Army and Weapons | Deadly USS Virginia, United States Navy Submarines | The Virginia class (or SSN-774 class) is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) employed by the United States Navy. The submarines are designed for a wide range of open-ocean and littoral missions. They were intended as a cheaper alternative to the Seawolf class attack submarines, designed during the Cold War, and they are scheduled to be the oldest of the Los Angeles-class submarines to replace, nineteen of which, a total of 62 built, have already dismantled.
