Key Points and Summary - Four converted Ohio-class SSGNs—Ohio, Michigan, Florida, and Georgia—retire between 2026–2028, removing up to 616 undersea Tomahawk cells and unmatched support for covert ...

The US expects more contested operations for guided missile submarines such as USS Ohio , shown here operating off the coast of Guam. (Janes/Michael Fabey) Having noted the effectiveness of guided ...

March 3, 2025: Russia has built 64 cruise missile armed SSGN submarines since the 1950s. The U.S. Navy has only built four. These four SSGNs are being retired by the early 2030s. Despite their ...

With their modified missile tubes, shown here on USS Ohio , SSGNs can launch 154 Tomahawks. (Janes/Michael Fabey) A great deal of the sales pitch for the guided missile submarine (SSGN) conversion – ...

What You Need to Know: The USS Halibut (SSGN-587) was a revolutionary nuclear-powered guided missile submarine, commissioned in 1960. Initially designed to launch nuclear cruise missiles, Halibut ...

Before the US Navy named their submarines for American cities, submarines were named for fish (as one Senator quipped about the naming change, fish don’t vote). And back when US submarines were named ...