PLATFORM TYPE:   LOS ANGELES CLASS ATTACK SUBMARINE SSN
PLATFORM NAME:   USS LOS ANGELES SSN 688
                 USS PITTSBURGH SSN 720

DESCRIPTION:     DESIGNED TO HUNT AND KILL SOVIET SSBNs
                 AS WELL AS SSNs.  IMPROVED LOS ANGELES
                 CLASS HAVE CAPABILITY TO ATTACK
                 SURFACE SHIPS AS WELL AS LAND TARGETS.
DISPLACEMENT:    6927 DIVED
DIMENSIONS:      362 x 33 x 32.3 FT
POWERPLANT:      2 TURBINES  35,000 HP
                 1 SHAFT
                 1 PROP MOTOR  325 HP
SPEED:           32KTS DIVED
MANNING LEVEL:   146

MISSILES:
                 SLCM TOMAHAWK (TLAM-N)
                 SSM TOMAHAWK (TASM)
                 SSM HARPOON

TORPEDOES:       4  21 IN (533mm) TUBES MIDSHIPS
                 MK48 TORPEDOES

MINES:           CAN LAY MK67 MOBILE AND MK60 CAPTOR
                 MINES

COUNTERMEASURES:
    (DECOY):           MK2 TORPEDO DECOY
    (ESM):             BRD-7
                       WLR-12
                       WLR-9A
                       WLR-1H

COMBAT DATA SYSTEMS:
                       CCS-MK1
                       BSY-1

FIRE CONTROL:          MK117 MOD 10 TFCS

RADARS:
    (SURFACE SRCH/NAVIGATION/FIRE CTRL):
                       BPS-15A

COUNTRY:               USA
COMMENTS:              DIVING DEPTH IS 1475 FT


