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SS-N-12
The SS-N-12 Sandbox (Russian designation P-500 Bazalt) is a liquid-fueled, rocket powered, supersonic cruise missile used by the Soviet Navy. It entered service in 1973 to replace the SS-N-3 Shaddock. The SS-N-12 had a 550 km range and a payload of 1,000 kg, which allows it to carry a 350 kT nucle..

SS-N-15
The SS-N-15 cruise missile is a Russian missile, designated the Starfish. It is designed to be fired from a 533 mm torpedo tube, where it is boosted by a choice of mechanisms depending on model before clearing the water, firing a solid rocket propellant and delivering its payload up to 45 km away. T..

SS-N-16
The SS-N-16 Stallion was a Soviet 650 mm anti-ship missile that was deployed between 1979 and 1981. The name is a combination of the American designation of SS-N-16 and the NATO term of Stallion for Soviet RU-100s. Serving dual roles, the missile could be outfitted as either a RU-100 Veder, a..

SS-N-22
SS-N-22 Sunburn is the NATO reporting name for two unrelated Soviet anti-ship missiles. Although the missiles were very different, distinguishing is difficult because their ship-mounted launching containers were identical. Confusion was exacerbated by the Soviet practice of mixing the types within a..

SS-N-23
The SS-N-23 is a liquid propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile in use by the Russian Federation. The SS-N-23 was designed for use by the Russian Delta IV submarine, each of which is capable of carrying 16 missiles. It carries a single 100kT warhead and has a range of about 8,500 kilometer..

SS-N-3
The SS-N-3 (Nato reporting name Shaddock) was a cold war era anti-shipping missile of the Soviet Union. The Russian designation was P-5 (Petyorka - literaly a fiver - the equivalent to an A grade) and it was designed by the Chelomei design bureau. The industrial production number was 4K. The missi..

SS-N-9
SS-N-9 Siren is the NATO reporting name for the Russian P-50 Malakhit [link] medium range cruise missile. It was deployed in the Soviet Navy in 1972 on the Nanuchka-class and Tarantul-class corvettes, and the Charlie-II and Papa-class submarines [link]. It has since been supers..

SSN
SSN is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings: Social Security number (United States), an identification number used by the U.S. Social Security Administration.SSN (US Navy), the hull classification symbol used by the United States Navy for an attack submarine that is propelled by nuclea..

SSN-21 Seawolf
SSN-21 Seawolf is a submarine simulator game designed by John W. Ratcliff and published for MS-DOS systems by Electronic Arts in 1994. The player takes command of a US Seawolf class submarine and fights in 33 missions with targets under and above water including fast Russian attack subs, destroyer..

SSN-780
AndPossiblyCaptionHere Career Career Ordered: Laid down: Launched: Commissioned: Fate: General Characteristics Displacement: 7800 tons Length: 114.9 m (377 ft) Beam: 10.3 m (34 ft) Propulsion: S9G reactor Armament: Motto: PCU No Name (SSN-780), a Virginia-class su..

SSNRI
SSNRIs are anti-depressant medications which act by selectively inhibiting the reuptake of both serotonin and norepinephrine, thus the acronym: Selective Serotonin & Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitor. The two medications currently available in this class are venlafaxine (Effexor) and duloxetine (Cy..

SSN (book)
SSN (1996) is a novel by Tom Clancy following the missions of the US Navy nuclear attack submarine (SSN) USS Cheyenne during a fictional war with China over the Spratly Islands. The novel continues the Clancy tradition of exceptional attention to detail, particularly regarding the description of ..

SSN (US Navy)
SSN is the United States Navy Hull classification symbol for a general-purpose fast attack submarine. The SS denotes a submarine, and the N denotes nuclear power. The US Navy (USN) submarine fleet has been all-nuclear powered for over two decades. The bulk of the USN's SSN fleet has been the Los A..

SSN College of Engineering
SSN College of Engineering (SSNCE) is a premier engineering institution located in the suburbs of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Amongst all the universities affiliated to Anna University, SSNCE is rated number 1. With a strong industrial backing it is fast emerging into an institution providing an int..

SS Naronic
The SS Bovic, sister ship of the SS Naronic SS Naronic was a steamship built by Harland and Wolff in Belfast for the White Star Line, launched in 1892. Under the command of Captain William Roberts, the ship was lost at sea after leaving Liverpool on February 11, 1893 bound for New York, with t..

SS Nascopie
The SS Nascopie was built by Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson of Newcastle, England. She was launched on December 7, 1911 and achieved speeds of 14.1 knots during her sea trials. Her gross tonnage was 1870 tons and she was 285.5 feet in length, 43.5 feet at the beam. Fully laden she drew 17.5 feet ..

SS Newfoundland
The subject of the book Death on the Ice by Cassie Brown, this loss of this ship resulted in the tragic death of 78 sealers. External links [Death on the Ice, Memorial University Archives] ..

SS Nicaragua
SS Nicaragua is a ship that was sailing in the Gulf of Mexico when it ran aground on Padre Island in 1912. During the nineteenth and early twentieth century, Padre Island was the site of a number of shipwrecks. Near Big and Little Shell Beaches is a slight bend that became knownfor its shipwre..

SS Nitta Maru
The Nitta Maru (新田丸) was a trans-pacific passenger liner built for the N.Y.K. Line sold to the Imperial Japanese Navy. It was built in Nagasaki in 1941. It measured 18,000 tons, 564 feet long, and 68 feet wide, and made to carry 342 first class passengers. When completed, it never carried civi..

SS Nomadic (1911)
SS Nomadic is a steamship of the White Star Line, launched on 25 April 1911. She was built as a tender to the liners RMS Olympic and RMS Titanic, and is the last remaining vessel built for the White Star Line still afloat. History The keel of Nomadic was laid down in the Harland and Wolff shipyar..

SS Norge
SS Norge was a Danish passenger liner sailing from Copenhagen, Oslo and Kristiansand to New York, mainly with emigrants, which sank off Rockall in 1904 in the biggest civilian maritime disaster in the Atlantic Ocean up to that time. She was built in 1881 by Alex. Stephen & Sons Ltd. of Linthouse,..

SS Normandie
The poster Normandie (1935) is one of Cassandre's most famous designs The Normandie was a French ocean liner built in Saint-Nazaire, France. When launched in 1932 she was the ship of superlatives - the largest, fastest, and arguably the greatest ocean liner of all time. She was the first line..

SS Noronic
SS Noronic in Detroit The SS Noronic was a passenger ship launched in 1913 in Port Arthur, Ontario, Canada. She was originally commissioned by the Northern Navigation Company, but was sold to the Canadian Steamship Lines to perform passenger service in the Great Lakes. Before joining the fleet..

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