The US Navy’s Los Angeles-class submarines may have their origins in the 1970s, yet the boats have continued to remain relevant and performed critical protective functions in the service for decades.

Key Points & Summary - The claim: Many submariners will tell you the Los Angeles-class is the best attack-submarine class ever built—because it did the two hardest things at once: scale and staying ...

Sixty-two Los Angeles–class submarines were built between 1976 and 1996. Not all of them served at once—some of the earliest subs were retired starting in 1995 with just seventeen years of service to ...