A total of 18 of a planned 24 Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) were built for the United States Navy between 1976 and 1997 – and the lead boat, USS Ohio entered ...

Ohio-class guided-missile submarines (SSGN ... requirements. The 1994 Nuclear Posture Review determined that the United States needed only 14 of its 18 SSBNs to meet the nation’s strategic ...

designed to replace the aging Ohio-class vessels and maintain America’s sea-based nuclear deterrent, face significant delays and rising costs. -The first ship, USS District of Columbia ...

six-month deployments to maintain a survivable nuclear deterrent. The 14 Ohio-class SSBNs can carry up to 24 submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with multiple independently-targeted ...

The U.S. Navy’s Ohio class guided missile submarine USS Michigan made notable use of uncrewed underwater vehicles (UUV) in ...