China is currently leading the world in terms of production of such lethal underwater weapons, and new ones are regularly wending their way ...

The USS Florida Ohio-class guided-missile submarine (SSGN) recently completed a 727-day deployment covering approximately 60,000 nautical miles. The USS Florida Ohio-class SSGN deployed across the ...

Sailors man the rails during a commissioning ceremony for the Virginia-class fast attack submarine USS Idaho at Naval Submarine Base New London, Connecticut, on April 25, 2026. (John Narewski/U.S.

The Navy is canceling a long-delayed overhaul of the USS Boise after costs ballooned to nearly $3 billion, with Secretary of the Navy John Phelan saying the submarine no longer made financial or ...

Ukraine says underwater drone strike is historic first Russia denies attack caused any damage Attack hits Kilo-class, missile-carrying submarine Vessel was in Russia's Novorossiysk port in Black Sea ...

As it tried to demonstrate its continuing ability to fight, Ukraine said it had used drones to inflict serious damage on a Russian Kilo-class submarine at a Black Sea port. By Maria Varenikova ...

For decades, the United States Navy's Ohio-class nuclear submarines were the best unused weapons in the U.S. arsenal. This is because the Ohio-class was designed for one purpose: to deliver its ...

BREMERTON, Wash. — The Navy officially has a new “backbone” of its submarine fleet that is bigger, faster, quieter, and has more endurance and firepower than the Vietnam War-era design it passed by in ...

Gold Crew aboard the Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Ohio (SSGN 726) conducts daily operations as the boat transits the Pacific Ocean on January 2, 2021. Film Credits: U.S. Navy Video by Mass ...

With their modified missile tubes, shown here on USS Ohio , SSGNs can launch 154 Tomahawks. (Janes/Michael Fabey) A great deal of the sales pitch for the guided missile submarine (SSGN) conversion – ...

A guided-missile submarine launched 30 cruise missiles into Iran. The US is going to retire subs key to that capability.

KINGS BAY, Ga. – Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Riggin, a native of Broomfield, Colorado, serves the U.S. Navy assigned to USS Georgia, homeported at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay. As a submariner, ...