The US Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarines may have their origins in the 1970s, yet the boats have continued to remain relevant and performed critical protective functions in the service for decades.

Between 1972 and 1996, the United States Navy took delivery of 62 of its Los Angeles-class nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN). Also known as the 688 – pronounced “Six-Eighty-Eight” after ...

Family and friends watch as the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Alexandria (SSN 757) returns to Naval Base Point Loma Thursday May 15, 2025. (Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication ...

Key Points and Summary - The U.S. Navy faces a "worsening attack submarine deficit" because its aging Los Angeles-class submarines are retiring faster than new Virginia-class boats can be built.

The yard’s service life extension program started with Cheyenne, establishing the successful execution of a Los Angeles-class submarine refueling, overhaul and modernization of a submarine that is ...

Maya Carlin, National Security Writer with The National Interest, is an analyst with the Center for Security Policy and a former Anna Sobol Levy Fellow at IDC Herzliya in Israel. She has bylines in ...