... 4 × 533 mm torpedo tubes (Mk-48 torpedo); 65 × torpedoes & missiles. The  Virginia class, also known as the SSN-774 class, is a class of nuclear-powered  fast attack submarines (hull classification symbol SSN) in service with the United  States Navy. The Virginia-class attack submarine is the U.S. Navy's newest  undersea .... This contract will bring the Navy's Virginia-class fleet to 18  submarines.
Jun 12, 2017 ... With the Navy's recent increase in SSN force structure requirements ... But with  the Navy's attack submarine fleet set to shrink to below the previously stated  requirement of 48 SSNs to only 41 by 2029, the service has to do something to ...  Previously, the Navy expected to drop to building one SSN per year ...
Aug 9, 2018 ... U.S. attack submarines are the best in the world, but their numbers are ... entire  fleet, and that number is projected to decline as legacy boats are ... successive  production lot while staying on cost and on schedule. ... the Navy considered  acceptable was 48, a number it will dip below .... Current Time 0:00.
Attack submarines are designed to seek and destroy enemy submarines and  surface ... (SOF); carry out Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)  missions; ... The third ship of the class, USS Jimmy Carter (SSN 23), has a 100- foot hull ... VPTs (SSNs 784 and beyond), MK48 ADCAP torpedoes, four torpedo  tubes.
Jun 11, 2007 ... projects that the SSN force under this plan would fall below 48 boats ..... The  United States and the UK operate all-nuclear submarine fleets, ... Congress's  decisions on these issues could significantly affect future Navy ..... The design  changes, the Navy says, are scheduled to be ready for boats procured.
Says the U.S. fleet of attack submarines is scheduled to fall below the 48 boats that Navy says it needs to carry out current missions.