Successors to the US Navy’s Los Angeles class fast-attack submarines (presented in volume1), the Seawolf and Virginia class SSNs are presented here from their initial design andconstruction, through testing and trials, to operational levels. From its debut in 1997, thenuclear-powered Seawolf (SSN-21) represented the lead ship of the deadliest submarine everto be constructed for the USN during the Cold War.With the end of the Cold War, the Seawolf-class SSNs were limited to the three that wereunder construction at the time, and the program was terminated. With only three in the class,the supersecret USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) is still virtually off limits to all photography. AuthorJim Goodall’s unprecedented access onboard a Seawolf class – the USS Connecticut – was a firstfor the Navy and provides exclusive coverage found only in this text. In place of the Seawolfclass, the Virginia-class attack submarine was an advanced stealth, multi-mission nuclear-powered submarine for deep-ocean antisubmarine warfare and littoral (shallow water)
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If you purchase this, you absolutely must own Jim’s Volume 1, the Los Angeles Class 688. Theauthor’s unprecedented access will allow you to enter a sanctity even high-ranked officers areunallowed. In some books such as this, minor details of the boats’ armament are allowed tonow be viewed: four 21” bow mounted torpedo tubes supporting the Mk. 48 ADCAP torpedoseries – Tomahawk (BGM – 109) cruise missile; and the Harpoon (UGM – 84) anti-ship missilecapability. Virtually all the mesmerizing photographs will ignite more cravings for additional“secrets”, and, if allowed to be shared, it’ll be Schiffer who will bring them to you thanks to
good men like Jim Goodwill.
