A guided-missile submarine launched 30 cruise missiles into Iran. The US will retire subs key to that capability.

The SSGN Ohio-class is also capable of deploying a Dry Combat Submersible, a miniature submarine that special forces use for stealthy underwater transportation. Each Ohio SSGN costs $3.53 billion ...

What You Need to Know: The U.S. Navy’s four conventionally-armed Ohio-class submarines (SSGNs), converted from ballistic missile carriers, are nearing the end of their service lives. These ...

November 22, 2023: The U.S. Navy planned to retire its four SSGNs (cruise missile firing nuclear submarine) by 2028. In March 2011 one of these SSGNs was used in combat for the first time, firing 93 ...

USS Ohio (SSGN 726) entered the shipyard on Nov. 15, 2002, completed conversion in December 2005 and deployed for the first time in October 2007. USS Florida (SSGN 728) ...

To address that firepower gap, the TSEP looks at the possibility of using the Columbia-class SSBN design and production line to flow into an SSGN production line in the mid-2030s.

Guided-missile submarine USS Florida (SSGN-728) transits the Suez Canal en route to the Red Sea, on April 7, 2023. US Navy Photo. USS Florida (SSGN-728) deployed to the Middle East this week after ...

An Ohio-class submarine transits the Suez Canal, Nov. 5. The boat is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations to support maritime security and stability in the Middle East region.