USS Michigan (SSGN-727)

	; Michigan in the dock
Overview
Order	February 28, 1975
Keel laying	April 4th 1977
Launch	April 26, 1980
Commissioning	September 11, 1982
Technical specifications
displacement	16,764 tons surfaced, 18,750 tons submerged
length	170.7 m
width	12.8 m
Draft	11.1 m
crew	15 officers, 140 sailors
drive	An S8G reactor
speed	20+ kn submerged
Armament	154 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile, 4 torpedo tubes ( Mark 48 torpedoes )

The USS Michigan (SSBN- / SSGN-727) is a United States Navy submarine and belongs to the Ohio class .

history

The Michigan was built by the Electric Boat of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton , Connecticut , and entered service on September 11, 1982 . The home port is Naval Base Kitsap in Bangor , ( Washington ). She arrived there on March 16, 1983 .

Starting in 2002, the Michigan in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard was converted into a Ship Submersible Guided Missile Nuclear ( Trident II SLBMs were exchanged for Tomahawk cruise missiles ). In June 2007 the boat was reassigned to the fleet. At the end of April 2017, the US government announced that the Michigan was being deployed off the coast of North Korea.

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Overview
Michigan in the dock
Order	February 28, 1975
Keel laying	April 4th 1977
Launch	April 26, 1980
1. Period of service
Commissioning	September 11, 1982
Technical specifications
displacement	16,764 tons surfaced, 18,750 tons submerged
length	170.7 m
width	12.8 m
Draft	11.1 m
crew	15 officers, 140 sailors
drive	An S8G reactor
speed	20+ kn submerged
Armament	154 BGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missile, 4 torpedo tubes ( Mark 48 torpedoes )