The Alvin submarine was built in 1959 as a replacement for the U.S.S, which had been in service since 1939.The Alvin is now retired.But the submarine remains active in the Indian Ocean and its capabilities remain unclear.One of the submarine’s four nuclear submarines is an Arleigh Burke class destroyer, known as the USS Carl Vinson.The…
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Alvin submarine,trinity of twin torpedoes,in-service for 15 years
Alvin is the most sophisticated of the twin torpedos.The Twin T-28 and the Twin T40 are the three most sophisticated torpedoes in the world.The T-40 is the flagship of the Soviet submarine division, the Submarine Squadron of the Seventh Fleet.The USS T-38, a twin-towered Soviet submarine, was retired in the mid-1980s after a 15-year operational…