Wanna drive a specific boat of a class?

Let's say you start a new campaign and are a Clancy-scrub like me who really really needs to command the USS Dallas, Bremerton or other boats from his novels.

Go to:
Steam\steamapps\common\Cold Waters\ColdWaters_Data\StreamingAssets\default\lan guage_en\vessel\

Find:
usn_ssn_los_angeles_description.txt

Back it up and then edit:
[Player Ship Instances]
PlayerClassNames=Los Angeles, Baton Rouge, Philadelphia, Memphis, Omaha, Cincinatti, Groton, Birmingham, New York City, Indianapolis, Bremerton, Jacksonville, Dallas, La Jolla, Phoenix, Boston, Baltimore, City of Corpus Christi, Albuquerque, Portsmouth, Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Hyman G. Rickover, Augusta, San Francisco, Atlanta, Houston, Norfolk, Buffalo, Salt Lake City, Olympia, Honolulu

PlayerClassHullNumbers=SSN-688,SSN-689,SSN-690,SSN-691,SSN-692,SSN-693,SSN-694,SSN-695,SSN-696,SSN-697,SSN-698,SSN-699,SSN-700,SSN-701,SSN-702,SSN-703,SSN-704,SSN-705,SSN-706,SSN-707,SSN-708,SSN-709,SSN-710,SSN-711,SSN-712,SSN-713,SSN-714,SSN-715,SSN-716,SSN-717,SSN-718

To (for example):
[Player Ship Instances]
PlayerClassNames=Dallas

PlayerClassHullNumbers=SSN-700


Now, whenever you start a new campaign with the Los Angeles-class, only the Dallas - or whatever you enter there - will be assigned to you.

[Char]

Thanks for this Info. I might have to add in USS Albany now.

[Stardog765]

Awesome! Its nice to see there are other radical Clancy nerds out there too

Will be doing this ASAP!

Originally Posted by Char

Thanks for this Info. I might have to add in USS Albany now.

You can do that of course, it's just a name.
Though the Albany is a FLT III boat.

[Thresher]

Hmmm... SSN-763 Santa Fe is not in that list... what other LA class boats are missing? Or is it because it because they are improved?

EDIT: I should have read the previous post about FLT III .... sorry!

FYI


Los Angeles-class (Flight I)

SSN 688 - LOS ANGELES
SSN 689 - BATON ROUGE
SSN 690 - PHILADELPHIA
SSN 691 - MEMPHIS
SSN 692 - OMAHA
SSN 693 - CINCINNATI
SSN 694 - GROTON
SSN 695 - BIRMINGHAM
SSN 696 - NEW YORK CITY
SSN 697 - INDIANAPOLIS
SSN 698 - BREMENTONx
SSN 699 - JACKSONVILLEx
SSN 700 - DALLASx
SSN 701 - LA JOLLA
SSN 702 - PHOENIX
SSN 703 - BOSTON
SSN 704 - BALTIMORE
SSN 705 - CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTIx
SSN 706 - ALBUQUERQUE
SSN 707 - PORTSMOUTH
SSN 708 - MINNEAPOLIS-SAINT PAUL
SSN 709 - HYMAN G.RICKOVER
SSN 710 - AUGUSTA
SSN 711 - SAN FRANCISCOx
SSN 712 - ATLANTA
SSN 713 - HOUSTON
SSN 714 - NORFOLK
SSN 715 - BUFFALO
SSN 716 - SALT LAKE CITY
SSN 717 - OLYPMIA
SSN 718 - HONOLULU


Los Angeles-class (Flight II)

SSN 719 PROVIDENCE
SSN 720 PITTSBURGH
SSN 721 CHICAGO
SSN 722 KEY WEST
SSN 723 OKLAHOMA CITY
SSN 724 LOUISVILLE
SSN 725 HELENA
SSN 750 NEWPORT NEWS


Los Angeles-class (Flight III)

SSN 751 SAN JUAN
SSN 752 PASADENA
SSN 753 ALBANY
SSN 754 TOPEKA
SSN 755 MIAMI
SSN 756 SCRANTON
SSN 757 ALEXANDRIA
SSN 758 ASHEVILLE
SSN 759 JEFFERSON CITY
SSN 760 ANNAPOLIS
SSN 761 SPRINGFIELD
SSN 762 COLUMBUS
SSN 763 SANTA FE
SSN 764 BOISE
SSN 765 MONTPELIER
SSN 766 CHARLOTTE
SSN 767 HAMPTON
SSN 768 HARTFORD
SSN 769 TOLEDO
SSN 770 TUCSON
SSN 771 COLUMBIA
SSN 772 GREENEVILLE
SSN 773 CHEYENNE


As we only have FLT I boats ingame so far, the others wouldn't fit.

[Char]

Yeah, I knew the Albany's a later 688. But as you said, It's a game. youd could theoretically Change it so your sub is the USS Kickass SSN-1337

[Zinmar]

I was Army so what is the difference between the Flt's?

[Carthaginian]

Originally Posted by Zinmar

I was Army so what is the difference between the Flt's?

From a 95B :P not exhaustive by any means.
688 - standard boat, 4 tubed amidships, fiberglass sail.
688 II - VLS tubes, otherwise similar
688 III/'688i' - VLS tubes, bowplains instead of fairwater planes, under-ice capable

Incremental quietening and fire control improvements made throughout the classes and flights.

[Aktungbby]

Carthaginian! after a five year silent run!

[LTJGBeam]

Originally Posted by Carthaginian

From a 95B :P not exhaustive by any means.
688 - standard boat, 4 tubed amidships, fiberglass sail.
688 II - VLS tubes, otherwise similar
688 III/'688i' - VLS tubes, bowplains instead of fairwater planes, under-ice capable

Incremental quietening and fire control improvements made throughout the classes and flights.

Originally Posted by Zinmar

I was Army so what is the difference between the Flt's?

A little more detail added to Carthaginain's post:

688 - Original LA Class, standard boat, 4 tubes amidships, fiberglass sail, AN/BQQ-5 SONAR Suite and TB-16 Towed Array.

688 Flt II - adds VLS tubes, TB-23 Towed Array, Anechoic Tile, otherwise similar

688 Flt III/688(i) - VLS tubes, AN/BQQ-10 SONAR and TB-29 Towed Array, Anechoic Tile, External 6" Countermeasures pods in addition to the internal 3" countermeasures, bow planes instead of fairwater planes, under-ice capable.

Incremental quieting and fire control improvements made throughout the classes and flights. Biggest improvement in the Flt III is the AN/BQQ-10 which is a significant improvement of the AN/BQQ-5. How much I can't say, as I signed an NDA when working at SUBSCHOL, New London. Don't want to pay the 2.5 Million Dollar fine and spend up to 25 years in prison.

[The Bandit]

Originally Posted by LTJGBeam

A little more detail added to Carthaginain's post:

688 - Original LA Class, standard boat, 4 tubes amidships, fiberglass sail, AN/BQQ-5 SONAR Suite and TB-16 Towed Array.

688 Flt II - adds VLS tubes, TB-23 Towed Array, Anechoic Tile, otherwise similar

688 Flt III/688(i) - VLS tubes, AN/BQQ-10 SONAR and TB-29 Towed Array, Anechoic Tile, External 6" Countermeasures pods in addition to the internal 3" countermeasures, bow planes instead of fairwater planes, under-ice capable.

Incremental quieting and fire control improvements made throughout the classes and flights. Biggest improvement in the Flt III is the AN/BQQ-10 which is a significant improvement of the AN/BQQ-5. How much I can't say, as I signed an NDA when working at SUBSCHOL, New London. Don't want to pay the 2.5 Million Dollar fine and spend up to 25 years in prison.

From what I remember BQQ-10 and TB-29 were back-fit items that didn't appear until the late 90s / early 2000s and "I THINK" was also installed on some of the refueled Flt I boats at around the same time. Its possible some of the last 688Is like Cheyenne or Greenville had it right out of the gates but I'm not sure.

Somewhat important to point out as well because it often gets overlooked, you could say there were 4 main variants of the 688, all the ones you mentioned plus what you could call "flight 0". The initial 688s (from 688-699) were a little different. They didn't have a retractable towed array, nor did they have the Mk117 digital fire control, so IIRC no Harpoon and definitely no Tomahawk capability. Still, by the early-mid 80s they had all been refit to the same "Flt I" standards as the rest of their class.

Two more things about Flt II. They were the first boats to come from the yard with anechoic tiles fitted, and they also used a more powerful nuclear reactor that was good for the lifetime of the boat. USS Providence and her sisters (which are soon due for retirement) have never had to be refueled in their 30+ year lifespan.