A total of 18 of a planned 24 Ohio-class nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines (SSBNs) were built for the United States Navy between 1976 and 1997 – and the lead boat, USS Ohio entered ...

The US Navy (USN) is facing delivery delays and cost concerns with its programmes to build nuclear-powered submarines and ...

Rising sea levels and extreme weather events increasingly threaten the US submarine force's infrastructure. They could also ...

The Navy’s Columbia (SSBN-826 ... for replacing Ohio-class SSBNs on a timely basis; industrial-base challenges of building both Columbia-class boats and Virginia-class attack submarines ...

Newport News Shipbuilding and Electric Boat are jointly tasked with producing the dozen planned Columbia-class submarines ... the existing Virginia and Ohio-class designs in order to retain ...

The US Navy's oldest active submarine — the missile-packed USS Ohio — is back in action for unrestricted ops in the Pacific ...

February 27, 2025: SSBNs are nuclear powered ballistic missile submarines. The Russian Navy is more than halfway through its SSBN upgrade and refurbishment program. Currently Russia has fifteen SSBNs ...

The USS Ohio is a first-in-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine ... naval forces by leveraging its massive shipbuilding juggernaut. Nuclear-powered guided-missile subs, also known as SSGNs, ...