Five years ago, for instance, it started building a new class of ballistic missile submarines called Columbia ... with only one of them, the USS Columbia (SSBN-826) currently under construction ...

An unarmed Trident II D5 LE missile is launched from the Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine USS Louisiana in September 2023, marking a successful Demonstration and Shakedown Operation off the ...

applauded the U.S. Navy’s decision to name the third Columbia-class ballistic missile submarine “USS GROTON” after Groton, Connecticut, according to a statement. The submarine is the largest ...

Another important aspect of this naming system is the use of the prefixes USS for "United States ... The first fleet of ballistic missile submarines bore the names of key figures in American ...

NAPLES, Italy — A U.S. Navy submarine spotted earlier this week near Gibraltar made a port visit to the city on Saturday, the service said. The fast-attack submarine USS Indiana arrived in ...

U.S. Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro announced Monday the third Columbia-class ballistic-missile ... the USS Groton (SSBN 828) recognizes this iconic Connecticut town as the submarine ...

General Dynamics Corporation’s GD business unit, Electric Boat, recently clinched a contract involving USS Ohio ... class ballistic missiles and Virginia-class attack submarines.

A fourth planned submarine, the Columbia-class USS Groton, honors the Connecticut port town of the same name will be among new ballistic-missile submarines that replace the aging Ohio-class ...

The launch came as the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS ... submarines. The report said the North was possibly preparing to launch a new submarine capable of firing ballistic missiles.

The USS Blue Ridge ... Ohio-class submarines are a key part of the United States nuclear-deterrent triad. Each carries at least 10 Trident ballistic missiles containing a heavy nuclear payload.