USS Wyoming (SSBN-742)
.jpg) Wyoming off Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay |
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| Overview | |
|---|---|
| Order | October 18, 1989 |
| Keel laying | August 8, 1991 |
| Launch | July 15, 1995 |
| 1. Period of service |
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| Commissioning | July 13, 1996 |
| 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 |
24 ICBMs, 4 torpedo tubes |
The USS Wyoming (SSBN-742) is a nuclear-powered submarine of the United States Navy and belongs Ohio class at. As a Ship Submersible Ballistic Nuclear , it carries 24 ICBMs .
history
The order to build the Wyoming was given to Electric Boat (EB), a subsidiary of General Dynamics , on October 18, 1989 . The keel was laid on August 8, 1991 at the EB shipyard in Groton , Connecticut . The submarine was launched after almost four years of construction on July 15, 1995 and christened the US state Wyoming . Godmother was Monika B. Owens. The ship was put into service with the United States Navy on July 13, 1996.
In the days following the commissioning, the Wyoming carried out the first tests on the high seas off the east coast of the USA. The fact that the ship was sailing off Long Island on July 17, 1996, as officially confirmed by the Navy , fueled conspiracy theories that the submarine could be involved in the crash of Trans-World Airlines Flight 800 . However, the Navy denied this.
On July 26 of the year reached Wyoming their home base, the Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay in Georgia , where she was in 2006 still stationed as part of the nuclear deterrent patrols with 24 intercontinental ballistic missiles of the type Trident II D5 performed.
