Re: USS Iowa sub
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07/02/21 11:52 PM
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Great post, thanks for the information!
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Re: USS Iowa sub
[Re: Bob_Iowa]
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07/03/21 01:33 AM
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I see that they have already commissioned an Iowa, a New Jersey and a Missouri in the class. I wonder if a Wisconsin is in the works.
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Re: USS Iowa sub
[Re: Nelly]
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07/03/21 08:49 AM
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I see that they have already commissioned an Iowa, a New Jersey and a Missouri in the class. I wonder if a Wisconsin is in the works. There will be a USS Wisconsin, but it will be the second boat of the new Columbia class of ballistic missile submarines. Different design and mission from the Virginia class attack submarines Iowa, New Jersey, and Missouri.
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Re: USS Iowa sub
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07/03/21 09:00 AM
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I hope we build a lot more of them! Don't worry, several more on the way.
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Re: USS Iowa sub
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07/09/21 12:00 AM
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Thanks for sharing!! Its interesting to see what the Navy considers 'capital" ships that deserve the name of a state on them. In the steel ship era, battleships first carried a state name. By and certainly into WWII, carriers had eclipsed battleships as the most important "capital" ships of the fleet but none of them had state names. With the rise of the ballistic missile submarine of the Cold War, the third generation of them started being named after states in the late 1970s, the "Ohio" class. Fast attack subs of that era were named after major cities, just as heavy cruisers had been named during the World Wars. Fast forward towards today, it appears that state names are being given to both attack and ballistic missile subs. The new USS South Dakota is a bit older than the newer USS Iowa, but both attack subs. I haven't kept up and was surprised how many of these "Virginia" class attack subs are out there. Sort of ironic how the 3 battleship classes that were new to WWII (North Carolina class-2, South Dakota class-4, Iowa class-4) show up again as "sister" ships in this class of submarines. The North Carolina and Washington were sister BB and now are sister SSN as where the BB South Dakota, Indiana, and Massachusetts. The Iowa, New Jersey, and Iowa are also again sister ships from BBs to SSNs. Interesting... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia-class_submarine
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Re: USS Iowa sub
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07/09/21 04:44 PM
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Pretty sure that the attack subs have been able to launch Tomahawks for a good while. Probably since the Los Angeles class.
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Re: USS Iowa sub
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Ohio class subs have 24 long range nuclear missiles that can be fired underwater, 18,000 mph they go, across continents , I believe 2dz them subs plus some other ones that have nuclear missles, not sure how many warheads on each missle but carry more 1, I believe tomahawks are not that big an small explosive but expensive an for target that pinpoint or hit exactly
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Re: USS Iowa sub
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Four Ohio Class submarines have been converted from carrying Ballistic missiles (SSBNs) to carrying Tomahawks (SSGNs).
The second and third flight boats of the LA Class were outfitted with VLS tubes for launching Tomahawks.
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