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Book Synopsis A highly illustrated history of the US Navy''s nuclear submarine program, from the postwar years to the 2020 Columbia-class SSBNs.James C. Goodall covers the origins, design and development of the US Navy's fleet of nuclear-powered submarines. This program was developed under the command of Hiram G. Rickover, the Father of the Nuclear Navy who oversaw the commissioning of the very first nuclear-powered attack submarine, the USS
Nautilus (SSN 571) in 1952. This was a truly revolutionary design. Until the advent of nuclear power, the world's submarine fleets traveled on the surface at night to charge their batteries, and only dove below the surface when enemy ships or planes were spotted. With the development of the USS
Nautilus, the US Navy now had the ability to stay submerged for not just hours or days, but to hide out of harm's way for weeks or months at a timeThis highly illustrated book covers all of the 220+ submarine hulls built and delivered
Table of ContentsFast Attack Submarines 1. Nautilus Class 2. Seawolf Class 3. Skate Class 4. Skipjack Class 5. Triton Class 6. Tullibee Class 7. Thresher Class 8. Sturgeon Class 9. Narwhal Class 10. Glenard P. Lipscomb Class 11. Los Angeles Class 12. Virginia Class 13. Seawolf Class 14. NR-1 Class Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines 1. George Washington Class 2. Ethan Allen Class 3. Lafayette Class 4. Benjamin Franklin Class 5. Ohio Class SSBN 6. Ohio Class SSGN 7. Columbia Class SSBN
