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Undersea Warfare Weapons and Military Equipment

Browse 13 weapon systems and military equipment entries tagged Undersea Warfare, grouped by category with images, specifications, conflict context, and sources.

13 weapon systems

Type 039 / Type 039G Song-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy diesel-electric attack submarine family, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 039 / Type 039G Song-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy diesel-electric attack submarine familySide: UnknownBuilt: Wuhan Shipyard / Wuchang Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 039 / Type 039G Song-class is a Chinese diesel-electric attack submarine family built for the People's Liberation Army Navy. GlobalSecurity describes it as China's first new-design conventional submarine, with the improved Type 039G deleting the stepped sail of the first boat and adding anechoic tiles to reduce acoustic signature.

Type 039B Yuan-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 039B Yuan-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variantSide: UnknownBuilt: Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group / Jiangnan Shipyard / ChinaThe Type 039B is a Chinese Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant built for the People's Liberation Army Navy. GlobalSecurity describes it as a 2014 revision of the 039A with a lengthened hull and continued AIP-based quieting, while Wikimedia Commons images document the distinctive Yuan-class silhouette used for the variant.

Type 039C Yuan-class submarine, Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant with redesigned sail, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsType 039C Yuan-class submarineChinese People's Liberation Army Navy Yuan-family diesel-electric attack submarine variant with redesigned sailSide: UnknownBuilt: Wuchang Shipbuilding Industry Group / ChinaThe Type 039C Yuan-class submarine is a Chinese People's Liberation Army Navy conventional attack submarine variant identified by Western analysts in 2021 and later reported as an operational PLAN boat. Naval News and Covert Shores describe it as a Yuan-family development with a sharply faceted sail, a likely towed-array sonar fit, and the same general weapons loading method used by earlier Yuan boats.

Almaz / X-Ray, Deep-diving nuclear special mission submarine, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsAlmaz / X-RayDeep-diving nuclear special mission submarineSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Admiralty Shipyards / Soviet UnionAlmaz / X-Ray is the Soviet/Russian NATO-reporting-name family for the Project 1851 Nelma deep-diving special mission submarines. Open sources describe the 40-meter, titanium-hulled craft as carrier-borne vehicles with a diver lock-out, used for reconnaissance, cable tapping, rescue, and seabed recovery at about 1,000 meters.

Kashalot-class submarine, Deep-diving special-purpose submarine, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsKashalot-class submarineDeep-diving special-purpose submarineSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: United Admiralty Shipyard / Leningrad Admiralty Association / Soviet UnionThe Kashalot-class submarine is the NATO reporting name for Soviet Project 1910 deep-diving nuclear special-mission submarines. Open sources describe the titanium-hulled boats as covert seabed platforms with manipulator arms, side thrusters, and GUGI-linked undersea warfare roles rather than standard attack-submarine armament.

Losharik submarine, Deep-diving special-purpose submarine, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsLosharik submarineDeep-diving special-purpose submarineSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Malakhit Design Bureau / RussiaLosharik is Russia's Project 10831 AS-31 deep-diving nuclear-powered special-purpose submarine for GUGI undersea missions. Open reporting describes a titanium-hulled boat built around seven joined spherical pressure compartments, supported by a mothership, and still being repaired or tested after the 2019 fire.

Hobart-class air warfare destroyer, Guided-missile destroyer, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsHobart-class air warfare destroyerGuided-missile destroyerSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance / AustraliaThe Hobart-class air warfare destroyer is Australia's three-ship Aegis-equipped guided-missile destroyer class, based on Navantia's F100 frigate design and built by the Air Warfare Destroyer Alliance in Australia. The class is centered on air defense for accompanying ships, land forces, and coastal infrastructure while also carrying a helicopter, anti-ship missiles, and undersea-warfare systems.

Project 697TB, Inshore minesweeper, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsProject 697TBInshore minesweeperSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Shipyard named after Kirov, Astrakhan / Soviet UnionProject 697TB is a Soviet-built inshore minesweeper class based on small fishing trawler hulls and designed to search for, sweep, and destroy mines in naval raid zones, coastal waters, and dispersed basing areas. RT-59 was transferred from the Caspian Flotilla to the Black Sea Fleet in July 2023.

Project 1258 Yevgenya-class minesweeper, Inshore minesweeper class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsProject 1258 Yevgenya-class minesweeperInshore minesweeper classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard / Soviet UnionProject 1258 Yevgenya-class minesweeper is a Soviet inshore mine countermeasure class built by Sredne-Nevsky Shipyard in glass-reinforced-plastic hulls, with 92 completed for Soviet and export navies between 1967 and 1980.

Éridan class minehunter, Minehunter class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsÉridan class minehunterMinehunter classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Arsenal de Lorient / FranceThe Éridan class is the French Navy's national subclass of the Tripartite minehunter family, built at Arsenal de Lorient and fitted for precise mine countermeasures with hull sonar and PAP 104 vehicles. French Navy material describes the class as a specialist platform for detecting, identifying, and neutralizing submerged mines, with use as a precursor for amphibious and naval-air operations.

Frankenthal class minehunter, Minehunter class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsFrankenthal class minehunterMinehunter classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Lürssen / Abeking & Rasmussen / Krögerwerft / GermanyThe Frankenthal class is a German Navy minehunter class built by Lürssen, Abeking & Rasmussen, and Krögerwerft for precise mine countermeasures in shallow waters. Bundeswehr data describe a non-magnetic steel hull, Seefuchs underwater drones, mine-laying rails, and a 27 mm MLG fit on the 54.4-meter MJ332 boats.

Rubis-class submarine, Nuclear-powered attack submarine class, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsRubis-class submarineNuclear-powered attack submarine classSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Naval Group / FranceThe Rubis class is France's first generation of nuclear-powered attack submarines, built at Cherbourg for the French Navy and later modernized under the Améthyste program. Compact for a nuclear attack submarine, the class combined four 533 mm torpedo tubes with F17 torpedoes and SM39 Exocet missiles before being superseded by the Suffren class.

Project 22010 (Yantar/Kruys) special-purpose oceanographic intelligence ship, Oceanographic intelligence ship, Naval Systems

Naval SystemsProject 22010 (Yantar/Kruys) special-purpose oceanographic intelligence shipOceanographic intelligence shipSide: UnspecifiedBuilt: Yantar Shipyard / RussiaProject 22010, also known as Yantar or Kruys, is a Russian oceanographic intelligence ship built by Yantar Shipyard for the Navy's deep-sea research directorate. The lead ship was launched in 2012 and commissioned in 2015, and UK officials later described it as a spy vessel used to map critical undersea infrastructure.