Saturn V vs Sub

[Beowolf]

I happened to be on the Wikipedia page for Los Angeles-class submarines the other day, when the dimensions jumped off the page and grabbed my attention...

I'd never noticed before, but the sub's the same diameter as a Saturn V, and only one foot shorter (0.3%).

Just thought it was an amusing coincidence worth sharing.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los_Angeles-class_submarine

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturn_V

The sub is considerably heavier though, even though it's mostly empty space.

If anyone has plan drawings of both to the same scale, please share. I'd like to see how they look superimposed.

[Seret]

Yep, some of those subs are getting pretty big. The big Russian Typhoon class boomers have the same displacement as a WW2 aircraft carrier.