An attack submarine or hunter-killer submarine is a submarine specifically designed for the purpose of attacking and sinking other submarines, surface combatants and merchant vessels. In the Soviet and Russian navies they were and are called "multi-purpose submarines". They are also used to protect friendly surface combatants and missile submarines. Some attack subs are also armed with cruise missiles mounted in vertical launch tubes, increasing the scope of their potential missions to include land targets.
Attack submarines may be either nuclear-powered or diesel-electric ("conventionally") powered. In the United States Navynaming system, and in the equivalent NATO system (STANAG 1166), nuclear-powered attack submarines are known as SSNs and their diesel-electric predecessors were SSKs. In the US Navy, SSNs are unofficially called "fast attacks".
History
Origins
In the action of 9 February 1945, HMS Venturer sank U-864 while both were at periscope depth. This was the first and so far only intentional sinking of a submerged submarine by a submerged submarine. U-864 was snorkeling, thus producing much noise for Venturers hydrophones (an early form of passive sonar) to detect, and Venturer was fortunate in having over 45 minutes to plot the U-boat's zig-zag course by observing the snorkel mast. Venturer's commander, James S. "Jimmy" Launders, was astute in assuming the U-boat would execute an "emergency deep" maneuver once it heard the torpedoes in the water, thus the "spread" of four torpedoes immediately available was aimed on that assumption. One hit, sinking the U-boat.
The RussianNavy has enhanced its capabilities by adding an advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine – named Arkhangelsk – to its fleet. The attack submarine was handed over to the Russian Navy...
... submarine being named for him ... Jimmy Carter’s naval legacy was cemented with the commissioning of the USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23), a Seawolf-class nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine, in 2005.
In a test-firing in mid-December, an unnamed French nuclear-powered attack submarine launched an F21 heavyweight torpedo at the retired corvette Premier Maitre L'Her ... Courtesy Marine Nationale... She was decommissioned in July and prepared for sinking.
What’s happened in the past year? Israel was brutally attacked and is now fighting a war for survival ...Perhaps the most egregious choice is the Administration’s decision to purchase only one Virginia-class attack submarine, instead of a planned two.
It doesn’t actually have to be your own boss – there was a famous case in World War II in which a German U-boat captain, after a battle in which his submarine and an attacking Liberator patrol plane ...
By DannyShaw / The Grayzone ... On Jan ... “Ataca Sabroso” (Attack With Sweetness) ... modestly ... Cuba hosted a fleet of Russian warships in its harbors, just 500 miles from nuclear-powered US attack submarines which continue to occupy Guantanamo Bay ... Danny Shaw.
Kalvari-class submarine Vaghsheer during sea trials ... These Kalvari-class (Scorpene) diesel-electric attack submarines have been constructed at MDL with technology transfer from the French firm, Naval Group.
An invasionary force that had any chance at all of surviving a US fortress defense of cruise missiles, drones, jet fighters, attack submarines and electronics warfare would need to be 100X larger.
He served on a submarine that attacked Japanese warships in the Battle of Midway... attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec ... He served on a submarine that attacked Japanese warships in the Battle of Midway.
WASHINGTON — By all accounts former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at age 100, was thrilled when he, as a former naval officer and submariner, found out in the late 1990s that the U.S. Navy would name its newest attack submarine in his honor.
The navy currently operates five such submarines. These Kalvari-class (Scorpene) diesel-electric attack submarines have been constructed at MDL with technology transfer from the French firm Naval Group.
During World War I, the Merchant Marine took cargo to Europe for our troops in spite of enemy submarines. They lost 197 ships from torpedoes, mines and other means of attack ...German submariners shot our life boats.
Fast-attack submarines are multi-mission platforms enabling five of the six Navy maritime strategy core capabilities – sea control, power projection, forward presence, maritime security and deterrence.
The Morning Call
01 Jan 2025
The Morning Call
01 Jan 2025