i want to know about submarines?

Question

general stuff
missles subs-ohio
attacks
whats zero bubble? thanks i just wanna no haha

Answer 1

Submarines.
Missile Subs - there are SSBNs (Submersible Ship, Ballistic Missile, Nuclear Propulsion) that have carried a variety of missiles (Polaris, Poseiden, Trident, and Trident II). The OHIO class (commonly called a Trident submarine) is the current SSBN in service. USS OHIO (first of the class) was commissioned in 1981. In 2006, after extensive overhaul, she was redesignated as an SSGN. (Submersible Ship, Guided Missile, Nuclear Propulsion). An SSBN has 24 missile tubes, each capable of carrying a Trident II missile.

Attack submarines in service are the LOS ANGELES Class (LA was SSN 688), the SEAWOLF Class (SSN 21), and the VIRGINIA Class (SSN 774). Attack submarines are known for underwater speed and agility, and their primary mission is to attack targets that threaten the impedence of free shipping lanes, or that threaten friendly assets.

Zero-bubble means a level ship, fore to aft. When the ship ascends or descends, the ship sometimes uses a down- or up-bubble, which means that the ship has a downward or upward angle (fore to aft) to assist in the propulsion of the ship to ordered depth. (And yep, submarines still use a bubble, much like those in levels at the hardware store).

To learn more about submarines, go to the Navy, not an insurance salesman turned author. Try:
http://www.onr.navy.mil/Focus/blowballast/sub/default.htm

Answer 2

Zero bubble means that the submarine is level in the water.

The Ohio-Class boats were built in the early 70's as stand-off nuclear deterents. Each boat carried 24 Trident nuclear missles, each missle carried 6 nuclear warheads. The several of those boats, including the Ohio and the Georgia, are currently being refitted. The current missle deck will be removed, and replaced with launchers for the Tomahawk family of cruise missles. This is expected to extend their service for another 10-15 years.

Answer 3

Level sub ....bow to stern.... a sub can be ascending or descending in this state through ballast, just a reference to nose down or up.... "bubble" is in reference to old usage of an inclinometer (curved liquid filled tube with a single bubble- much like a carpenters level appears) used in WWII era subs...as for present day subs the reference probably comes from inertial measuring systems (gyros) or GPS of sorts

Answer 4

Get Tom Clancy's book "Submarine" it will have most of the answers you are looking for.