In the shadowy depths of the world’s oceans lurks a metal shark with a nuclear heart—the USS Greeneville, one of the most spirited troublemakers in the illustrious Los Angeles-class of submarines. This is not your grandfather’s rusty U-boat; the Greeneville is a 6,000-ton underwater Ferrari armed with torpedoes, missiles, and enough sonar gear to make a dolphin jealous. She’s been patrolling the deep since 1996, and if submarines had high school yearbooks, the Greeneville would’ve been voted “Most Likely to Accidentally Bump Into Things.” One of her more famous (okay, infamous) moments came in 2001, when she surfaced under a Japanese fishing vessel during a demonstration for civilian guests. No one said nuclear-powered stealth boats were great at parties.
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But the Greeneville is just one spirited sibling in the Los Angeles-class family, a 62-member clan of underwater sprinters designed during the Cold War to out-sneak, out-speed, and out-punch Soviet submarines. These weren’t the hulking sea sloths of yesteryear—Los Angeles-class subs were the sleek cheetahs of the deep.
They could chase down enemy boats at over 30 knots (which is basically NASCAR speed for submarines), all while listening for enemy whispers hundreds of miles away. Armed with Tomahawk cruise missiles, these boats could deliver an unpleasant surprise to someone’s backyard barbecue from beneath the sea—talk about long-distance RSVP.
Each Los Angeles-class sub is like a mobile underwater city, complete with torpedo rooms, control centers, and coffee strong enough to keep sailors awake through weeks of sonar pings. These submarines have been everywhere—from Arctic ice to tropical shallows—and some even carry Dry Deck Shelters for deploying Navy SEALs, which is basically like having your own underwater Batman garage.
And yet, through all this stealthy coolness, the Greeneville managed to carve out a uniquely memorable reputation: the submarine equivalent of that cousin who shows up to family reunions in a leather jacket and immediately sets off fireworks indoors. Love it or fear it, the USS Greeneville and her Los Angeles-class brethren are legends of the deep—part warrior, part mystery, and 100% mischief beneath the waves.
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