Key Points - The U.S. Navy faces a looming missile-launch crisis as its powerful Ohio-class guided missile submarines (SSGNs)—each armed with 154 Tomahawk missiles—are set to retire by 2027, alongside ...

America’s four Ohio-class SSGNs—each packing up to 154 Tomahawks and room for 66 SEALs—are the Navy’s lowest-risk, highest-leverage strike asset. -After Operation Midnight Hammer, they proved again ...

At about 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on June 21, a U.S. Navy nuclear-powered submarine launched over two dozen Tomahawk land attack cruise missiles into Iran, striking targeted infrastructure sites ...

The US Navy's oldest active submarine is back for operations in the Pacific after a three-year maintenance period. The USS Ohio is a first-in-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine. The ...

One of the Navy’s four guided-missile nuclear submarines has emerged in Australia, the service announced. USS Ohio (SSGN-726) arrived in Brisbane on Sunday as part of an ongoing deployment in the ...

Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN-726) moors alongside forward-deployed Emory S. Land-class submarine tender USS Frank Cable (AS-40) in Subic Bay, Philippines, on Sept. 23, 2025. US ...

The Navy’s fleet of Ohio-class boats represents the largest submarines ever constructed for the service. The Ohio-class SSGNs are capable of carrying 154 Tomahawk land attack missiles (TLAMs) in ...