List of nuclear submarines
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
Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines
- Shang class (Type 093)[2]
 
India
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
- Akula class (1 under lease)[5]
 
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
France
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
Russia
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
- Akula class (Project 971 Shchuka-B)[9]
 
- Sierra class
- Sierra II (Project 945A Kondor)[10]
 
 
- Victor class
- Victor III (Project 671RTM/RTMK Shchuka)[11]
 
 
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
- Borei class[12]
- Borei (Project 955)
 - Borei-A (Project 955A)
 
 
- Delta class
- Delta IV (Project 667BDRM Delfin)[13]
 
 
Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines
- Oscar class
- Oscar II (Project 949A Antey)[14]
 
 
- Yasen class[15]
- Yasen (Project 885)
 - Yasen-M (Project 885-M)
 
 
Nuclear-powered special purpose submarines
- Oscar class
- Oscar II (Project 949A Antey)[14]
 
 
United Kingdom
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
United states
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
- Los Angeles class[21]
- Flight I
 - Flight II
 - Flight III
 
 
- Seawolf class[22]
- Seawolf subgroup
 - Jimmy Carter subgroup
 
 
- Virginia class[23]
- Block I
 - Block II
 - Block III
 - Block IV
 - Block V
 
 
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
- Ohio class (SSBN)[24]
 
Nuclear-powered cruise missile submarines
- Ohio class (SSGN)[25]
 
Future nuclear submarine classes
Australia
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
- SSN-AUKUS[26]
 - Virginia class[27]
- Block IV
 - Block VII
 
 
China
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
- Tang class (Type 096)[29]
 
India
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
France
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
Russia
Nuclear-powered attack / cruise missile submarines
- Khabarovsk class (Project 09851)[32]
 
- Laika class (Project 545 Laika)[33]
 
United Kingdom
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
United states
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
Former nuclear submarine classes
France
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
Russia / USSR
Nuclear-powered anti-carrier submarines
- Echo class[41]
- 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[41]
- Echo I (Project 659)
 
 
- Papa class (Project 661 Anchar)
 
- Oscar class
- Oscar I (Project 949 Granit)
 
 
United Kingdom
Nuclear-powered attack submarines
Nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines
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
Nuclear submarines by name
A
- USS Alabama, SSBN-731[42]
 - USS Alaska, SSBN-732
 - USS Albany, SSN-753
 - USS Albuquerque, SSN-706
 - USS Alexandria, SSN-757
 - Álvaro Alberto, SN10[43]
 - 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
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