Editing Sturgeon-class submarine (section)

==Armament==
The ''Sturgeon''-class boats were equipped to carry the [[Boeing Harpoon|Harpoon missile]], the [[Tomahawk (missile family)|Tomahawk cruise missile]], the UUM-44 [[SUBROC]], the Mark 67 SLMM and Mark 60 CAPTOR mines, and the [[Mark 48 torpedo|MK-48 and ADCAP torpedoes]]. [[Torpedo tube]]s were located amidships to accommodate the bow-mounted sonar. The bow covering the sonar sphere was made from steel or glass reinforced plastic (GRP), both varieties having been produced both booted and not booted. Booted domes are covered with a half-inch layer of rubber.<ref name="Sonar Domes">{{cite web|last=Pike|first=John|title=Sonar Domes|url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/systems/sonar-dome.htm|work=Military|publisher=GlobalSecurity.org|access-date=17 May 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Coating Systems for Submarine Bow Dome Preservation|url=http://www.nstcenter.com/writeup.aspx?title=Submarine%20Bow%20Dome&page=NavyCommunityAppExtSubSubmarineBowDome.html|publisher=National Surface Treatment Center|access-date=17 May 2011|archive-date=9 October 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111009031958/http://www.nstcenter.com/writeup.aspx?title=Submarine%20Bow%20Dome&page=NavyCommunityAppExtSubSubmarineBowDome.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The GRP domes improved the bow sonar sphere performance; though for intelligence gathering missions, the towed-array sonar was normally used as it was a much more sensitive array.