A Los Angeles-Class Sub Tied to the Pier Was Louder Than a Seawolf at 20 Knots. 70 Times Quieter, It Dove Past 2,000 Feet to Hunt Typhoons Under Arctic Ice

A Los Angeles-Class Sub Tied to the Pier Was Louder Than a Seawolf at 20 Knots. 70 Times Quieter, It Dove Past 2,000 Feet to Hunt Typhoons Under Arctic Ice

In the 1980s, the US Navy applied everything it learned from operating its Los Angeles-class submarines and began designing the stealthiest submarine possible, with no expense spared: the Seawolf-class. Rather than continue the sequential hull-numbering scheme ending with the latest Los Angeles-class boat commissioned in 1996, the USS Cheyanne SSN-773, the Seawolf received hull number 21.  The U.S. Navy’s newest attack submarine, USS Seawolf (SS…