Class: Ohio-class nuclear submarine
Builder: General Dynamics Electric Boat Division, Groton, Conn.
Commissioned: 1993
Motto: Defensor Pacis (Defender of Peace)
Nickname: Big Red
Displacement: About 16,764 tons surfaced; 18,750 tons submerged
Length: 560 feet
Beam: 42 feet
Draft: 36.5 feet
Propulsion: Nuclear reactor
Submerged speed: 25+ knots
Test depth: 800+ feet
Range: Unlimited, except by food supplies
Crew: Two crews (Blue and Gold), each with 155 (15 officers, 140 enlisted).
Armaments: 24 tubes for Trident II D-5 ballistic missiles with up to eight nuclear warheads each; MK-48 torpedoes, four torpedo tubes.
Missile tests: Successfully launched Trident II D-5 missiles in 1995, 2004 and 2008.
Home ports: Kings Bay, Ga., 1993-2004; Kitsap Naval Base, Bangor, Wash., 2004-present.
Other U.S. ballistic missile submarines: USS Henry M. Jackson, USS Alabama; USS Alaska; USS Nevada; USS Tennessee; USS Pennsylvania; USS West Virginia; USS Kentucky; USS Maryland; USS Rhode Island; USS Maine; USS Wyoming; USS Louisiana.
Source: U.S. Navy
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