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Caption:
ABOARD USS OHIO AT SEA (Jan. 29, 2006) - USS Ohio (SSGN 726) stops for
a personnel boat transfer off the coast of Puget Sound,
Washington. Media were transported to the Ohio to see first hand
the new capabilities that this boat now brings to the Joint
Warfighter. USS Ohio is the first SSGN converted from an SSBN and
will provide transformational capabilities to joint warfighters.
Ohio and the other three SSGNs still undergoing conversion will be able
to launch up to 154 Tomahawk cruise missiles, conduct sustained Special
Forces operations, support up to 102 Special Operations Forces (SOF)
personnel for short durations or 66 SOF personnel for sustained
operations, and provide 67% operational availability forward deployed
in support of combatant commandersÕ mission requirements.
The other three submarines: USS Florida (SSGN 728), USS Michigan (SSGN
727), and USS Georgia (SSGN 729) will be converted to SSGN through
2007. U.S. Navy photo by Chief Journalist (SW/AW) Dave Fliesen.
(Released)
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