Note: Submarines without the designation "USS" are still in the construction phase and have not been commissioned as Navy vessels.The commissioned, in-service submarines of the Virginia-class are:USS Virginia (SSN-774)USS Texas (SSN-775)USS Hawaii (SSN-776)USS North Carolina (SSN-777)USS New Hampshire (SSN-778)USS New Mexico (SSN-779)The non-commissioned submarines of the Virginia-class are:Missouri (SSN-780)California (SSN-781)Mississippi (SSN-782)Minnesota (SSN-783)North Dakota (SSN-784)John Warner (SSN-785)The class is currently budgeted for 18 boats in the class; submarine hulls 786 through 791 haven't been named yet.
It was President Jimmy Carter who served in the U.S. Navy, and aboard submarines. He was a crew member of the nuclear submarine SSN-575, the USS Seawolf.
The two US submarines lost after their hulls were crushed were the USS Thresher and the USS Scorpion. They are SSN-593 and SSN-589, respectively.
The current total is 71 active and 2 reserve as of May 2011 - Commissioned 14 SSBN's (Ballistic Missile Submarines) 4 SSGN's (Cruise Missile Submarines, converted SSBN's) 53 SSN's (Fast-Attack Submarines) Reserve 2 SSN's (688-class Fast-Attacks) The USS California, the newest Virginia-class SSN, is scheduled for commissioning in October 2011, with another 4 on the way.
The current total is 71 active and 2 reserve as of May 2011 - Commissioned 14 SSBN's (Ballistic Missile Submarines) 4 SSGN's (Cruise Missile Submarines, converted SSBN's) 53 SSN's (Fast-Attack Submarines) Reserve 2 SSN's (688-class Fast-Attacks) The USS California, the newest Virginia-class SSN, is scheduled for commissioning in October 2011, with another 4 on the way.
The current total is 71 active and 2 reserve as of May 2011 - Commissioned 14 SSBN's (Ballistic Missile Submarines) 4 SSGN's (Cruise Missile Submarines, converted SSBN's) 53 SSN's (Fast-Attack Submarines) Reserve 2 SSN's (688-class Fast-Attacks) The USS California, the newest Virginia-class SSN, is scheduled for commissioning in October 2011, with another 4 on the way.
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The hull classification "SSN" refers to the ship and propulsion type. Technically, it's spelled out SS-N; the designation refers to a nuclear powered fast-attack submarine. The abbreviation stands for "Submersible Ship - Nuclear".
The US had two: the USS Thresher (SS-200) and the USS Thresher (SSN-593).
The USS Connecticut (SSN-22) is the second boat of the Seawolf-class of Nuclear Fast-Attack submarines. The other two are the USS Seawolf (SSN-21) and the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23). The Jimmy Carter replaced the USS Parche (SSN-683) as the Navy's DevGru (Development Group, or Research and Development) submarine. The naming of the Jimmy Carter raised an eyebrow among the submarine community (myself included), as Carter, though a Naval submarine officer, failed his Engineer interview with then-Admiral Hyman G. Rickover. That failure effectively ended Carter's career in the Navy, and any chances he had of Commanding a submarine. His military record as President wasn't much better.