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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. She was commissioned with the hull designation of SSBN-726, and with her conversion to a guided missile submarine she was re-designated SSGN ...
List of United States Navy ships; List of United States Navy losses in World War II § Submarines (SS) - abbreviated list; List of US Navy ships sunk or damaged in action during World War II § Submarine (SS) - detailed list; The NR-1 Deep Submergence Craft was a non-commissioned nuclear submarine operated by the United States Navy.
The US Navy has a total of 18 Ohio-class submarines which consist of 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs), and four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs). The SSBN submarines provide the sea-based leg of the U.S. nuclear triad. Each SSBN submarine is armed with up to 20 Trident II submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM).
About the USS Cincinnati. Launched: Feb. 19, 1977. What is it: A nuclear-powered fast-attack submarine. Commissioned into the U.S. Navy: March 11, 1978. Built by ...
There are three major types of submarines in the United States Navy: ballistic missile submarines, attack submarines, and cruise missile submarines. All submarines currently in the U.S. Navy are nuclear-powered. Ballistic missile submarines have a single strategic mission of carrying nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missiles.
Fact File: Attack Submarines - SSN. United States Navy. "Fact File: Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarines - SSBN". United States Navy. "Submarine Service: Operations and Support". Royal Navy. "SSBN-726 Ohio-Class FBM Submarines". Federation of American Scientists.
Nuclear attack submarines. China's interest in nuclear submarines dates as far back as the mid 1950s, immediately after the US Navy commissioned the world's first nuclear submarine, USS Nautilus ...
USS Cincinnati (SSN-693), a Los Angeles-class submarine, was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named for Cincinnati, Ohio.The contract to build her was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport News, Virginia on 4 February 1971 and her keel was laid down on 6 April 1974.