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Submarine ProKnow
history, missions, platforms, weapons
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01/13/2008

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Turtle
Definition
1st sub, screws for propulsion; New York hardbor 9-7-76
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Hunley
Definition
confed; sank Housatonic in Charleston Harbor
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WWII subs
Definition
314 (111 before, 203 after); sank 1392, 5.3 million tons, 8 carriers, 200+ warships
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Nautilus
Definition
first nuke sub, tear-drop hull, 1-17-1955
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USS Thresher, USS Scorpion
Definition
lost in Cold war; deep diving sea-trial and weapons casualty; Soviets lost 9, 8 damaged
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Missions
Definition
Peacetime Ops; Intel, Survell, Recon; SpecOps; Precision Strike; Sea Denial; Strategic and Conventional Deterrence
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Peacetime Ops
Definition
demonstrate US interest in region; visible or invisible interest; support carrier groups, surface task forces, other subs
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Intell, Survel, Recon
Definition
attack subs; surveillance, intelligence, warning; line of sight transmissions
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SpecOps
Definition
insert, support, extract SEALs, EODs; collect tactical intel, coastal area recon; Advanced SEAL Delivery Vehicle (ASDV) on special LA, VA and SSGN subs: up to 16 SEALs, EODs
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Precision Strike
Definition
targets with 650 miles of coast of Tomahawk; enhanced with SSGN payload
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Sea Denial
Definition
stop use of seas in legit war, blockages of ports, war of attrition; Falklands War 1982
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Strategic and Convential Deterrence
Definition
primary role of ballistic sub as nuke detterence; attack subs as conventional detterent
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Fast Attack Subs (SSN)
Definition
designed to: seek and destroy enemy subs, project power with Tomahawks and SEALs, intel-survell-recon, support Carrier and Expeditionary Strike Battle Groups, mine warefare
advantages: longer range, endurance (no refuel), higher speed, sustained submersion
disadvantages: larger size for reactor, louder, techno and cost of nuke
Pearl Harbor, SD, Guam; Groton, CT, Norfolk
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SSN-688(i) LA-class attack sub
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SSN-21 Seawolf-class attack sub
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SSN-774 VA-class attack sub
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Ballistic Missile Subs (SSBN)
Definition
strategic deterrence; 2 crews; 14 Trident II SSBNs carry 50% US warheads; Bangor, WA and "Boomers" King's Bay, GA
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SSBN-726 OH-class Ballitic Missile Sub
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Cruise Missile Submarine (SSGN)
Definition
first 4 OH-class converted; transport, support SpecOps; VLS into MAC - 22 cells carry 7 Tomahawks, 2 cells LOC for SpecOps (sub supports team 66 men, 90 days); launch UAVs, UUVs: "remote eyes and ears"; so far USS OH, FL next USS GE and MI
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Combat System Weapons
Definition
Mk 48/ADCAP Torpedo, UGM-109 Tomahawk, Trident II D5 SLBM, Mk 67 SLMM
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Mk 48/ADCAP Torpedo
Definition
principle anti-sub/surface torpedo; all SSns, most SSBNs; breaks ships "back"; pre-programmed search, active seeker head, controlled by guidance wire
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UGM-109 Tomahawk
Definition
TLAM as all weather, long range, subsonic cruise missile; launched from standard 21" diameter, VLS of improved LA, VA and SSGN; 154 on SSGN; blast fragmentation(hard targets), combined effects bomblets(ant-airfield), thermonuclear tactical strike
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Trident II D5 SLBM
Definition
long range ballisitic, OH-class; multiple independently targeted reentry vehicles (MIRVs); 3stage solid propellant; star fixes
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Mk 67 SLMM (sub launched mobile mine)
Definition
destroy enemy shipping; modified Mk 37; self-propellant
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Sonar (sound nav and ranging)
Definition
active and passive; active emits pulses, passove listens to others sounds; Acoustic Rapid COTS Insertion (ARCI) advanced project
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Fire Control
Definition
takes info from SONAR, periscope, radio, torpedo to program speed course range
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