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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).
USS New Hampshire (SSN-778), a Virginia-class submarine An SSN is a nuclear-powered general-purpose attack submarine. SSN is the US Navy hull classification symbol for such vessels; the SS (as 'Ship Submersible') denotes a submarine [1] and the N denotes nuclear power.
The American large SSBN was the Ohio class, also called the "Trident submarine", with the largest SSBN armament ever of 24 missiles, initially Trident I but built with much larger tubes for the Trident II (D-5) missile, which entered service in 1990. [24] [25] The entire class was converted to use Trident II by the early 2000s.
SS – Submarine Specialist; SS – Submarine, class/type of ship; SSBN (aka Boomers) – Hull classification symbol for ballistic missile submarine (Submersible Ship Ballistic Nuclear) SSES – Ships Signals Exploitation Space: compartment on a ship where embarked NAVSECGRU personnel, known a Cryptologic Technicians, do their work
Only nuclear submarine specifically designed as an ASW (Anti-Submarine Warfare) weapon (i.e., a SSKN). First submarine with torpedo tubes amidships. SSBN-598 George Washington: Lead boat of a class of 5. First nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine. SSBN-599 Patrick Henry: SSBN-600 Theodore Roosevelt: SSBN-601 Robert E. Lee: SSBN-602 ...
SSBN: Ballistic Missile Submarine (Nuclear-Powered) SSC: Coastal Submarine (Diesel-Electric Power), over 150 tons; SSG: Guided Missile Submarine (Diesel-Electric Power)
The Whiskey variants and Echo I cruise missile submarines deployed with a nuclear land attack version of the P-5 Pyatyorka (SS-N-3 Shaddock) from the late 1950s to 1964, concurrently with the US Regulus force, until the strategic land attack mission was transferred entirely to the SSBN force. Along with the Julietts and Echo IIs, these ...
USS Kentucky (SSBN-737) is a United States Navy Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine which has been in commission since 1991. She is the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for Kentucky , the 15th state .