Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship

Type 2027 A computer processor hooked to the Type 2020 to determine range based on multiple arrival paths of a target's noise. Multipath ranging.

Type 2046 Royal Navy towed array for submarines. This clip-on array is attached to one of the stern planes.

Type 2072 A new flank array for Royal Navy SSNs, to replace the older Type 2007.

Typhoon SSBN The size of a small WW II battle cruiser, the Typhoon is the largest submarine ever built. Very quiet, and equipped with modern sensors. A total of six units have been built.

U-boat Unterseeboot. The German name for submarines.

UAP ESM system on Royal Navy SSNs.

UHF Ultra High Frequency.

Ultra Allied special intelligence during World War II, obtained by the interception and decryption of German Enigma communications.

Upholder (S-40) Latest diesel-electric submarine in the Royal Navy. Intended to replace the aging Oberon class SS, the Upholders have been experiencing a number of teething pains including problems with their torpedo tubes. With the collapse of the Soviet Union, only four out of a projected class run of twelve units are to be built.

Valiant (S-102) Second-generation Royal Navy SSN. Based on the Dreadnought, the entire submarine was produced in the United Kingdom. A total of five units built.

Vanguard Second-generation Royal Navy SSBN. Twice as large as the Resolution class, the Vanguard class will carry sixteen U.S. Trident II (D-5) missiles. Described as being very quiet submarines. A total of four units are expected to be built.

VHF Very High Frequency.

Victor I & II SSNs Second-generation Soviet SSNs. Larger, quieter, and better equipped than November class. Victor IIs differ from Victor Is in that the Victor IIs have four 650mm torpedo tubes and are about 16 feet longer. A total of twenty-two units were built.

Victor III SSN A further modification of a second-generation design. The Victor III class is the first Soviet SSN that came close to Western standards in terms of quieting and sensors. The teardrop-shaped pod on the rudder is the housing for a towed sonar array. The Victor III is the most numerous class of SSN in the Russian inventory, with twenty-six units built.

VLF Very Low Frequency.

VLS Vertical Launch System. A set of twelve external tubes located in the number two main ballast tank on SSN 719 and on the Los Angeles-class SSN.

VSEL Vickers Shipbuilding Enterprises, Limited. The U.K. equivalent of Electric Boat Company.

Waterfall display Phrase used to describe the appearance that a modern passive sonar display makes while showing bearing versus time information. A contact will look like a bright line on a CRT against a speckled background of other noise sources.

WEO Weapon Engineering Officer. Royal Navy equivalent of the weapons officer; however, the WEO is not eligible for command.

XO Executive Officer. U.S. Navy term for the second in command of a ship.

Bibliography

Magazines

International Defense Review

Jane's Defense Weekly

Jane's Intelligence Review

Maritime Defense

Morskoy Sbornik

Naval Forces-International Forum for Maritime Power

Naval Institute Proceedings

Navy International

The Submarine Review

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