![]() ![]() Now, the USS Seawolf is deployed to the U.S. She has a crew of 14 officers 126 enlisted. The 108 meters (353 ft) long vessel is powered by a single nuclear reactor delivering 45,000 horse powers (34 MW). The USS Seawolf was designed in the late Cold War days to dive deeper than others and aimed at counter ballistic missile subs sailing out from the Kola Peninsula. The submarine is armed with eight torpedo tubes and can hold up to 50 weapons in its torpedo room, including the Tomahawk cruise missile. ![]() This area is important for NATO, trying to keep track of potential enemy subs in the line between the North Cape via the Bear Island to the southern tip of Spitsbergen. From the rather shallow Barents Sea to the deeper Norwegian Sea in the North-Atlantic where submarines are more difficult to track. It is only a few hours voyage to the important Bear Gap where Russian submarines dive into the deeper Norwegian Sea. Tromsø has a larger airport and well-developed infrastructure. ![]() Here, the narrow waters under high mountains along the coast make a perfect shield for a submarine to surface for fast crew change and receiving supplies from shore with assistance of Norwegian Coast Guard or Navy ships. USS Seawolf outside Tromsø, northern Norway. But on Friday the nuclear-powered submarine suddenly came to surface outside Tromsø in northern Norway. USS Seawolf is based at Bangor naval base on the west coast of the United States and normally sails the Pacific. Too expensive, but also the most advanced and powerful attack sub in the U.S. But it is not frequently announced which submarines are in the area and when they surface.Īt a cost of nearly $3 billion per vessel, just three submarines of the Seawolf-class were built out of the originally planned fleet of 29. It is no secret that U.S navy submarines are patrolling the waters where Russia’s submarine fleet based on the Kola Peninsula sails out to the Barents Sea and Norwegian Sea. ![]()
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