Talk:Seawolf class submarine

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Needs disambiguation. Both the SSN 575 and SSN 21 classes are "Seawolf Class Submarines" Elde 00:49, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

True, tho it should be noted that the total number of SSN-575-class ships was less than two. SSN-575 was unique, thank the good Lord Neptune.--the Epopt 01:13, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

This is why the Navy generally uses type hullnumber Class, to avoid the ambiguities that can arise using name Class. (Though arguably, the submarine ID scheme is so hosed no matter what system you use, that any potential confusion over Seawolf is a minor matter indeed.) I rearranged the order you created though, and modified the TOC levels to produce something a bit more logical.
Elde 06:02, 4 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Contents 1 No VLS 2 Meters or Feet 3 Propulsion inconsistency 4 Cheaper? 5 Date of decommision ? 6 Info on speed and max depth 7 Torpedo tubes?

[edit] No VLS

This was suppose to replace the LA-class, but it lacks VLS tubes. Was there a reason to omit VLS? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 205.174.22.26 (talk) 05:22, 16 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Meters or Feet

This page is inconsistent with meters and feet? Should I go ahead and convert them to meters? I don't want to mess things up. Thanks

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The US Navy uses the English measurement system so it's probably not appropriate to update everything to meters. Even tactical data is in yards and feet.

[edit] Propulsion inconsistency

"Propulsion: S6W reactor manufactured by General Electric"

Looking at the S6G reactor page, an S6W reactor is manufacuted by Westinghouse, whereas this page lists General Electric as the manufacturer. I would like to fix the error, but don't know the correct infomration. Thankyou to anyone who can fix it. --Commander Keane 12:22, 20 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Grrr. Well, [1], [2], and [3] all say S6W, though the last says, "a GE PWR S6W reactor system".

—wwoods 09:24, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

It is in fact manufactured by Westinghouse and not General Electric. The S1G through S9G reactor plants are made by General Electric. --SovBob 04:42, 8 Oct 2006 (EST)

[edit] Cheaper?

The article says "...led to the design of the smaller and cheaper Virginia-class submarine". But the Virginia class submarine article says that Seawolfs cost $2 billion, and Virginias cost $2.6 billion.

Corrected. CP/M 23:53, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

Realize that the 2.6 billion figure is after 10 years of inflation and includes R&D costs. The costs are also inflated by the fact that NNS hadn't build a sub since the end of the 688's production run. Once more Virginias are built, the cost per unit will be lower than a Seawolf once adjusted for inflation

[edit] Date of decommision ?

??? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 83.27.215.167 (talk) 17:32, 22 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Info on speed and max depth

Where is the source that Seawolf crush depth or NED(never exceed depth) is 2000ft? BTW, Seawolf can go faster than 35, so we should put 35+ --ProdigySportsman 20:09, 27 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Torpedo tubes?

The infobox claims "8x762 mm torpedo tube, 8X26 in tubes..." The text says "have twice as many torpedo tubes for a total of 8..."

So the infobox claims sixteen torpedo tubes, the text 8. The infobox claims a mix of 30 inch and 26 inch tubes!

The website fas.org claims eight 660-mm (26 inch) torpedo tubes for the seawolf, as does http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/seawolf/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by BobThePirate (talk • contribs) 11:26, 9 April 2008 (UTC)