Longest Submarine in Service with the U.S Navy

The Ohio-class submarine is the longest in service with the U.S Navy and stands as a pillar of the country’s naval capabilities. This class is the largest ever built for the U.S Navy, designed during the Cold War era to boost America’s nuclear deterrence. It continues to play a vital role in maintaining the navy’s undersea dominance, both as ballistic missile submarines or SSBNs and in some cases as guided missile submarines or SSGNs.

Design

This class of submarines were conceived to offer a survivable, stealthy and persistent platform for launching nuclear weapons under the U.S Navy’s nuclear triad doctrine, alongside strategic bombers and land-based ICBMs.

The submarines were designed to have long endurance, reduced acoustic signature and the ability to carry a massive payload of Trident missiles, making each submarine a formidable asset.

Each submarine of this class is equipped with advanced noise-reduction capacity, including isolation of machinery, anechoic coatings and a specially designed hull to decrease sonar detection. The hull form and propulsion system were