LOCAL U.S. SUBMARINES

Homeported at the Naval Submarine Base, Bangor, Washington
Submarine Group 9

USS Number

Built

insignia

Ohio SSBN 726 1981 insignia
Michigan SSBN 727 1982 insignia
Florida SSBN 728 1983 insignia
Georgia SSBN 729 1984 insignia
Henry M. Jackson (ex Rhode Island) SSBN 730 1984 insignia
Alabama SSBN 731 1985 insignia
Alaska SSBN 732 1986 insignia
Nevada SSBN 733 1986 insignia

Half of the ballistic missile submarine fleet is based at Bangor Naval Submarine Base the other half is based at Kings Bay, Georgia (sub group 10).  There are no attack submarines based in Washington ports, only Ohio class "Trident" ballistic missile subs.

Specifications:

Builder: General Dynamics, Electric Boat Division
Power Plant: one nuclear reactor, one shaft
Length: 566 feet
Beam: 42 feet
Displacement: 18,750 tons (19,000.1 metric tons) submerged
Speed: official: "greater than 20 knots"
Operating Depth: official: "greater than 800 feet"
Crew: 15 Officers, 140 Enlisted (each boat has two complete crews that alternate patrols)
Armament: 24 tubes for Trident II ballistic missiles (each missile carries eight 500 kiloton  MIRVs which can have independent targets).  Four torpedo tubes for MK-48 torpedoes

More information

Submarine Warfare Division
U.S. Naval Nuclear Ballistic Missile Submarine fleet

Photos

USS OHIO completes her 50th strategic patrol.

Click here to see photos from a April 4th 2001 NLUS visit to the USS OHIO