Seawolf
United States nuclear submarine
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history of submarines
- In submarine: Adoption by navies
…nuclear submarines, the Nautilus and Seawolf, to test the two types, but problems (including leakage) in the Seawolf reactor led to the abandonment of the liquid-metal scheme. Later the navy also developed natural-circulation reactors. U.S. attack submarines (except for USS Narwhal, the natural-circulation prototype) are built with pressurized-water reactors, but…
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Seawolf-class submarines
- In Seawolf-class submarine: Concept and history
…build only three Seawolf submarines: Seawolf (commissioned in 1997), Connecticut (commissioned in 1998), and Jimmy Carter (commissioned in 2005). Seawolf and Connecticut cost \$3 billion to build, and Jimmy Carter cost \$3.5 billion. By the time Jimmy Carter was commissioned, the navy had already transitioned to the smaller and cheaper…
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