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SEAWOLF CLASS SUBMARINE MODEL
The Seawolf is a class
of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines. Seawolf class
submarines are quieter than the previous Los Angeles
class. They are larger, faster, has twice as many
torpedo tubes.
The photos in this
page are of the heavily-modified USS Jimmy Carter.
By the mid 1980s, the
Soviet Union’s new Akula-class submarines had a
steep drop in broadband acoustic noise profiles
after the Toshiba milling machine had been sold to
the Soviets. On top of running silent, the Akula
class could dive to depths of up to two thousand
feet—while the U.S. Navy’s frontline submarines, the
Los Angeles class, could dive to only 650 feet.
To combat the threat of the Akula class, the U.S.
Navy responded with Seawolf submarines. The Seawolf submarines were
designed with HY-100 steel alloy hulls two inches
thick to withstand the pressures of deep
diving. HY-100 steel is roughly 20 percent
stronger than the HY-80 used in the Los Angeles
class. As a result, the submarines are capable of
diving to depths of up to two thousand feet, and
crush depth estimates run from 2,400 to 3,000 feet.
A Seawolf submarine is powered by one
Westinghouse S6W nuclear reactor. The class was
the
first of American submarine to use
pump-jet propulsors over propellers. A Seawolf is capable of eighteen knots on the surface,
35 knots underwater, and a silent
running speed of about 20 knots.
A Seawolf submarine is ten times quieter over the full range of
operating speeds than the improved Los Angeles
submarines, and an astonishing seventy times quieter
than the original Los Angeles class submarines. It can
run quiet at twice the speed of previous boats.
The extreme quietness of the Seawolf class gave the Navy
the idea of modifying the last submarine,
USS Jimmy
Carter, to support clandestine operations.
The Seawolf class submarines were designed to be true
hunters, and as a result have eight torpedo tubes,
double the number of earlier submarines. Each has stores for up a combination
of up to fifty Mark 48 heavyweight torpedoes,
Sub-Harpoon antiship missiles, and Tomahawk missiles.
Instead of a planned fleet
of nearly 30 submarines, the Pentagon bought just three for
more than $3 billion each. At more than 350 feet long
and with a submerged displacement of more than 9,100
tons, the Seawolf class is the most expensive attack
submarine ever built and the second most expensive
undersea vessel of any type.
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We build this
primarily wood
Seawolf class
submarine model in three sizes:
- 48" long
(1/87 scale)
$3,590 Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $400 flat rate.
- 29" long
(1/144 scale)
$2,125 Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $300 flat rate.
- 15.5" long (1/350
scale)
$1,417 Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $200 flat rate.
This model is
built per commission only. We require only a small
deposit to start the process (not full amount, not even
half) $500  The
remaining balance won't be due until the model is
completed, in less than 6 months.
Note that the real
Seawolf
submarines have
no
red on the bottom half of the hull.
Learn more about the Seawolf class submarine here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seawolf-class_submarine.
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