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LOS ANGELES class
submarine model
The Los Angeles class of
submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines in
service with the United States Navy. 62 submarines were
built from 1972 to 1996. As of 2024, 24 of the Los
Angeles class remain in commission—more than any other
class in the world—and they account for almost half of
the U.S. Navy's 50 fast attack submarines.
Development of the Los
Angeles class commenced in 1967 as a response to the
Soviet Union's advances in submarine technology that
increasingly threatened the survivability of US Navy
carrier battle groups. The class originally had
essentially the same weapons and sensors as the
preceding Sturgeon class, but was approximately 50%
larger with major improvements in stealth and speed so
that they too could keep up with carrier battle groups.
The top speed of the
submarines of the Los Angeles class is classified. In
his book Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear
Warship, Tom Clancy estimated the top speed of Los
Angeles class at about 37 knots (43 mph.)
The U.S. Navy gives the
maximum operating depth of the Los Angeles class as 650
ft while Patrick Tyler, in his book Running Critical,
suggests a maximum operating depth of 950 ft. The
maximum diving depth is 1,475 ft.
Los Angeles class
submarines carry about 25 torpedo tube-launched weapons,
as well as Mark 67 and Mark 60 CAPTOR mines and were
designed to launch Tomahawk cruise missiles, and Harpoon
missiles horizontally (from the torpedo tubes). The last
31 boats of this class (Flight II and Flight III/688i)
also have 12 dedicated vertical launching system tubes
for launching Tomahawks
which can hit on target on 75 percent of the Earth's
land surface.
The tube configuration for the first two boats of Flight
II differed from the later ones: Providence and
Pittsburgh have four rows of three tubes vs. the inner
two rows of four and outer two rows of two tubes found
on other examples. The 688i Los Angeles class model
submarines are capable of deploying the Mk 67 Submarine
Launched Mobile Mines.
The Los Angeles class
submarine model in this
page is the USS Dallas. Dallas
was the first submarine of the Los Angeles class to be
originally built with an all-digital fire control
(tracking and weapon) system and sonar system. This
submarine model has a
removable Dry Deck Shelter that employs the latest submarine arsenal: the Swimmer
Delivery Vehicle — a highly mobile and virtually
undetectable means of carrying out special forces
missions.
USS Dallas SSN-700 was
retired in 2017. The
submarine starred in
a great movie
The Hunt for Red October.
Other
Los Angeles class
in film
includes the USS Chicago in Red
Storm Rising,
and the USS Cheyenne in SSN.
Clancy discusses the Los Angeles class USS Miami in-depth
during the 1993 non-fiction book Submarine:
A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship.
This primarily wood
Los Angeles class
submarine model is 1/200 scale, 22" long x 6" tall x
4" wide
$1,593
 Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $200 flat rate. This model is in stock and will be shipped within five
business days.
For different sizes,
contact us for a quote:
Services@ModelShipMaster.com.
We accept
commissions to build the following
Los Angeles class submarines:
688 class:
SSN 689 USS Baton Rouge (1977)
SSN 690 USS Philadelphia (1977)
SSN 691 USS Memphis (1977)
SSN 692 USS Omaha (1978)
SSN 693 USS Cincinnati (1978)
SSN 694 USS Groton (1978)
SSN 695 USS Birmingham (1978)
SSN 696 USS New York City (1979)
SSN 697 USS Indianapolis (1980)
SSN 698 USS Bremerton (1981)
SSN 699 USS Jacksonville (1981)
SSN 700 USS Dallas (1981)
SSN 701 USS La Jolla (1981)
SSN 702 USS Phoenix (1981)
SSN 703 USS Boston (1982)
SSN 704 USS Baltimore (1982)
SSN 705 USS City of Corpus Christi (1983)
SSN 706 USS Albuquerque (1983)
SSN 707 USS Portsmouth (1983)
SSN 708 USS Minneapolis-St. Paul (1984)
SSN 709 USS Hyman G. Rickover (1984)
SSN 710 USS Augusta (1985)
SSN 711 USS San Francisco (1984)
SSN 712 USS Atlanta (1982)
SSN 713 USS Houston (1982)
SSN 714 USS Norfolk (1983)
SSN 715 USS Buffalo (1983)
SSN 716 USS Salt Lake City (1984)
SSN 717 USS Olympia (1984)
SSN 718 USS Honolulu (1985)
688 class / VLS:
SSN 719 USS Providence (1985)
SSN 720 USS Pittsburgh (1985)
SSN 721 USS Chicago (1986)
SSN 722 USS Key West (1987)
SSN 723 USS Oklahoma City (1988)
SSN 724 USS Louisville (1986)
SSN 725 USS Helena (1987)
SSN 750 USS Newport News (1989)
688I class (improved 688 class):
SSN 751 USS San Juan (1988)
SSN 752 USS Pasadena (1989)
SSN 753 USS Albany (1990)
SSN 754 USS Topeka (1989)
SSN 755 USS Miami (1990)
SSN 756 USS Scranton (1991)
SSN 757 USS Alexandria (1991)
SSN 758 USS Asheville (1991)
SSN 759 USS Jefferson City (1992)
SSN 760 USS Annapolis (1992)
SSN 761 USS Springfield (1993)
SSN 762 USS Columbus (1993)
SSN 763 USS Santa Fe (1993)
SSN 764 USS Boise (1992)
SSN 765 USS Montpelier (1993)
SSN 766 USS Charlotte (1994)
SSN 767 USS Hampton (1993)
SSN 768 USS Hartford (1994)
SSN 769 USS Toledo (1995)
SSN 770 USS Tucson (1995)
SSN 771 USS Columbia (1995)
SSN 772 USS Greeneville (1996)
SSN 773 USS Cheyenne (1996)
Learn more about the
Los Angeles class submarine here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles-class_submarine
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