Historical context:
This mod attempts to revive the early years of the Cold War and the dawn of the use of nuclear power on surface ships and submarines on the American side. The United States Navy’s 4000-ton USS Nautilus was recognized as the world’s first operational-level nuclear submarine when commissioned in September 1954 powered by its S2W nuclear unit.Further work resulted in the remarkable USS Seawolf which came into operation in March 1957. Both ships were evolutionary steps in the US nuclear-powered submarine fleet program that began with the "Skate-Class",a strong group of four led by USS Skate (SSN-578) itself. These ships intended to find cheaper means for expensive and large underwater hunters.The group was developed under the banner of the USN program SCB-121. USS Skate was built by Electric Boat from July 1955 and was launched in May 1957. Formally commissioned into service in December 1957,the ship joined USS Swordfish (SSN-579) in September 1958, USS Sargo (SSN-582) in October 1958 and USS Seadragon (SSN-584) in December 1959.The overall focus of SCB-121 was to reduce the size and cost of operating/building types like Nautilus and Seawolf to acceptable levels, putting a focus on a smaller, slower vessel operating through a more compact nuclear unit. The design was set in a reworked Tang-class hull with the reactors in play becoming the S3W and S4W units.At the time of commissioning, the USS Skate became the third USN nuclear submarine in service. The ship led an operational life into 1986 before being recycled in March 1995. It was the first submarine to surface at the North Pole (March 17th,1959) and the first to traverse the Atlantic while submerged. It also did much to further/fine-tune USN’s submarine tactics and general operational deployment.
The American submarines included in this volume are:
USS SKATE (SSN-578)
USS SWORDFISH (SSN-579)
USS SARGO (SSN-582)
USS SEADRAGON (SSN-584)
AS ALWAYS, MAKE A PREVIOUS BACKUP OF ANY FILE THAT WILL BE REPLACED!!!.
As always, any difficulty or doubt or criticism will be received and processed accordingly.I hope you enjoy it without problems.Greetings!!!. Marcelo
LINK:
https://www.subsim.com/radioroom/dow...o=file&id=6324
PD: ADD SENSORS AND TEXTURES!!!. (Just in case....)
https://www.mediafire.com/file/062fk...NSORS.rar/file
https://www.mediafire.com/file/o2va4...XTURE.rar/file