In 2004, the Navy commissioned the USS Virginia, the first in a new class of fast attack subs built to replace the fleet of aging Los Angeles-class subs. Of the 53 nuclear-powered attack ...
The Virginia-class subs, intended to replace aging Los Angeles-class submarines, are essential for various missions, including anti-submarine warfare and reconnaissance. The latest Block V ...
The vaunted Virginia-class nuclear-powered attack submarines were intended to replace America’s iconic, though aging, Los Angeles-class attack submarines. Yet, the Navy has failed to adequately ...
The Virginia class was not the first new design to come into service after the Cold War. The Seawolf class was originally intended to succeed the Los Angeles class, but production was canceled ...
(WAVY) — Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro has announced the names of three future Virginia-class submarines ... leader DL-1 (1953-1970) and the Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine SSN ...
On April 2, the launch of the last Los Angeles class submarine took place at Newport News Shipbuilding in Virginia. Congressman James B. Longley, Jr. of Maine, a member of the National Security ...