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Sturgeon class submarine
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| Sturgeon class attack submarine | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class Type | Attack Submarine |
| Class Name | Sturgeon |
| Preceded By | Chronologically: James Madison-class ballistic missile submarine By Type: Thresher/Permit-class attack submarine |
| Succeeded By | Chronologically: Benjamin Franklin-class ballistic missile submarine By Type: Los Angeles-class attack submarine |
| Ships of the Class: | See the list below for the all ships of the Sturgeon class |
The Sturgeon-class (colloquially in Navy circles, the 637 class) attack submarine (SSN) were the "work horses" of the submarine attack fleet throughout much of the Cold War. They were phased out in the 1990s and early 21st century in favor of the Los Angeles and Virginia classes.
All Sturgeons were designed to surface through ice, with a reinforced sail and diving planes capable of rotating all the way to vertical.
Beginning with Archerfish (SSN-678) units of this class had a 10-foot longer hull, giving them more living and working space than previous submarines. Parche (SSN-683) received an addition 100-foot hull extension containing research and development equipment that brought her total length to 401 feet.
A total of six boats were modified to carry the SEAL Dry Deck Shelter, indicated below by "(DDS)". The DDS is a submersible launch hangar with a hyperbaric chamber attached to the ship's Weapon Shipping Hatch. DDS-equipped boats were tasked with the covert insertion of special forces troops.
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- Displacement: 4960 tons submerged
- Length: 292 feet / 89 metres (short hull), 302 feet / 92 metres (long hull), 401 feet / 122 metres (Parche)
- Beam: 32 feet / 9.7 metres
- Propulsion: S5W reactor
- Speed: 25+ knots / 46 km/h submerged
- Depth: 1300 feet /400 metres
- Complement: 107
- Armament: Four torpedo tubes
- (SSN-637) Sturgeon
- (SSN-638) Whale
- (SSN-639) Tautog
- (SSN-646) Grayling
- (SSN-647) Pogy
- (SSN-648) Aspro
- (SSN-649) Sunfish
- (SSN-650) Pargo
- (SSN-651) Queenfish
- (SSN-652) Puffer
- (SSN-653) Ray
- (SSN-660) Sand Lance
- (SSN-661) Lapon
- (SSN-662) Gurnard
- (SSN-663) Hammerhead
- (SSN-664) Sea Devil
- (SSN-665) Guitarro
- (SSN-666) Hawkbill
- (SSN-667) Bergall
- (SSN-668) Spadefish
- (SSN-669) Seahorse
- (SSN-670) Finback
- (SSN-672) Pintado
- (SSN-673) Flying Fish
- (SSN-674) Trepang
- (SSN-675) Bluefish
- (SSN-676) Billfish
- (SSN-677) Drum
- (SSN-678) Archerfish (DDS)
- (SSN-679) Silversides (DDS)
- (SSN-680) William H. Bates (ex-Redfish) (DDS)
- (SSN-681) Batfish
- (SSN-682) Tunny (DDS)
- (SSN-683) Parche (R&D)
- (SSN-684) Cavalla (DDS)
- (SSN-686) L. Mendel Rivers (DDS)
- (SSN-687) Richard B. Russell
Two other Navy vessels were based on the Sturgeon hull, but were modified for experimental reasons:
- (SSN-671) Narwhal
- (SSN-685) Glenard P. Lipscomb
- fas.org: Sturgeon class
- Bellona Report - (Russian source)
| Sturgeon-class submarine |
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Short Hull Sturgeon | Whale | Tautog | Grayling | Pogy | Aspro | Sunfish | Pargo | Queenfish | Puffer | Ray | Sand Lance | Lapon | Gurnard | Hammerhead | Sea Devil | Guitarro | Hawkbill | Bergall | Spadefish | Seahorse | Finback | Pintado | Flying Fish | Trepang | Bluefish | Billfish | Drum |
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Long Hull Archerfish | Silversides | William H. Bates | Batfish | Tunny | Parche | Cavalla | L. Mendel Rivers | Richard B. Russell |
| List of submarines of the United States Navy List of submarine classes of the United States Navy |