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USS Key West SSN-722
an American Los Angeles-class nuclear attack submarine

A nuclear submarine is a submarine powered by a nuclear reactor. The large amount of power generated by a nuclear reactor allows nuclear submarines to work at high speed for long periods of time. Current generations of nuclear submarines never need to be refueled throughout their 25-year lifespans.

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  • USSSkipjackSSN-585

    USS Skipjack, the lead ship of the first American ship class to use an Albacore hull.

  • Ohio class submarine

    an Ohio-class submarine

  • Akula class submarine starboard quarter view

    an Akula-class submarine

  • Royal Navy Trafalgar-class submarine HMS Trenchant (2)

    HMS Trenchant a Trafalgar-class submarine

  • Le Redoutable

    Le Redoutable, the French Navy's first ballistic missile nuclear submarine

  • Han class

    a Han-class (Type 091) submarine.

  • INS Chakra

    INS Chakra a Russian Akula class submarine in Indian service.

  • USS Thresher (SSN-593) bow

    USS Thresher

  • Uss scorpion SSN589

    USS Scorpion

  • Mike Class Komsomolets

    K-278 Komsomolets

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