r/submarines

Just an overall concentrate of (sensible) weirdness : here is the smallest nuclear submarine of the US Navy, capable of deep diving (up to 724 meters), and equipped with tandem wheels to "drive" on the seafloor for maximal discretion.

Sources :

- First image courtesy of Defense Imagery via Wikimedia Commons (primary source link broken)

- Second image courtesy of H. I. Sutton via Covert Shores, alongside most of the available information about the NR-1.

understand if this isn’t welcome here but I want to share my love of submarines

I made this submarine as a hybrid between the British M-Class boats-the Japanese I-400- and the French submarine Surcouf, I often draw things I would like to see- but can’t find a picture of, and all the concepts/images of a submarine battleship online haven’t given me the “capital ship underwater” vibes I was looking for - so I decided to draw it.

the stats: (trying to be as accurate as I can be but I’m not that versed in nautical terms so please be forgiving)

Length: 360m,355m at the waterline (average heavy cruiser for scale)

Beam: 50m (pressure hull: 44m)

Displacement: 122,000 metric tons

Power plant: 150k shaft horsepower 2 screw

Draught: 15m

Freeboard: 5m- 7.5m

Armament:

• x2 305 mm guns(Surcouf turret)
• x1 460mm gun (M-class turret)
• x3 230 mm guns (back turret)
• x1 140 mm deck gun (back gun)
• x3 210 mm guns (forward turret)
• x4 40mm vickers guns (in turret beside the entrance to the hangar starboard side)
• x1 200mm gun (in turret beside the entrance to the hangar port side)
• x16 190mm guns (in turrets along the belt of the ship both sides)
• x1 75mm quick firing gun(midships first deck)

AA:

• 4x3 50mm guns (in 4 turrets protecting the retractable control tower)
• x6 orkelion 25mm aa guns (2 on the Surcouf turret,2 at the front of the anti aircraft deck and two on either side of the 2-storey bridge)
• 3x2 60mm bofors gun (2 turrets- 1st and 2nd turrets on the anti aircraft deck)
• 3x6 40 mm bofors guns (2 on either side of the aircraft catapult, and two on the superstructure forward of the M1 Turret)
• 1x2 dual turret/purpose 75mm chain gun aa turret. Feed system: 5 round clips per gun. Can be used as an aa gun or against smaller targets like torpedo boats or frigates(3rd turret on the anti aircraft deck)
• 1x1 88mm quick firing dual purpose naval artillery (4th turret on the anti aircraft deck)
• 2x4 20mm single man operated pod turrets 2 on each side (turrets that can be manned while ascending for more speedy and effective defense) (located along the deck below the aa deck)
• 1x2 140mm turret that will destroy any plane coming the subs way even if it’s an indirect hit after each shot the auto loader needs 3 seconds to load
• 1x11 .50 aa machine guns scattered throughout the ship

Submerged weapons:

• 2x5-tube 533 mm water proofed torpedo projectors
• 2x7-tube 410mm water proofed torpedo projectors- located just forward of the hangar door
• x10 2m conventional long range torpedo tubes 6 front- 4 aft mechanically loaded with 8 spare torpedos forward and 6 spares aft
• 6x2 noisemaker countermeasure projector
• 2x3 noisemaker countermeasure projector

Aviation facilities:

• x1 aviation hangar with full complex workshops for maintenance/ turntable for storage of the aircraft there is enough space for 5 large bombers and 20 small fighters
• x1 forward hangar/ elevating landing pad/ storage and armament areas for both supply and attack helos with enough space for 7 large supply helicopters and 10 attack Helios
• x1 aviation crane for for loading aircraft onto catapults and turning them around to be stowed again
• x1 retractable control tower complete with 20mm armaments, for coordination and communication of aircraft, which can lower into and seal around the body of the submarine when diving, the tower takes 36 seconds to retract
• x3 aviation catapults, two stored in the hull sections beside the large one for launching fighters simultaneously
• x1 collapsable & storable 2-part runway & storage cavity, for returning aircraft. Upon deployment it will rise out of its storage and raise up- connecting along the centre line, creating a return runway with an arresting cable.

« "海鯤潛艦，守護台海" Hai kun submarine, guarding the Taiwan strait."

Digital drawing made on procreate and iPad Pro.

Source: https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/defense/le-sna-de-grasse-est-arrive-a-toulon

Saw this one heading up the Thames River passing Electric Boat, with the usual escorts, while we were sailing inbound. (correction, 2026 not 2025)

Look like it maybe have a normal-size sail, not a small or sailless one.

Sources:

https://x.com/WZZJWZ/status/2072874191314125005

https://x.com/Tumodusss/status/2072299812205240411

But the viic 41 isn't complete yet. And please no hate comments.

Was on a cruise on the Norwegian Sun 2 weeks ago sitting by the window at a bar when we spotted this guy running at surface level, was cool to see out n the wild like that.

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