USS Ohio, during her commissioning ceremony in 1981. The Ohio class of nuclear-powered submarines includes the United States Navy 's 14 ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) and its four cruise missile submarines (SSGNs).

The United States Navy's hull classification symbols for cruise missile submarines are SSG and SSGN – the SS denotes submarine, the G denotes guided missile, and the N denotes that the submarine is nuclear-powered.

Nov 15, 2023 · Ohio-Class guided-missile submarines (SSGN) provide the Navy with unprecedented strike and special operation mission capabilities from a stealth, clandestine platform.

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.

Mar 27, 2024 · The US Navy is scheduled to lose all four of its Ohio-class SSGN in the coming years. The move to finally retire the four guided missile submarines has been long anticipated, but it is now only two years away according to the Navy’s recently issued 30-year shipbuilding plan.

Ohio-class guided-missile submarines (SSGN) provide the Navy with unprecedented strike and special operation mission capabilities from a stealthy, clandestine platform.

The SSGN is a key element of the Navy's future fighting force. With its tremendous payload capacity, dual crew deployment concept, and inherent stealth, each SSGN brings mission flexibility...

Mar 13, 2025 · BREMERTON, Wash. – USS Ohio (SSGN 726) completed a three-year Major Maintenance Period availability at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard & Intermediate Maintenance Facility Feb. 24, 2025, culminating with Naval Sea Systems Command (SEA 07) certification for Unrestricted Operations, and helping return the nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine back to the Indo-Pacific theater of operations.

Oct 2, 2008 · The FY2006 budget completed the funding required in the Shipbuilding and Conversion, Navy (SCN) account for the Navy’s program to refuel and convert four Trident ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) into cruise-missile-carrying and special operations forces (SOF) support submarines (SSGNs).

Nov 21, 2019 · Today, the U.S. Navy’s quartet of converted Ohio class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarines, or SSGNs, are among America’s most powerful, in-demand, and flexible weapons.