Permit-Class
Second Generation SSNs - Permit-class (originally Thresher-class) were quieter, deeper-diving submarines with advanced sonar. 14 boats. Renamed after Thresher loss.
Specifications
- Displacement (std)
- 3750 t
- Displacement (full)
- 4311 (submerged) t
- Length
- 278.4 ft
- Beam
- 31.6 ft
- Crew
- 13 officers, 120 enlisted
- Ships built
- 14
- Commissioned
- 1961-1968
- Decommissioned
- 1990s-2000s
Performance
- Top speed
- 15 kn
- Range
- Unlimited
Armament
- Main guns
- None
- Secondary guns
- None
- Torpedoes
- 4× 21-inch (amidships)
Armor & Systems
- Belt
- None
In-Game
- Tier
- T4
- Game power
- 91.63
- Research cost
- 32,254
- Credit cost
- 64,141
Notable
- Designed around BQQ-2 bow sonar
- Amidships torpedo tubes
- Deeper diving capability