On 1 December 1976 General Dynamics Electric Boat (GDEB) submitted a $544 million claim related to its contract for 18 Los-Angeles-class submarines the contractor alleged the USN made an undue amount of design changes while the government argued that Electric Boat mismanaged its operations. The class originally had essentially the same weapons and sensors as the preceding Sturgeon-class submarine, but was approximately 50% larger with 'major improvements' in stealth and speed so that they too could keep up with carrier battle groups. Development of the Los Angeles class commenced in 1967 as a response. Soviet fast-attack submarines became capable of keeping pace with carrier groups, while their newer missile submarines could potentially overwhelm the group's defenses with salvos of missiles. In the late 1960s, the Soviet Union's advances in submarine technology increasingly threatened the survivability of US Navy (USN) carrier battle groups. Rickover's response to the decision to name the submarines after cities (and occasionally politicians influential in defense issues) was that 'Fish don't vote.' Development

Rickover, named for the ' father of the nuclear Navy.' This was a change from traditionally naming attack submarines after marine animals, such as USS Seawolf or USS Shark. Submarines of this class are named after American towns and cities, such as Albany, New York Los Angeles, California and Tucson, Arizona, with the exception of USS Hyman G. As of 2022, 26 of the Los Angeles class remain in commission-more than any other class in the world-and they account for more than half of the U.S. Also known as the 688 class (pronounced 'six-eighty-eight') after the hull number of lead vessel USS Los Angeles (SSN-688), 62 were built from 1972 to 1996, the latter 23 to an improved 688i standard. The Los Angeles class of submarines are nuclear-powered fast attack submarines ( SSN) in service with the United States Navy. Submerged: Over 25 knots (29 mph 46 km/h), official 33+ knots, reported īQQ-5 suite which includes active and passive systems sonar, BQS-15 detecting and ranging sonar, WLR-8V(2) ESM receiver, WLR-9 acoustic receiver for detection of active search sonar and acoustic homing torpedoes, BRD-7 radio direction finder, BPS-15 radarĤ × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes, 37 × Mk 48 torpedo, Tomahawk land attack missile, Harpoon anti-ship missile, Mk 67 mobile, or Mk 60 CAPTOR mines (FLTII and 688i FLTIII have a 12-tube VLS).

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