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Virginia-class and Type 212

Name:	Virginia-class	Type 212
Type:	Nuclear-powered fast attack submarines	Submarine
Origin:	USA	Germany
Produced:	2000	2002
Unit cost:	2.688 billion $	620 million $

Full description:	Description, operators	Description, operators

Specifications

Displacement:	7,900 t	1,830 t (submerged)
Range:	unlimited	15,000 km; 9,200 mi (8 knots)
Speed surfaced:	-	12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Speed submerged:	30–35 knots (56–65 km/h)	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Depth:	240 m (800 ft)	250 metres (820 ft)

Crew:	135	27

Displacement

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Dimensions

Length:	115 m	56 m
Beam:	10 m	6.8 m
Draft:	-	6.4 m

Images

Virginia-class

Author: U.S. Navy photo by General Dynamics Electric Boat. Licensed under Public Domain http://www.navy.mil/management/photodb/photos/040730-N-1234E-002.jpg License

Type 212

Author: By Bundeswehr-Fotos - originally posted to Flickr as U 34 in Fahrt, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=11538538 License