List of nuclear submarines

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This is a list of nuclear-powered submarines.

Current nuclear submarine classes

China

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Han class (Type 091)^[1]
• Shang class (Type 093)^[2]

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Jin class (Type 094)^[3]

• Xia class (Type 092)^[4]

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines

• Shang class (Type 093)^[5]

India

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Akula class (1 under lease)^[6]

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Arihant class^[7]

France

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Rubis class^[8]

• Suffren class^[9]

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Triomphant class^[10]

Russia

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Akula class (Project 971 Shchuka-B)^[11]

• Sierra class
  • Sierra II (Project 945A Kondor)^[12]

• Victor class
  • Victor III (Project 671RTM/RTMK Shchuka)^[13]

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Borei class^[14]
  • Borei (Project 955)
  • Borei-A (Project 955A)

• Delta class
  • Delta IV (Project 667BDRM Delfin)^[15]

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines

• Oscar class
  • Oscar II (Project 949A Antey)^[16]

• Yasen class^[17]
  • Yasen (Project 885)
  • Yasen-M (Project 885-M)

Nuclear-powered special purpose submarine

• Delta class
  • Delta III (Project 667BDR Kalmar)^[18]
  • Delta IV (Project 667BDRM Delfin)^[19]

• Oscar class
  • Oscar II (Project 949A Antey)^[20]

United Kingdom

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Astute class^[21]
• Trafalgar class^[22]

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Vanguard class^[23]

United states

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Los Angeles class^[24]
  • Flight I
  • Flight II
  • Flight III

• Seawolf class^[25]
  • Seawolf subgroup
  • Jimmy Carter subgroup

• Virginia class^[26]
  • Block I
  • Block II
  • Block III
  • Block IV
  • Block V

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Ohio class (SSBN)^[27]

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines

• Ohio class (SSGN)^[28]

Future nuclear submarine classes

Australia

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• SSN-AUKUS^[29]
• Virginia class^[30]
  • Block IV
  • Block VII

China

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Sui class (Type 095)^[31]

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Tang class (Type 096)^[32]

India

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Project 75 Alpha^[33]

France

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• SNLE 3G^[34]

Russia

Nuclear-powered attack / cruise missile submarines

• Khabarovsk class (Project 09851)^[35]

• Laika class (Project 545 Laika)^[36]

United Kingdom

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• SSN-AUKUS^[37]

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Dreadnought class^[38]

United states

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• SSN(X) class^[39]
• Virginia class
  • Block VI^[40]
  • Block VII^[41]

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Columbia class^[42]

Former nuclear submarine classes

France

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Redoutable class^[43]

Russia / USSR

Nuclear-powered anti-carrier submarines

• Echo class^[44]
  • Echo II (Project 675)

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Alfa class (Project 705 Lira)
• K-27 (Project 645)
• Mike class (Project-685 Plavnik)
• November class
  • November (Project 627)
  • November-A (Project 627A)

• Sierra class
  • Sierra I (Project 945 Barrakuda)
• Victor class
  • Victor I (Project 671 Yorsh)
  • Victor II (Project 671RT Syomga)

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Delta class
  • Delta I (Project 667B Murena)
  • Delta II (Project 667BD Murena-M)
  • Delta III (Project 667BDR Kalmar)

• Hotel class (Project 658)
• Typhoon class (Project 941 Akula)
• Yankee class (Project 658)

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines

• Charlie class
  • Charlie I (Project 670 Skat)
  • Charlie II (Project 670 Skat-M)

• Echo class^[44]
  • Echo I (Project 659)

• Papa class (Project 661 "Anchar")

• Oscar class
  • Oscar I (Project 949 Granit)

United Kingdom

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Churchill class
• HMS Dreadnought (S101)
• Swiftsure class
• Valiant class

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• Resolution class

United States

Nuclear-powered attack submarines

• Skate class
• Skipjack class
• Permit class
• Sturgeon class (637 class)
• USS Glenard P. Lipscomb (SSN-685)
• USS Narwhal (SSN-671)
• USS Nautilus (SSN-571)
• USS Seawolf (SSN-575)
• USS Tullibee (SSN-597)

Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines

• George Washington class
• Ethan Allen class
• Lafayette class
• James Madison class
• Benjamin Franklin class

Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines

• USS Halibut (SSGN-587)

Nuclear submarine by name

A

• USS Alabama, SSBN-731^[45]
• USS Alaska, SSBN-732
• USS Albany, SSN-753
• USS Albuquerque, SSN-706
• USS Alexandria, SSN-757
• Álvaro Alberto, SN10^[46]
• HMS Ambush, S120
• S605 Améthyste
• USS Annapolis, SSN-760
• HMS Anson, S123
• INS Arighat
• INS Arihant (ATV-1), SSBN-S02
• HMS Artful, S121
• USS Asheville, SSN-758
• Astute class (SSN)
• HMS Astute, S119
• HMS Audacious, S122
• USS Augusta, SSN-710

B

• USS Benjamin Franklin, SSBN-640
• USS Bluefish, SSN-675
• USS Boise, SSN-764
• Borei class
• USS Boston, SSN-703
• USS Bremerton, SSN-698
• K-117 Bryansk
• USS Buffalo, SSN-715

C

• S603 Casabianca (ex-Bourgogne), SNA (SSN)
• INS Chakra
• USS Charlotte, SSN-766
• USS Cheyenne, SSN-773
• USS Chicago, SSN-721
• Churchill class (SSN)
• HMS Churchill, S46
• USS City of Corpus Christi, SSN-705
• USS Colorado, SSN-788
• USS Columbia, SSN-771
• USS Columbus, SSN-762
• USS Connecticut, SSN-22
• HMS Conqueror, S48
• HMS Courageous, S50
• China SSN sub classes - 091 (Han), 093 (Shang), 095 (SSGN), 097 (Qin)
• China SSBN sub classes - 092 (Xia), 094 (Jin), 096 (Tang), new-type 098 fourth-generation strategic nuclear submarine

D

• USS Dallas, SSN-700
• K-414 Daniil Moskovsky
• Delta class
• RFS Dmitriy Donskoy, TK-208 (SSBN)
• HMS Dreadnought, S101

E

• S604 Émeraude, SNA (SSN)

F

• USS Florida, SSGN-728

G

• USS Georgia, SSGN-729
• USS Greeneville, SSN-772
• USS Greenling, SSN-614

H

• USS Hampton, SSN-767
• USS Hartford, SSN-768
• USS Hawaii, SSN-776
• USS Hawkbill, SSN-666
• USS Helena, SSN-725
• USS Henry M. Jackson, SSBN-730 (former USS Rhode Island)
• USS Honolulu, SSN-718
• USS Houston, SSN-713
• USS Hyman G. Rickover, SSN-709

I

• S615 L'Inflexible, SNLE (SSBN)
• USS Indiana, SSN-789

J

• USS Jacksonville, SSN-699
• USS Jefferson City, SSN-759
• USS Jimmy Carter, SSN-23
• USS James Monroe, SSBN-622

K

• USS Kentucky, SSBN-737
• USS Key West, SSN-722
• K-278 Komsomolets
• B-276 Kostroma
• Soviet submarine K-8
• Soviet submarine K-19
• Soviet submarine K-27
• Soviet submarine K-43, Also leased to India as INS Chakra between 1988 and 1991
• Soviet submarine K-56
• Soviet submarine K-131
• Soviet submarine K-219
• Soviet submarine K-429

L

• USS La Jolla, SSN-701
• K-3 Leninsky Komsomol
• USS Los Angeles, SSN-688
• USS Louisiana, SSBN-743
• USS Louisville, SSN-724

M

• USS Maine, SSBN-741
• USS Maryland, SSBN-738
• USS Memphis, SSN-691
• USS Miami, SSN-755
• USS Michigan, SSGN-727
• USS Minneapolis-Saint Paul, SSN-708
• USS Montpelier, SSN-765

N

• USS Nautilus. SSN-571
• USS Nebraska, SSBN-739
• K-152 Nerpa
• USS Nevada, SSBN-733
• USS New Hampshire, SSN-778
• USS Newport News, SSN-750
• USS Norfolk, SSN-714
• USS North Carolina, SSN-777
• USS North Dakota, SSN-784
• K-407 Novomoskovsk

O

• USS Ohio, SSGN-726
• USS Oklahoma City, SSN-723
• USS Olympia, SSN-717
• USS Omaha, SSN-692
• Oscar class

P

• USS Pasadena, SSN-752
• USS Pennsylvania, SSBN-735
• S606 Perle, SNA (SSN)
• K-211 Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy
• USS Philadelphia, SSN-690
• USS Pittsburgh, SSN-720
• BS-64 Podmoskovye
• USS Portsmouth, SSN-707
• USS Providence, SSN-719
• K-336 Pskov

R

• S611 Redoutable, SNLE (SSBN)
• HMS Renown, S26
• HMS Repulse, S23
• Resolution class (SSBN)
• HMS Resolution, S22
• HMS Revenge, S27
• USS Rhode Island, SSBN-740
• S601 Rubis (ex-Provence), SNA (SSN)

S

• USS Salt Lake City, SSN-716
• USS Sam Houston, SSBN-609
• USS San Francisco, SSN-711
• USS San Juan, SSN-751
• USS Santa Fe, SSN-763
• S601 Saphir (ex-Bretagne), SNA (SSN)
• HMS Sceptre, S104
• USS Scranton, SSN-756
• USS Seahorse, SSN-669
• USS Seawolf, SSN-21
• Sierra class
• USS Simon Bolivar, SSBN-641
• HMS Sovereign, S108
• HMS Spartan, S105
• HMS Splendid, S106
• USS Springfield, SSN-761
• HMS Superb, S109
• K-433 Svyatoy Georgiy Pobedonosets
• Swiftsure class (SSN)
• HMS Swiftsure, S126

T

• HMS Talent, S92
• S617 Téméraire, SNLE (SSBN)
• USS Tennessee, SSBN-734
• USS Texas, SSN-775
• HMS Tireless, S88
• USS Toledo, SSN-769
• USS Topeka, SSN-754
• HMS Torbay, S90
• Trafalgar class (SSN)
• HMS Trafalgar, S107
• HMS Trenchant, S91
• S616 Triomphant, SNLE (SSBN)
• USS Triton SSRN/SSN-586
• HMS Triumph, S93
• USS Tucson, SSN-770
• HMS Turbulent, S87
• Typhoon class

V

• Valiant class (SSN)
• HMS Valiant, S102 (SSN)
• Vanguard class (SSBN)
• HMS Vanguard, S28 (SSBN)
• HMS Vengeance, S31 (SSBN)
• K-157 Vepr
• Victor class
• HMS Victorious, S29 (SSBN)
• HMS Vigilant, S30 (SSBN)
• S618 Vigilant, SNLE (SSBN)
• K-456 Vilyuchinsk
• USS Virginia, SSN-774

W

• HMS Warspite, S103 (SSN)
• USS West Virginia, SSBN-736
• USS Wyoming, SSBN-742

Y

• Yury Dolgorukiy
• Yasen class

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