![]() Navy after World War II (and in the Cold War) were " frigates"-the ships were originally designated destroyer leaders but reclassified in 1975 as guided missile cruisers (except the Farragut class became guided missile destroyers). ![]() The first major warship produced by the U.S. During World War II, the United States began building larger 2100-ton destroyers with five-gun main batteries, but without stability problems. The 1500-ton destroyers built in the 1930s under the treaties had stability problems that limited expansion of their armament in World War II. Additionally, treaties regulated destroyer construction. The peacetime years between 19 resulted in many of these flush deck destroyers being laid up. Navy began mass-producing destroyers, laying 273 keels of the Clemson and Wickes-class destroyers. On, the US Congress authorized the first sixteen torpedo boat destroyers and twelve seagoing torpedo boats for the United States Navy. In 1898, while the Spanish–American War was being fought in the Caribbean and the Pacific, Assistant Secretary of the Navy Theodore Roosevelt wrote that the Spanish torpedo boat destroyers were the only threat to the American navy, and pushed for the acquisition of similar vessels. The first automotive torpedo was developed in 1866, and the torpedo boat was developed soon after. Operators: Argentine Navy: 1 (S-41) inactive (laid up) 2nd boat ( S-42) sunk with all hands lost.USS Gridley, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer.Operator: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: 1 launched, 7 planned ― equipped with Lithium-ion batteries.Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy: 13 in service.Operator: Marina Militare: 4 in service.Operator: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: 11 in service, 2 as training ships.People's Liberation Army Navy: 14 in service.Operators: Russian Navy: 1st boat decommissioned for scrapping 2nd on sea trials 4 more building/ordered ( AIP propulsion originally considered but, according to shipbuilder, not incorporated ).Myanmar Navy: 1 Kilo transferred from Indian Navy.Vietnam People's Navy: 6 Improved Kilo in service.Romanian Naval Forces: 1 Kilo no longer active used for dockside training.Algerian National Navy: 2 Original Kilo and 2 Improved Kilo.Russian Navy: 11-12 original Kilo (877) in service, 10 Improved Kilo (636.3) in service, 3 Improved Kilo building/ordered.People's Liberation Army Navy: 2 Kilo and 10 Improved Kilo in service.Indian Navy: 8 Kilo, 1 decommissioned, 1 transferred to Myanmar Navy, known as the Sindhughosh class.Kilo class (Project 877 Paltus and Project 636).Operator: Israeli Navy: 3 non-AIP in-service.Dolphin class (Dolphin-1 non-AIP variant).Operator: Royal Australian Navy: 6 in service.Operator: Republic of Singapore Navy: 2 in service.People's Liberation Army Navy: 17 in service, 3 buildingĭiesel-electric attack submarines.Republic of Singapore Navy: 2 on a delivery program.Republic of Korea Navy: 8 in service, 1 building/ordered.Marina Militare: 4 in service (A), 3 more ordered with option for a fourth (A) – known as the Todaro-class.German Navy: 6 in service (A), 2 more ordered (CD).Operators: Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force: 12 in service, last two boats not equipped with AIP in favour of larger battery.Indian Navy: 4 in service, 1 under trials, 1 under construction, known as Kalvari-class submarine.Operator: Spanish Navy: 1 on sea trials 3 more building.Operator: People's Liberation Army Navy: 1 in service.Operator: Israeli Navy: 3 AIP in-service/sea trials, 3 AIP ordered.Non-nuclear attack submarines with air-independent propulsion (AIP) Nuclear-powered attack submarines Classĥ undergoing modernization, 1 leased to India īoat 5 ( Anson) commissioned but not fully operational as of August 2022Ģ in service boat 2 (Duguay-Trouin) still working to full operational status total of 6 plannedĢ9 originally planned, 3rd in class built substantially modified for special missions Only G variant of the Shang-class submarine is capable of launching guided cruise missilesīoat 4 ( Krasnoyarsk) on sea trials as of June 2022 Oscar class (Project 949 Granit/Project 949A Antey)Ģ being modernized, 1 inactive/reserve, 4 scrapped, 1 lost at sea Including 2 Delta III (1 in special operations role, the other ( Ryazan) reclassified as SSN) and 6 Delta IV (1 special ops) Ģ4 planned 6 cancelled, 4 converted to SSGN For surface combatants, see the list of naval ship classes in service.īallistic missile submarines Classīoat 7 ( Alexander III) fitting out as of December 2022ĭelta class (Project 667BDR Kal'mar / 667BDRM Del'fin) The list of submarine classes in service includes all submarine classes currently in service with navies or other armed forces worldwide.
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