Undersea Warfare Proknow

Submarine Warfare Insignia

bow view of sub, proceeding on surface, planes rigged for diving, dolphin fish flanking the bow and conning tower

SSBN Deterrence Pin

Worn by officers and enlisted who complete strategic deterrent patrols on SSBNs, gold pin when 20 patrols are achieved

Submarine Combat Patrol Pin

worn by officers and enlisted who have completed combat patrols during times of declared wars (last was WWII); pin shows Gato-class sub

Submarine Birthday and reason

April 11; USS Holland was commissioned in 1900 (first modern US sub)

1st submarine and designer

Turtle (1775), David Bushnell

First successful submarine mission

CSS Hunley, used spar torpedo to sink USS Housatonic, Feb 18, 1864

“It is to the everlasting honor and glory of our submarine personnel that they never failed us in our days of peril”

Fleet ADM Chester Nimitz

“Tenacity Dick, stay with the bastard till he’s on the bottom.”

LCDR Mush Morton to LT Dick O’Kane

WWII sub classes

Gato, Balao, Tench

Subs lost in WWII

52

Number of sub COs who won Medals of Honor in WWII

7

% of enemy ships sunk by what % of USN during WWII

55%, 6%

Cold War design improvements

1. Tear-dropped hull shape

2. Nuclear powered propulsion

Father of Nuclear Navy

ADM Hyman Rickover

First nuclear sub

USS Nautilus

Two sub components

SSN (fast attack), SSBN (ballistic missile)

Most survivable element of US nuclear triad

SSBNs

Vertical section on sub where bridge is located

Sail

Horizontal wings located on the sail

Fairwater planes

Horizontal wings located on the bow

Bow planes

SSN mission areas

1. ASW

2. ASUW

3. STRIKE

4. SOF

5. ISR

6. CSG support

7. MIW

West Coast SSN bases

1. Pearl Harbor

2. San Diego

3. Bremerton, WA

4. Guam

East Coast SSN bases

1. Groton, CA

2. Norfolk, VA

3 classes of SSN

1. Seawolf

2. Los Angeles

3. Virginia

Typical SSN crew

15 officers, 120 enlisted

Los Angeles class replacement

New Virginia class

USS Jimmy Carter main difference from other Seawolf class

100-ft hull extension = “multi-mission platform”

Importance of Block V Virginia Class subs

guided missile capability, meant to replace Ohio-class SSGNs

SSGN

Guided missile submarine

SSN

Fast attack submarine

SSBN

Ballistic missile submarine

Ohio-class sub hull design

Turtleback

SSBN nickname

Boomer

How many ballistic missiles can an Ohio-class SSBN carry?

24

What percentage of the strategic weapons inventory do SSBNs make up?

70%

West Coast SSBN homeport

Bangor, WA

East Coast SSBN homeport

King’s Bay, GA

SSBNs use ___ crews called _____ and _____?

2, Blue, Gold

How many SOF personnel can a Ohio-class SSGN berth?

66

Ohio-class SSBN replacement

Columbia-class

SONAR

Sound Navigation and Ranging

2 types of sonar

Active and passive

4 Sonar sensors

1. Spherical array (bow)

2. Hull array

3. Towed array

4. High frequency array (sail)

Primary Submarine Missions

1. ISR

2. NSW

3. Strike

4. ASW and ASUW

5. MIW

6. Counter-drug

7. Strategic Deterrence

ISR

Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance

SSN deployment length

6 months

SSGN deployment length

15 months (2 shifts)

Basic Sub Officer Pipeline

1. Nuke Power School

2. Prototype

3. Sub Officer Basic Course

How many torpedo tubes in Los Angeles class sub?

4

How many torpedo tubes in Seawolf class sub?

8

How many torpedo tubes in Virginia class sub?

4

How many missile and torpedo tubes in Ohio-class SSBN sub?

24, 4

How many missile and torpedo tubes in Ohio-class SSGN sub?

22, 4

How many Tomahawk Cruise missiles can a Ohio-class SSGN carry (maximum)?

154

Principal, heavyweight ASW/ASUW US torpedo, has its own onboard SONAR

Mk-48

Three-stage, solid-propellant, ballistic missile with 4000 mile range

Trident II (D5) Submarine Launched Ballistic Missile (SLBM)