| Class name | No. | First ship laid down | Last ship commissioned | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barracuda | 3 | USS Barracuda (SSK-1) 1 July 1949 |
USS Bonita (SSK-3) 11 January 1952 |
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| Tang | 6 | USS Tang (SS-563) 18 April 1949 |
USS Gudgeon (SS-567) 21 November 1952 |
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| Albacore | 1 | 15 March 1952 | 6 December 1953 | Unique submarine |
| T-1 | 2 | USS T-1, later USS Mackerel (SST-1) 1 April 1952 |
USS T-2, later USS Marlin (SST-2) 20 November 1953 |
Training and experimental submarines |
| Nautilus | 1 | 14 June 1952 | 30 September 1954 | First U.S. Navy nuclear submarine; Hull based on fleet boat |
| Sailfish | 2 | USS Sailfish (SSR-572) 8 December 1953 |
USS Salmon (SSR-573) 25 August 1956 |
Radar picket |
| Grayback | 2 | USS Grayback (SSG-574) 1 July 1954 |
USS Growler (SSG-577) 30 August 1958 |
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| Seawolf | 1 | 7 December 1953 | 30 March 1957 | Unique submarine |
| Darter | 1 | 10 November 1954 | 20 October 1956 | Unique submarine |
| Skate | 4 | USS Skate (SSN-578) 21 July 1955 |
USS Seadragon (SSN-584) 5 December 1959 |
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| Barbel | 3 | USS Barbel (SS-580) 18 May 1956 |
USS Blueback (SS-581) 15 October 1959 |
U.S. Navy's last conventionally powered submarines |
| Skipjack | 6 | USS Skipjack (SSN-585) 29 May 1956 |
USS Snook (SSN-592) 24 October 1961 |
USS Scorpion lost at sea |
| Triton | 1 | 29 May 1956 | 10 November 1959 | Unique submarine; Radar picket |
| Halibut | 1 | 11 April 1957 | 4 January 1960 | Unique submarine; cruise missile submarine |
| Thresher/Permit | 14 | USS Thresher (SSN-593) 28 May 1958 |
USS Gato (SSN-615) 25 January 1968 |
Known as Thresher class until the loss of the USS Thresher |
| Tullibee | 1 | 26 May 1958 | 9 November 1960 | Unique submarine |
| George Washington | 5 | USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN-600) 20 May 1958 |
USS Abraham Lincoln (SSBN-602) 11 March 1961 |
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| Ethan Allen | 5 | USS Ethan Allen (SSBN-608) 14 September 1959 |
USS Thomas Jefferson (SSBN-618) 4 January 1963 |
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| Lafayette | 9 | USS Lafayette (SSBN-616) 17 January 1961 |
USS John Adams (SSBN-620) 12 May 1964 |
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| James Madison | 10 | USS Daniel Boone (SSBN-629) 6 February 1962 |
USS Nathanael Greene (SSBN-636) 19 December 1964 |
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| Dolphin | 1 | 9 November 1962 | 17 August 1968 | Unique submarine |
| Sturgeon | 37 | USS Sturgeon (SSN-637) 10 August 1963 |
USS Richard B. Russell (SSN-687) 16 August 1975 |
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| Benjamin Franklin | 12 | USS Simon Bolivar (SSBN-641) 17 April 1963 |
USS Will Rogers (SSBN-659) 1 April 1967 |
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| Narwhal | 1 | 17 January 1966 | 12 July 1969 | Unique submarine |
| Glenard P. Lipscomb | 1 | 5 June 1971 | 21 December 1974 | Unique submarine |
| Los Angeles | 62 | USS Los Angeles (SSN-688) 8 January 1972 |
USS Cheyenne (SSN-773) 13 September 1996 |
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| Ohio | 18 | USS Ohio (SSBN-726) 10 April 1976 |
USS Louisiana (SSBN-743) 6 September 1997 |
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| Seawolf | 3 | USS Seawolf (SSN-21) 25 October 1989 |
USS Jimmy Carter (SSN-23) 19 February 2005 |
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