727 Days Out On Patrol: A U.S. Navy Ohio-Class Missile Submarine Broke All the Rules

727 Days Out On Patrol: A U.S. Navy Ohio-Class Missile Submarine Broke All the Rules

Summary and Key Points: The USS Florida recently concluded a historic 727-day deployment, circumnavigating 60,000 nautical miles across the Middle East, Europe, and the Indo-Pacific. As one of only four Ohio-class SSGNs, the submarine provides an unparalleled conventional strike capacity of 154 Tomahawk missiles and serves as a critical hub for special operations. Despite its proven endurance and the strategic “message” sent to adversaries like …