OHIO Class submarine.
The Ohio-class submarines are the largest submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy. USS GEORGIA is the fourth OHIO - class submarine and the third ship to bear the name of this grand state, one of the thirteen original states of the Union. In October 2005, conversion started to modify the USS GEORGIA to carry 154 conventional cruise missiles instead of 24 Trident missiles. After completion of the conversion, the GEORGIA will be redesignated SSGN 729. As an SSGN, the GEORGIA will also able to support operations of up to 66 Special Forces Personnel for up to 90 days. The Ohio-class submarines are the largest submarines ever built for the U.S. Navy. 15 officers, 140 enlisted,Length: 560 feet (171 meters) Beam: 42 feet, surfaced displacement spprox 16,767 tons. In comparison, a BALTIMORE class cruiser of WWII had a displacement of 13,600 tons and a crew of 2000! For a great (albeit lengthy) video of an Ohio Class at work copy and paste this link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxB11eAl-YE&feature=player_embedded. This is a BIG Submarine...but, two classes of Russian Navy submarines have larger total displacements: the Soviet-designed Typhoon-class submarines have more than twice the total displacements, and the Russian Federation's Borei-class submarines have roughly 25 percent greater displacements. How much bigger is this??? Look below!
Soviet Akula Class.
The largest submarine in the world is the Soviet Mk 941-U SSBN (Strategic Submarine Ballistic Nuclear) Typhoon', of the Shark (Akula) - class. For this, it has been included in the Guinness Record Book at the beginning of the 1980s.Only six of them were built at the naval base in Severodvinsk and they were designed as a response to the US's construction of the first Ohio nuclear submarine with 24 ballistic missiles on board. The Russians succeeded in surpassing the Ohio, and the Mk 941-U SSBN Typhoon is, even today, the largest submarine in the world. The dimensions of this leviathan are truly impressive. It's 564 feet long (172 meters), has a beam of 74.8 feet (22.8 meters), and an underwater displacement of 50,000 tons. The maximum speed is over 30 knots and it can stay submerged for 120 days, with a maximum crew complement of 130.Its weaponry is also impressive. For close combat, it's got two torpedo tubes (one 533-mm torpedo tube and one 650-mm torpedo tube) and can carry up to 36 torpedoes at a time. Even more dangerous is the long-range nuclear arsenal it packs, 24 Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBM) replete with 10 nuclear warheads each. These have a range of up to 10,000 km (6,213 miles). Typhoon submarines are among the quietest sea vessels in operation, being quieter and yet more maneuverable than their predecessors and have a maximum diving depth of 500 meters (1,640 ft), with an operational one of 380 meters (1,246 ft). Only one of these monsters is required to start a war with many of the world's countries and in the same end the war through its total annihilation ability.
What is next? Will there be other generations of submarines?
You should now have six sequential numbers if you have solved the Blind Man's Bluff series of six caches. These numbers, when placed in order in the following coordinates will give you the location to the final cache: N47 04.ABC W122 44.DEF where the letters are replaced with the sequential numbers from the six caches (A=1st cache number, B= 2nd cache number, etc). I hope that you have enjoyed the Blind Man's Bluff series and perhaps learned a little about the Silent Service...I know that I have enjoyed putting this series together. Thanks for visiting. Red Bone. PS I am adding this great youtube vido as a FYI only. It has nothing to do with finding the cache but I believe so strongly in the submarine service that I think you will find it worth watching. Please go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKMEl4HU0fA
