The Ohio class of nuclear-powered submarines includes the United States Navy's 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and its four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs). Each displacing 18,750 tons submerged, the Ohio -class boats are the largest submarines ever built for …

USS Ohio (SSBN-726/SSGN-726), the lead boat of her class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines (SSBN), is the fourth vessel of the United States Navy to be named for the U.S. state of Ohio.

Jun 24, 2024 · Ohio-class Submarines Trident submarine Ohio (SSBN-726) under construction. Commissioned between 1981 and 1997, 18 Ohio -class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) replaced...

Oct 8, 2024 · The Ohio-class SSBN was conceived in the early 1970s as an eventual successor to the original group of 41 SSBNs - the famed "41 For Freedom" - commissioned between 1959 and 1967. At 560 feet,...

Jan 28, 2025 · The Ohio Class, also known as Trident submarines, are the U.S. Navy's most potent and expensive fleet ballistic missile (FBM) submarines. They are the biggest ballistic missile submarines ever constructed by the U.S.

May 1, 2023 · In the 1970s, the Navy began planning its fifth series of ballistic-missile submarines. At 560 feet long and 18,750 tons submerged, the Ohio class would be the largest American submarines...

Nov 15, 2023 · Ohio-Class guided-missile submarines (SSGN) provide the Navy with unprecedented strike and special operation mission capabilities from a stealth, clandestine platform.

The Ohio Class submarines serve the US Navy as virtually undetectable undersea launch platforms of intercontinental missiles. The Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics based at Groton, Connecticut, built 18 Ohio submarines commissioned between 1981 and 1997.

The Ohio class is a class of nuclear-powered submarines currently used by the United States Navy. The navy has 18 Ohio-class submarines: 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBN) and 4 that were later converted to guided missile submarines (SSGN).

The sea leg of the United States' nuclear-deterrent triad is based aboard the Ohio-class submarine. The Ohio class of nuclear-powered submarines includes the United States Navy's 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and its four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs).