07 November 2012

Virginia-class nuclear submarine

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USS Virginia-class submarines are the United State's newest and most advanced submarine. The first Virginia slipped beneath the waves just eight years ago and only nine vessels have been completed. They take more than five years to build and run about $2.4 billion apiece.
The Virginia-class submarine is a new breed of high-tech, post-Cold War nuclear subs. The submarines are nearly four hundred feet long and have been in service since 2003. The ships were designed to function well in both deep sea and low-depth waters.
So far, nine have entered service. Cheryl McGuiness, the widow of one of the pilots killed on 9/11, christened the USS New Hampshire:
The USS Virginia's engines power a pump-jet propulsor rather than a conventional propeller. This design cuts back on corrosive damage and also makes the ship stealthier. The engine room, near the sub's stern, is the place where power from the SG9 nuclear reactor core drives the ship to nearly 32 mph when it's submerged.
The hallway extending from the engine room, over the reactor and through the living habitat in the center of the ship is dark so that sailors can sleep.
The ship has an airlock chamber with room for nine SEALs, who can exit the sub while its underwater by passing through a lock-out chamber in the center of the ship.
Submariners eat well the quality of the food is designed to offset the stress and burden of living underwater for months at a time. As one sailor said: "It's like having comfort food 24-hours a day."
The command center on the Virginia subs are much more spacious than previous submarines. The command center doesn't have to be directly under the deck of the ship in the Virginia-class subs because there isn't a periscope. This sub's "periscope" is a state-of-the-art photonics system, which enables real time imaging that more than one person can see at a time.
The Virginia eliminates the traditional helmsman, planesman, chief of the watch, and diving officer by combining them into two stations manned by two officers.
The Virginia subs carry a full crew of 134 sailors. Despite computer navigation systems all routes are plotted manually as well. The subs are equipped with a spherical sonar array that scans a full 360-degrees.
Down below the command center is the torpedo room, where it is possible to set up temporary bunks for special operations teams.
The ships carry up to twelve vertical-launch Tomahawk missiles and 38 torpedoes 
The                                                           ships carry up to 12 vertical launch tomahawk missiles and 38 torpedoes
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A petty officer on the USS Texas fires water through the torpedo tubes as part of a test. 
Here an                                                           officer on the                                                           USS Texas                                                           fires water                                                           through the                                                           torpedo tubes                                                           as part of a                                                           test
The subs were designed to host the now-defunct Advanced SEAL Delivery system, a midget submarine that transported Navy SEALs from the sub to their mission. 
The                                                           subs were                                                           designed to                                                           host the                                                           defunct                                                           Advanced SEAL                                                           Delivery                                                           system, a                                                           midget                                                           submarine that                                                           transported                                                                the Navy SEALs                                                           from the sub                                                            to their                                                           mission
The only thing in front of the torpedo room is the bow of the submarine, which contains sonar equipment and shielding designed to make the sub stealthier. 
The                                                           only thing in                                                           front of the                                                           torpedo room                                                           is the bow of                                                           the submarine,                                                           which contains                                                           sonar                                                           equipment and                                                           shielding                                                               designed  to                                                           make the sub                                                           stealthier
Even as they are being built, new improvements and upgrades are being added. 
Even as                                                           they are being                                                           built, new                                                           improvements                                                           and upgrades                                                           are being                                                           added into the                                                           design of the                                                           submarines

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