The U.S. Navy's fleet of submarines might be large, but it only has three Seawolf-class attack submarines: The USS Seawolf (SSN 21), the USS Connecticut (SSN 22), and the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23).

The reason there are so few of these lethal submarines is their high cost per unit. Back in the 1990s, the Seawolf class accounted for about 25% of the U.S. Navy’s entire construction budget. Of ...

The 353-foot Seawolf-class–unless it's the USS Jimmy Carter, which is 453-feet long– can travel as fast as 25 knots underwater. It has a single Westinghouse S6W nuclear reactor that drives two ...

The U.S. Navy's fleet of submarines might be large, but it only has three Seawolf-class attack submarines: The USS Seawolf (SSN 21), the USS Connecticut (SSN 22), and the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23 ...

In 2022, USS Connecticut, another Seawolf-class submarine, crashed into an undersea mountain while it was covertly surveying the secretive Chinese naval base on Hainan Island in the South China Sea.

The first Seawolf submarine, the controversial survivor of political battles, budget cuts and construction problems, was christened Saturday with a warning that the Navy needs more of the $2.4 ...

Seawolf-class attack submarine USS Connecticut (SSN-22) in 2009. US Navy Photo. With this new mission – one less focused on the ability to launch weapons against ground targets – the CBO now ...

America’s last Cold War submarine, the Seawolf class sub, was a big bruiser built to attack Soviet undersea bastions. The Seawolf program was cut after just three submarines were built, costing ...