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<blockquote data-quote="Triton" data-source="post: 62191" data-attributes="member: 3324"><p>The APHNAS (Advanced Performance High-speed Nuclear Attack Submarine) from 1971 was armed with four torpedo tubes and 20 cruise missile tubes aft of the sail.</p><p></p><p>Specifications</p><p>-------------</p><p></p><p>LOA (ft): 400</p><p>Diamater (ft): 40</p><p>Surfaced displacement (tons): 12,075</p><p>Submerged displacement (tons): 13,649</p><p>Mean draft (ft): 32.8</p><p>Officers: 12</p><p>CPOs: 15</p><p>Enlisted: 84</p><p>Reserve bouyancy: 13%</p><p></p><p>Image and specifications from <em>US Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History</em> by Norman Friedman.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]http://books.google.com/books?id=OJLiSJ1w6IYC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=APHNAS+submarine&source=bl&ots=JnuAyfVyOf&sig=MQIX_yz4rrq2KmbcL-EfdTGcAM4&hl=en&ei=IipdSv6bAofgswPRxsmzCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1[/URL]</p><p></p><blockquote><p>The new submarine was the first one designed for an entirely passive operation, that is, detecting targets passively at long range and then obtaining an entirely passive fire control solution. She was therefore designed at the outset to have a towed array. The active bow sphere had to be retained as a hedge against Soviet silencing.</p></blockquote><p>(Page 170)</p><p></p><p>The project was killed by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt in late 1972.</p><p></p><p>If built, the ship would have been classified as an SSGN. SSGN-01?</p><p></p><p>The cruise missile tubes were supposed to carry 20 STAM (submarine tactical missile).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Triton, post: 62191, member: 3324"] The APHNAS (Advanced Performance High-speed Nuclear Attack Submarine) from 1971 was armed with four torpedo tubes and 20 cruise missile tubes aft of the sail. Specifications ------------- LOA (ft): 400 Diamater (ft): 40 Surfaced displacement (tons): 12,075 Submerged displacement (tons): 13,649 Mean draft (ft): 32.8 Officers: 12 CPOs: 15 Enlisted: 84 Reserve bouyancy: 13% Image and specifications from [I]US Submarines Since 1945: An Illustrated Design History[/I] by Norman Friedman. [URL unfurl="true"]http://books.google.com/books?id=OJLiSJ1w6IYC&pg=PA170&lpg=PA170&dq=APHNAS+submarine&source=bl&ots=JnuAyfVyOf&sig=MQIX_yz4rrq2KmbcL-EfdTGcAM4&hl=en&ei=IipdSv6bAofgswPRxsmzCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1[/URL] [QUOTE] The new submarine was the first one designed for an entirely passive operation, that is, detecting targets passively at long range and then obtaining an entirely passive fire control solution. She was therefore designed at the outset to have a towed array. The active bow sphere had to be retained as a hedge against Soviet silencing. [/QUOTE] (Page 170) The project was killed by Admiral Elmo Zumwalt in late 1972. If built, the ship would have been classified as an SSGN. SSGN-01? The cruise missile tubes were supposed to carry 20 STAM (submarine tactical missile). [/QUOTE]
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