Talk:List of submarine classes of the United States Navy

message: Pre-Dolphins coming later today/tonite.  We need to suss out how to handle the entry for the Thresher class a little cleaner I think. Elde 18:03, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Why?  It looks fine to me the way you have it.  We need to redirect Permit class submarine to Thresher class submarine (or verse visa), because the world uses both interchangeably, but other than that, what's the issue? --the Epopt 22:52, 30 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thresher/Permit 

message: Before I continue adding boats and classes; which style of comment do you think looks better?  A produces a compact, but more confusing list, B makes the classes stand out better from the comments.  There is also a choice of indent levels for B.
===Style A===
* Mackerel (SS-204) class
* Gato (SS-212) class
** This was the "standard" attack submarine of WWII.
* Balao (SS-285) class
**The Balao class was an upgraded version of the Gato class, mostly noted for its increased diving depth.
* Tench (SS-417) class
**The Tench class was was further refined version of the Gato/Balao types.
* Barracuda (SS-550) class
* USS Dolphin (AGSS 555) (unique)
**A deep diving submarine used for various experimental and development purposes.
* Tang (SS-563) class
===Style B===
* Mackerel (SS-204) class
* Gato (SS-212) class
::This was the "standard" attack submarine of WWII.
* Balao (SS-285) class
::The Balao class was an upgraded version of the Gato class, mostly noted for its increased diving depth.
* Tench (SS-417) class
:The Tench class was further refined version of the Gato/Balao types.
* Barracuda (SS-550) class
* USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) (unique)
:A deep diving submarine used for various experimental and development purposes.
* Tang (SS-563) class
Elde 05:25, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I prefer style "A," as long as the comments don't get very long.  (Long descriptions go in the class or ship article itself, of course.) Because people don't notice that individual ships have articles, we're continually having to remove chunks of stuff from ship index pages; eg, people keep trying to describe the explosion in Manila Harbor at USS Maine instead of clicking through to USS Maine (ACR-1). 
--the Epopt 15:52, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

text: I've created Permit class submarine, and redirected Thresher class submarine to it, but I haven't retrofitted the individual boat articles to point to Permit-class instead of Thresher-class.  I just can't bring myself to call Thresher a Permit-class boat. --the Epopt 18:18, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title:  List annotation Style 

message: * Mackerel (SS-204) class
* Gato (SS-212) class
::This was the "standard" attack submarine of WWII.
* Balao (SS-285) class
::The Balao class was an upgraded version of the Gato class, mostly noted for its increased diving depth.
* Tench (SS-417) class
:The Tench class was further refined version of the Gato/Balao types.
* Barracuda (SS-550) class
* USS Dolphin (AGSS-555) (unique)
:A deep diving submarine used for various experimental and development purposes.
* Tang (SS-563) class
Elde 05:25, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: I prefer style "A," as long as the comments don't get very long.  (Long descriptions go in the class or ship article itself, of course.) Because people don't notice that individual ships have articles, we're continually having to remove chunks of stuff from ship index pages; eg, people keep trying to describe the explosion in Manila Harbor at USS Maine instead of clicking through to USS Maine (ACR-1). 
--the Epopt 15:52, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)

text: I've created Permit class submarine, and redirected Thresher class submarine to it, but I haven't retrofitted the individual boat articles to point to Permit-class instead of Thresher-class.  I just can't bring myself to call Thresher a Permit-class boat. --the Epopt 18:18, 31 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: Style B

message: I think the list could be made more useful by tabulating it and adding dates for development and deployment of each submarine class.--Anchoress 04:03, 8 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Adding information to the list 

message: Clicking on either of these links...
Barracuda (SS-163) class (SS-163 to SS-165)
Barracuda (SS-550) class
...take you to the same page, that for the three hunter-killers of the SS-550 class. Selecting the entry for the SS-163 class should take you here: USS Barracuda (SS-163) --CaptainDFW 15:42, 18 April 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Disambiguation: two "Barracuda" classes 

message: This  is evidently supposed to display rather differently...  TREKphiler hit me ♠  17:38, 29 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Catch a little

message: As someone trying to learn this material, I'm looking for an overview table that would show basic information for each class: alternative names (e.g., Trident vs Ohio class), range of numbers, boat size, diving depth, years made, how many made, how many still active, basic purpose (reason this class was needed, new capabilities). This would be a service if one of the contributors here feels like creating it.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.91.173.36 (talk) 17:27, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Summary table needed

message: Have a suggestion for the Cold War era sub section. If the development of missile subs occurred separately from attack subs, then how about we all the boomers then be put into a different table or column rather than shoving them all together? Masterblooregard (talk) 21:16, 3 November 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Separate SSBN's from the Fast Attacks?

message: I think for the two active classes, we should still be listing the most recent boat under "Last Boat Commissioned". These are currently blank, I assume because new boats are still planned. However, I came here looking to see what the most recent boat commissioned was, and that's where I would expected to find this information. Any objections? If not, I'll add those dates in. BuckeyeSmithie (talk) 14:50, 7 October 2019 (UTC)
replies: text: No response yet; I'm going to go ahead and add them in. We'll just need to update this list every few years as new boats are launched. BuckeyeSmithie (talk) 19:01, 11 October 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Last Boat Commissioned