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Nuclear Submarines
Nuclear power is especially suited for the submarine. A reactor requires no oxygen to function and provides enough energy to produce breathable air and drinkable water. You wouldn't want to eat anything that grows on a submarine, so food and equipment maintenance are the only limits to a submarine's endurance.
Living aboard a submarine is a unique experience which produces lifelong bonds between shipmates. Long after the boat itself is gone, crews will come together to remember the good times, and pay homage to their shipmates who have passed. During the first decades of this millennium it was common for these reunion groups to have a website for their boat, often with sea stories and pictures of the hijinks they got up to. This article will serve primarily as a place to gather links to these sites, or archives when the site itself has gone dark.
Early Attempts
When you look at the history of nuclear submarines, many of the earliest ones served as test beds to see how various new technologies functioned under real world conditions. One reactor? Two? Pressurized water? Liquid sodium? Many unique ideas were attempted before the ubiquitous elongated teardrop with one reactor and one screw became the standard.
- SSN-571
- USS Nautilus
- SSN-575
- USS Seawolf
- SSN-578
- USS Skate
- SSN-579
- USS Swordfish
- SSN-583
- USS Sargo
- SSN-584
- USS Seadragon
- SSRN-586
- USS Triton
- SSGN-587
- USS Halibut
The Nuclear Attack Fleet
The navy had settled on a design, and the fifth-generation S5W pressurized water reactor plant was the product of years of iteration. These submarines and their SSBN kin would be the standard for a generation of sailors. Almost all were named, as every submarine should be, after denizens of the deep.
- SSN-585
- USS Skipjack
- SSN-588
- USS Scamp
- SSN-589
- USS Scorpion
- SSN-590
- USS Sculpin
- SSN-591
- USS Shark
- SSN-592
- USS Snook
- SSN-593
- USS Thresher
- SSN-594
- USS Permit
- SSN-595
- USS Plunger
- SSN-596
- USS Barb
- SSN-597
- USS Tullibee
- SSN-603
- USS Pollack
- SSN-604
- USS Haddo
- SSN-605
- USS Jack
- SSN-606
- USS Tinosa
- SSN-607
- USS Dace
- SSN-612
- USS Guardfish
- SSN-613
- USS Flasher
- SSN-614
- USS Greenling
- SSN-615
- USS Gato
- SSN-621
- USS Haddock
- SSN-637
- USS Sturgeon
- SSN-638
- USS Whale
- SSN-639
- USS Tautog
- SSN-646
- USS Grayling
- SSN-647
- USS Pogy
- SSN-648
- USS Aspro
- SSN-649
- USS Sunfish
- SSN-650
- USS Pargo
- SSN-651
- USS Queenfish
- SSN-652
- USS Puffer
- SSN-653
- USS Ray
- SSN-660
- USS Sand Lance
- SSN-661
- USS Lapon
- SSN-662
- USS Gurnard
- SSN-663
- USS Hammerhead
- SSN-664
- USS Sea Devil
- SSN-665
- USS Guitarro
- SSN-666
- USS Hawkbill
- SSN-667
- USS Bergall
- SSN-668
- USS Spadefish
- SSN-669
- USS Seahorse
- SSN-670
- USS Finback
- SSN-671
- USS Narwhal
- SSN-672
- USS Pintado
- SSN-673
- USS Flying Fish
- SSN-674
- USS Trepang
- SSN-675
- USS Bluefish
- SSN-676
- USS Billfish
- SSN-677
- USS Drum
- SSN-678
- USS Archerfish
- SSN-679
- USS Silversides
- SSN-680
- USS William H. Bates
- SSN-681
- USS Batfish
- SSN-682
- USS Tunny
- SSN-683
- USS Parche
- SSN-684
- USS Cavalla
- SSN-685
- USS Glenard P. Lipscomb
- SSN-686
- USS L. Mendel Rivers
- SSN-687
- USS Richard B. Russe
41 for Freedom
The 41 for Freedom were the first ballistic missile submarines built by the USA during the height of the cold war. These boats punched holes in ocean from the late 50s to the mid 90s.
- SSBN-598
- USS George Washington
- SSBN-599
- USS Patrick Henry
- SSBN-600
- USS Theodore Roosevelt
- SSBN-601
- USS Robert E. Lee
- SSBN-602
- USS Abraham Lincoln
- SSBN-608
- USS Ethan Allen
- SSBN-609
- USS Sam Houston(archived)
- SSBN-610
- USS Thomas A. Edison
- SSBN-611
- USS John Marshall
- SSBN-616
- USS Lafayette
- SSBN-617
- USS Alexander Hamilton
- SSBN-618
- USS Thomas Jefferson
- SSBN-619
- USS Andrew Jackson
- SSBN-620
- USS John Adams(requires login)
- SSBN-622
- USS James Monroe
- SSBN-623
- USS Nathan Hale
- SSBN-624
- USS Woodrow Wilson
- SSBN-625
- USS Henry Clay
- SSBN-626
- USS Daniel Webster
- SSBN-627
- USS James Madison
- SSBN-628
- USS Tecumseh
- SSBN-629
- USS Daniel Boone
- SSBN-630
- USS John C. Calhoun
- SSBN-631
- USS Ulysses S. Grant
- SSBN-632
- USS Von Steuben
- SSBN-633
- USS Casimir Pulaski
- SSBN-634
- USS Stonewall Jackson(archived)
- SSBN-635
- USS Sam Rayburn(archived)
- SSBN-636
- USS Nathanael Greene
- SSBN-640
- USS Benjamin Franklin(archived)
- SSBN-641
- USS Simon Bolivar
- SSBN-642
- USS Kamehameha(archived)
- SSBN-643
- USS George Bancroft(suckass landing page but archived anyway)
- SSBN-644
- USS Lewis and Clark
- SSBN-645
- USS James K. Polk
- SSBN-654
- USS George C. Marshall
- SSBN-655
- USS Henry L. Stimson
- SSBN-656
- USS George Washington Carver
- SSBN-657
- USS Francis Scott Key
- SSBN-658
- USS Mariano G. Vallejo (archived)
- SSBN-659
- USS Will Rogers
Los Angeles
Those old boats aren't getting any younger, and our understanding of naval nuclear power is only improving, so let's build a more powerful, more capable fleet.
TBD
Ohio
As the 41 for Freedom were being built, missile technology was improving rapidly, and missiles were getting larger. As a result, ships build later have larger tubes to accommodate those larger missiles. Those old hulls aren't cutting it any more, the latest generation of missiles require a new generation of missile submarine, larger than any other submarine ever produced by the USA. Still in service because it took like 20 years just to figure out what a replacement for the Ohio class would even look like, plus we've all sort of cooled off on the whole "Mutually Assured Destruction" thing.
TBD
Seawolf
Built just as the cold war was ending, the Seawolf class submarines are heavily overbuilt and just so fancy that they get their own special hull numbers unlike every other submarine. The Jimmy Carter is a crazy overbuilt special ops sub that probably teleports or something. Don't ask.
- SSN-21
- USS Seawolf
- SSN-22
- USS Connecticut
- SSN-23
- USS Jimmy Carter
Virginia
The newest submarines on the block, the oldest one is recent enough to have had a MySpace page. None of these are probably ever going to have their own independent website but they're listed here for completeness' sake.
TBD