Think you are cold today?
The US Navy attack submarine USS Annapolis (SSN 760) rests in the Arctic Ocean after surfacing through three feet of ice during Ice Exercise 2009 on March 21, 2009. The two-week training exercise, which is used to test submarine operability andwar-fighting capability in Arctic conditions, also involved the USS Helena (SSN 725), the University of Washington and personnel from the Navy Arctic Submarine Laboratory.
DoD photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Tiffini M. Jones, U.S. Navy. (Released). Click to go bigga.
Commisoned in 1992 the Annapolis is an improved Los Angeles class attack submarine. Homeported in Groton, CT, she is assigned to Submarine Development Squadron 12.
Specs;
Displacement: 6,000 long tons (6,096 t) light (surfaced)
6,927 long tons (7,038 t) full (dived)
927 long tons (942 t) dead
Length: 110.34 m (362 ft 0 in)
Beam: 10.06 m (33 ft 0 in)
Draft: 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in)
Depth: 122 m (400 ft)
Propulsion: S6G nuclear reactor
Speed: 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)+
Complement: 12 officers, 115 men
Sensors and
processing systems: BQQ-10 Sonar; BPS-15 Surface Search Radar;
Armament: • 4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes
• 12 x Vertical Launch Tomahawk tubes
• Mark 48 ADCAP torpedoes
• Tomahawk missiles
• CAPTOR mine