electric Boat Division.
Date Deployed: November 13, 1976 (USS Los Angeles)
Propulsion: One nuclear reactor, one shaft
Length: 360 feet (109.73 meters)
Beam: 33 feet (10.06 meters)
Displacement: Approximately 6,900 tons (7011 metric tons) submerged
Speed: 20+ knots (23+ miles per hour, 36.8 +kph)
Crew: 13 Officers; 121 Enlisted
Armament: Tomahawk missiles, VLS tubes (SSN 719 and later), MK-48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes.
Ships:
USS Los Angeles (SSN 688), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Philadelphia (SSN 690), Groton, CT
USS Memphis (SSN 691), Groton, CT
USS Bremerton (SSN 698), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Jacksonville (SSN 699), Norfolk, VA
USS Dallas (SSN 700), Groton, CT
USS La Jolla (SSN 701), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS City of Corpus Christi (SSN 705), Guam
USS Albuquerque (SSN 706), Groton, CT
USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (SSN 708), Norfolk, VA
USS Hyman G. Rickover (SSN 709), Norfolk, VA
USS Augusta (SSN 710), Groton, CT
USS San Francisco (SSN 711), Bremerton, WA
USS Houston (SSN 713), Guam
USS Norfolk (SSN 714), Norfolk, VA
USS Buffalo (SSN 715), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Olympia (SSN 717), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Providence (SSN 719), Groton, CT
USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720), Groton, CT
USS Chicago (SSN 721), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Key West (SSN 722), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Oklahoma City (SSN 723), Norfolk, VA
USS Louisville (SSN 724), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Helena (SSN 725), San Diego, CA
USS Newport News (SSN 750), Norfolk, VA
USS San Juan (SSN 751), Groton, CT
USS Pasadena (SSN 752), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Albany (SSN 753), Norfolk, VA
USS Topeka (SSN 754), San Diego, CA
USS Miami (SSN 755), Groton, CT
USS Scranton (SSN 756), Norfolk, Va.
USS Alexandria (SSN 757), Groton, CT
USS Asheville (SSN 758), San Diego, CA
USS Jefferson City (SSN 759), San Diego, CA
USS Annapolis (SSN 760), Groton, CT
USS Springfield (SSN 761), Groton, CT
USS Columbus (SSN 762), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Santa Fe (SSN 763), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Boise (SSN 764), Norfolk, VA
USS Montpelier (SSN 765), Norfolk, VA
USS Charlotte (SSN 766), Norfolk, Va.
USS Hampton (SSN 767), Norfolk, VA
USS Hartford (SSN 768), Groton, CT
USS Toledo (SSN 769), Groton, CT
USS Tucson (SSN 770), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Columbia (SSN 771), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Greeneville (SSN 772), Pearl Harbor, HI
USS Cheyenne (SSN 773), Pearl Harbor, HI

Michael

Want a simple, straight-forward answer to your question?

The U. S. Navy currently has 55 subs on active duty, of which 30 are currently patrolling away from home port.

phatty

SH That's a secret. Don't tell anyone

lefty

there are seven subs, and 4 million submarine sandwiches

there are 4000 sub sailors, and 5000 dom sailors

most servicemen are sub normal.

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