OHIO CLASS SUBMARINES FACT SHEET

By Cliff Lethbridge

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OHIO CLASS SUBMARINES

Launch Status: Active

Number Placed In Service: 18

Length: 560 Feet

Beam: 42 Feet

Surface Displacement: 16,600 Tons

Submerged Displacement: 18,700 Tons

Propulsion: Steam Turbine Powered by Water-Cooled Nuclear Reactors

Torpedoes: 4 Bow Torpedo Tubes

Officer Berths: 16

Enlisted Berths: 139

Missile Capacity: 24

Launch Tubes: 24 Tubes Midship

Launch Control: Gas Steam Generator

Fire Control System: Mk 98

Navigation System: 2 Mk 2 Mod 7 SINS, ESGM and Satellite Receiver

SSBN 726 USS OHIO

Date Commissioned: November 11, 1981

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: January 17, 1982

Final Cape Launch: December 18, 2001

Total Number of Cape Launches: 15

Vehicles Launched: Trident I

Current Status: Converted to SSGN 726 Guided Missile Submarine

SSBN 727 USS MICHIGAN

Date Commissioned: September 11, 1982

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: November 21, 1982

Final Cape Launch: October 29, 1995

Total Number of Cape Launches: 2

Vehicles Launched: Trident I

Current Status: Converted to SSGN 727 Guided Missile Submarine

SSBN 728 USS FLORIDA

Date Commissioned: June 18, 1983

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: August 21, 1983

Final Cape Launch: October 2, 1996

Total Number of Cape Launches: 9

Vehicles Launched: Trident I

Current Status: Converted to SSGN 728 Guided Missile Submarine

SSBN 729 USS GEORGIA

Date Commissioned: February 11, 1984

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: April 7, 1984

Final Cape Launch: March 28, 1994

Total Number of Cape Launches: 5

Vehicles Launched: Trident I

Current Status: Converted to SSGN 729 Guided Missile Submarine

SSBN 730 USS HENRY M. JACKSON

Date Commissioned: October 6, 1984

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: December 4, 1984

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident I

Current Status: Active

SSBN 731 USS ALABAMA

Date Commissioned: May 25, 1985

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: July 6, 1985

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident I

Current Status: Active

SSBN 732 USS ALASKA

Date Commissioned: January 25, 1986

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: February 21, 1986

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident I

Current Status: Active

SSBN 733 USS NEVADA

Date Commissioned: August 16, 1986

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: September 30, 1986

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident I

Current Status: Active

SSBN 734 USS TENNESSEE

Date Commissioned: December 17, 1988

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: March 21, 1989

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 735 USS PENNSYLVANIA

Date Commissioned: September 9, 1989

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: March 12, 1990

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 736 USS WEST VIRGINIA

Date Commissioned: October 20, 1990

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: November 28, 1990

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 737 USS KENTUCKY

Date Commissioned: July 13, 1991

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: August 30, 1991

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 738 USS MARYLAND

Date Commissioned: June 13, 1992

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: July 29, 1992

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 739 USS NEBRASKA

Date Commissioned: July 10, 1993

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: August 20, 1993

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 740 USS RHODE ISLAND

Date Commissioned: July 9, 1994

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: December 1, 1994

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 741 USS MAINE

Date Commissioned: July 29, 1995

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: December 7, 1995

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 742 USS WYOMING

Date Commissioned: July 13, 1996

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: May 30, 1997

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active

SSBN 743 USS LOUISIANA

Date Commissioned: September 6, 1997

Date Decommissioned: Active

First Cape Launch: December 18, 1997

Final Cape Launch: Active

Total Number of Cape Launches: Active

Vehicles Launched: Trident II

Current Status: Active