OHIO CLASS SUBMARINES FACT SHEET
By Cliff Lethbridge
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