Editing Los Angeles-class submarine (section)

===Capabilities===
[[File:LA sub1.jpg|thumb|Crewmen monitor consoles at the diving station aboard a ''Los Angeles''-class submarine]]
According to the [[U.S. Department of Defense]], the top speed of the submarines of the ''Los Angeles'' class is over {{convert|25|kn|lk=in}}, although the actual maximum is classified. Some published estimates have placed their top speed at {{convert|30|to|33|kn}}.<ref name="Polmar">{{cite book |last1=Polmar |first1=Norman |last2=Moore |first2=Kenneth J. |title=Cold War Submarines: The Design and Construction of U.S. and Soviet Submarines |page=271 |publisher=Brassey's |year=2003 |isbn=1-57488-594-4}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Tyler |first=Patrick |author-link=Patrick Tyler |title=Running Critical |publisher=Harper and Row |year=1986 |location=New York |pages=24, 56, 66–67 |isbn=978-0-06-091441-7}}</ref> In his book ''Submarine: A Guided Tour Inside a Nuclear Warship'', [[Tom Clancy]] estimated the top speed of ''Los Angeles''-class submarines at about {{convert|37|kn}}.

The U.S. Navy gives the maximum operating depth of the ''Los Angeles'' class as {{convert|650|ft|m|abbr=on}},<ref>{{cite book |last=Waddle |first=Scott |author-link=Scott Waddle |title=The Right Thing |publisher=Integrity Publishers |year=2003 |isbn=1-59145-036-5 |pages=xi (map/diagram) |quote=This reference is for operating depth only |url=https://archive.org/details/rightthing00wadd }}</ref> while [[Patrick Tyler]], in his book ''Running Critical'', suggests a maximum operating depth of {{convert|950|ft|m|abbr=on}}.<ref>Tyler, (1986). pp. 66–67, 156</ref> Although Tyler cites the 688-class design committee for this figure,<ref>"Notes in pp. 64–67: Deliberations of ad-hoc committee on SSN 688 design taken from confidential sources and from interviews with Admiral [Ret] Rickover. ..." From Tyler, p. 365</ref> the government has not commented on it. The maximum diving depth is {{convert|1475|ft|m|abbr=on}} according to ''[[Jane's Fighting Ships]], 2004–2005 Edition'', edited by Commodore Stephen Saunders of the Royal Navy.<ref>Saunders, (2004). pp. 838</ref>