How big is a nuclear submarine?

A Virginia-class submarine is about 115 meters. That is 115 m (377 ft) long.

115 m long · 377 ft

A Virginia-class submarine is about 115 meters.

Olympic pool 50 m

Nuclear submarine 115 m

Nuclear submarine next to olympic pool, drawn to scale.

Compared with things you know

A nuclear submarine is about 9.6× the length of a city bus City bus: 12 m
A nuclear submarine is about 6.3× the length of a bowling lane Bowling lane: 18.3 m
A nuclear submarine is about 4.8× the length of a tennis court Tennis court: 23.8 m
A nuclear submarine is about 2.3× the length of an Olympic pool Olympic pool: 50 m

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