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To: Scythian
USS Hartford website:

http://navysite.de/ssn/ssn768.htm

LA Class boat. Highly maneuverable and not as big as the Sturgeon class that proceeded it.

22 posted on 03/20/2009 6:53:55 AM PDT by edcoil (Are we there yet?)
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To: edcoil

I beg to differ. Sturgeon boats were much smaller than 688’s. I used to repair both classes.


30 posted on 03/20/2009 6:57:53 AM PDT by EricT. ("Mankind, when left to themselves, are unfit for their own government." -George Washington)
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To: edcoil

LA class are 60ft longer, a foot wider at the beam and displace more than 200 more tons of seawater than the Sturgeon class (a bit less for stretch hulls).


36 posted on 03/20/2009 7:02:42 AM PDT by Doohickey (The more cynical you become, the better off you'll be.)
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To: edcoil

You’re kidding, right? I did tours on both 637’s and 688’s. 688’s are about 70 feet longer and draft at least another 4-5 feet. I won’t get into how my first boat hit the pier in Bangor.


43 posted on 03/20/2009 7:05:29 AM PDT by OCCASparky (Steely-Eyed Killer of the Deep)
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