Cutthroat (LSV 2)

 

 

 

LSV (Large Scale Vehicle): Ordered 12 February 1999, designed and built by an industry team from Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics/Electric Boat Company under contract from Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA). Christened as Cutthroat (LSV 2), on November 15, 2000 and commisioned on February 2001. The Cutthroat is operated by the Acoustic Research Detachment (ARD) for the Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA 92R). Cutthroat is a 0.294-scale model of the Virginia (SSN-774) that will operate as an unmanned, autonomous submarine test vehicle for evaluating new technologies.Cutthroat will operate on Lake Pend Oreille at the Acoustic Research Detachment in Bayview, Idaho, the Navy's laboratory for demonstrating submarine stealth technology. The facility is operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center's Carderock Division.

 

Specifications: Weight: 205 tons (205,000 metric tons) Length: 111 feet (33.83 meters) Beam: 10 feet (3.05 meters) Propulsion: Electric drive (3,000 shaft horsepower (shp) plant coupled with electric motor controller, expandable to 6,000 shp with additional motor controlled modules). Speed: N/A Operating depth: N/A Crew: Unmanned

 

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Large Scale Vehicle - LSV 2 
 
Description
The world's largest unmanned autonomous submarine.
 
Features
LSV 2 Cutthroat offers a cost effective and scalable research and development platform which enables advanced research and development in the areas of submarine hydroacoustics, hydrodynamics, and radiated noise reduction.
 
Background
LSV 2 Cutthroat provides submarine design engineers a readily available submarine platform to install and test advanced submarine technologies.

 

Cutthroat, a 205-ton, battery-operated, large-scale submarine test vehicle, is a 1/3 scale model of the Virginia-class attack submarine and is used to affordably explore and test emerging technologies while conducting physics-based experiments. Cutthroat was designed with specific emphasis towards supporting submarine stealth, hydrodynamics, hydroacoustics and submarine propulsion designs to permit technology insertion into current and future U.S. Navy submarines.

 

LSV 2 provides the capability to develop and evaluate the effectiveness of new technologies that have resulted in major improvements in performance for the Virginia class, and is now being modified to support the development of the nation�s next strategic ballistic submarine, the Ohio Replacement SSBN.

 

Cutthroat has been operating at the Acoustic Research Detachment in Bayview, Idaho, located along Lake Pend Oreille, since its delivery in 2001. The facility is operated by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock Division.
 
Point Of Contact
Naval Sea System Command
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Carderock Division
9500 MacArthur Boulevard
West Bethesda, MD. 20817-5700
 
 
General Characteristics
Primary Function: Submarine test vehicle.
Builder: Newport News Shipbuilding and General Dynamics Electric Boat.
Propulsion: Electric drive; 3,000 shaft horsepower (shp) plant coupled with electric motor controller, expandable to 6,000 shp with additional motor controlled modules.
Length: 111 feet (33.83 meters).
Beam: 10 feet (3.05 meters).
Displacement: 205 tons (205,000 metric tons).
Armament: None.
Ships:
Cutthroat (LSV 2), No homeport - Christened on November 15, 2000
Launched on July 23, 2002
 
Last Update: 6 December 2013

 

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