USS Michigan (SSBN-727) - Definition and Overview

USS_Michigan_(SSBN-727).jpg USS Michigan (SSBN-727)
Career
Awarded:	28 February 1975
Laid down:	4 April 1977
Launched:	26 April 1980
Commissioned:	25 May 1985
Status:	Active in service as of 2005.
Homeport:
General Characteristics
Displacement:	15280 tons surfaced, 16782 tons submerged
Length:	560 feet
Beam:	42 feet
Draft:	38 feet
Powerplant:	Steam Turbine (Nuclear)
Speed:	20+ knots
Complement:	two crews of 13 officers and 140 men each
Armament:	[In transition] (see below)
Motto:	Tuebor

USS Michigan (SSBN/SSGN-727) is the second Ohio-class Nuclear Powered Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine in the United States Navy. She is the third ship to bear the name of the state of Michigan.

Michigan was constructed at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut and was commissioned on 11 September 1982. Michigan arrived in Bangor, Washington on 16 March 1983 and completed sixty-six Strategic Deterrent Patrols.

Michigan is currently undergoing conversion to an SSGN at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. The expected delivery date is 2007. See the Ohio-class submarine article for more information on the conversions.

See USS Michigan for other ships of the same name.

References

This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register and various news articles.

External links

• USS Michigan official website (http://www.michigan.navy.mil)