Los Angeles-class submarine
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The Los Angeles-class submarine is a class of nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine operated by the United States Navy since 1976. A fictional member of the class, USS Anchorage, is featured in the 1998 TriStar Pictures film GODZILLA.
History
- The Return of Godzilla (1984) [mentioned]
- GODZILLA (1998)
Heisei era
The Return of Godzilla
When Godzilla approached a Soviet nuclear submarine with intent to destroy it, the crew aboard the vessel mistook him for a Los Angeles-class submarine.
GODZILLA (1998)
After Godzilla escaped the U.S. military's trap in Central Park, he fled into the Hudson River, where the Navy had deployed three nuclear submarines: the Los Angeles-class submarine USS Anchorage and two Ohio-class submarines. Anchorage managed to lock onto Godzilla and launched a torpedo at him. Godzilla swam underneath the incoming weapon, barely dodging it. However, the torpedo was still locked on, and the monster led it back towards its source. Godzilla's scutes tore Anchorage's hull, and a few seconds after, the torpedo hit the submarine, sinking it. The remaining Ohio-class subs, USS Indiana and USS Utah, locked on and fired their torpedoes at Godzilla, successfully striking the monster. He roared as he sank to the riverbed, causing the military to declare him dead, an assumption that was later proven wrong.
Capabilities
Armament
Los Angeles-class submarines are armed with up to 24 torpedo tube-launched weapons, as well as Tomahawk cruise missiles and Harpoon missiles.[1]
Pressure resistance
Los Angeles-class submarines are able to operate at a test depth of 450 meters (1,480 feet).[1]
Trivia
- No submarine in the U.S. Navy has ever borne the name Anchorage in real life. The name has been used by two dock landing ships, however, the first of which was still in commission at the time of GODZILLA (1998)'s release.
References
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