Largest Submarines

Overview

Compare the largest submarines ever built by submerged displacement. From massive Soviet Typhoon-class ballistic missile submarines to modern nuclear-powered attack submarines, size enables greater weapons capacity, longer endurance, and more crew comfort on extended patrols.

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Typhoon

#1 Ranked

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48,000 tons

Top Value

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Largest Submarines

#	Name	Country	Manufacturer	tons
🥇 1	Typhoon	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Sevmash	48,000
🥈 2	Borey	🇷🇺 Russia	Sevmash	24,000
🥉 3	Ohio	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	18,750
4	Oscar II	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Sevmash	16,500
5	Vanguard	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	15,900
6	Le Triomphant	🇫🇷 France	DCNS	14,335
7	Yasen	🇷🇺 Russia	Sevmash	13,800
8	Akula	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Komsomolsk-on-Amur	12,770
9	Type 094	🇨🇳 China	Bohai Shipyard	11,000
10	Type 095	🇨🇳 China	China Shipbuilding Industry Corporation	10,700
11	Delta III	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Komsomolsk-on-Amur	10,000
12	Delta IV	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Komsomolsk-on-Amur	10,000
13	Yankee Notch	🇷🇺 Russia	Severodvinsk	9,300
14	Seawolf	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	9,138
15	Le Redoutable	🇫🇷 France	Arsenal de Cherbourg (DCAN)	9,000

#	Name	Country	Manufacturer	tons
16	Resolution	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding Ltd	8,500
17	Benjamin Franklin	🇺🇸 United States	Electric Boat	8,383
18	James Madison	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	8,383
19	Lafayette	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	8,383
20	Sierra	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Krasnoye Sormovo	8,300
21	Ethan Allen	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	8,011
22	Virginia	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	7,900
23	Astute	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	BAE Systems Submarines	7,800
24	Victor III	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Sudomekh Shipyard	7,250
25	Papa	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Sevmash	7,000
26	Type 092	🇨🇳 China	Bohai Shipyard	7,000
27	Arihant	🇮🇳 India	Ship Building Centre (SBC)	7,000
28	Los Angeles	🇺🇸 United States	Newport News Shipbuilding	6,927
29	George Washington	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	6,817
30	Type 093	🇨🇳 China	Bohai Shipyard	6,675

#	Name	Country	Manufacturer	tons
31	Glenard P. Lipscomb	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	6,584
32	Mike	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Sevmash	6,400
33	Echo	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Komsomolsk-on-Amur, shipyard No. 199	5,852
34	Hotel	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Severodvinsk State Shipyard 402	5,588
35	Narwhal	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	5,378
36	Barracuda	🇫🇷 France	Naval Group	5,300
37	Trafalgar	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering	5,300
38	Type 091	🇨🇳 China	Bohai Shipyard	5,100
39	Halibut	🇺🇸 United States	Mare Island Naval Shipyard	5,000
40	Valiant / Churchill	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Vickers Armstrong	5,000
41	Charlie	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Krasnoye Sormovo inland shipyard	4,900
42	Swiftsure	🇬🇧 United Kingdom	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd. (VSEL)	4,900
43	November	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Sevmash	4,750
44	Sturgeon	🇺🇸 United States	General Dynamics Electric Boat	4,640
45	Permit	🇺🇸 United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	4,369

#	Name	Country	Manufacturer	tons
46	Thresher	🇺🇸 United States	Portsmouth Naval Shipyard	4,369
47	Sōryū	🇯🇵 Japan	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries	4,200
48	Tango	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Gorky	3,800
49	Juliett	🇨🇳 Ex-USSR	Baltic Shipyard	3,750
50	Dosan Ahn Changho	🇰🇷 South Korea	Hanwha Ocean	3,750